Environment News
MEDIA BRIEFING, MAY 13, VICTORIA
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The David Suzuki Foundation and the Pembina Institute will host a media briefing in Victoria, B.C., on May 13. Journalists will be briefed on the upcoming Western Climate Initiative meeti...
New poll shows majority of Metro Vancouver residents want better public transit, not expanded highways
VANCOUVER – A new poll shows 69 per cent of Metro Vancouver residents support redirecting money away from road expansion projects toward a better public transit system.
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Canadian and U.S. Conservation Community Invites Retail Businesses to Move Forward on Sustainable Seafood Initiatives
(Halifax, Vancouver) SeaChoice, Canada’s sustainable seafood program, and its five member organizations, joined nine U.S. environmental groups today in releasing the “Common Vision for Environment...
B.C. environmental groups applaud carbon tax legislation
Victoria - A coalition of more than 16 environmental groups from across British Columbia welcomed the introduction of the province’s landmark carbon tax into the Legislature today.
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Canada’s Polar Bear on Thin Ice - Federal Government Must Take Action
Canada’s independent scientific body, the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC), today confirmed that the polar bear is at risk in Canada. More than half the world’s p...
Good news from Ontario on Earth Day
OTTAWA – Measures announced today in Ontario will raise the bar on provincial pesticide policy, says the David Suzuki Foundation. Details of the Ontario government’s plan to ban lawn and garden pe...
Manitoba moves forward on climate change
OTTAWA – The David Suzuki Foundation congratulates the government of Manitoba on the release of its new climate change plan. With this plan and legislated global warming targets, Manitoba joins prov...
Protection of B.C. marine area welcomed
VANCOUVER – Today’s major announcement of a new Marine Protected Area (MPA) off coastal British Columbia “is a welcome sign that government is willing to address conservation issues however, mor...
A Green Goddess Shares Spring Cleaning Recipes
The April issue of the David Suzuki Foundation monthly newsletter focuses on sustainable spring cleaning, and features the Foundation’s own "green goddess" Lindsay Coulter who shares safe, inexpensi...
David Suzuki Foundation sending observer to Bangkok for UN climate change talks
The David Suzuki Foundation is sending an official observer to next week's United Nations climate change conference in Bangkok, Thailand. Dale Marshall, the Suzuki Foundation's climate change ...
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