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David Suzuki: Could hockey become an endangered sport?

| January 24, 2013
David Suzuki: Could hockey become an endangered sport?

Unless we rein in greenhouse gas emissions, outdoor skating in parts of Canada could be history within the next 50 to 100 years.

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David Suzuki: After 25 years, it’s time to stop spinning our wheels

| January 3, 2013
David Suzuki: After 25 years, it’s time to stop spinning our wheels

Every year that we stall makes it more costly and challenging, with increasing negative impacts on humans and our environment.

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Climate change deniers are almost extinct

| August 23, 2012
Climate change deniers are almost extinct

According to a recent poll, only two per cent of Canadians reject the overwhelming scientific evidence that Earth is warming at alarming rates

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People are getting sick of environmental destruction

| August 15, 2012
People are getting sick of environmental destruction

We’ve long known that environmental factors contribute to disease, especially contamination of air, water, and soil. Scientists are now learning the connection is stronger than we realized.

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Ontario needs to get ready for climate change: Gord Miller

| March 11, 2012
Ontario needs to get ready for climate change: Gord Miller

The Commissioner’s report says the government must improve its strategic plan by prioritizing the actions that are needed, setting specific targets and timelines, identifying dedicated funding, and outlining the responsibilities of key government ministries.

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Video: How scientists are projecting future climate change

| February 18, 2012 | 0 Comments
Video: How scientists are projecting future climate change

This video explores how the addition of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere by human beings, has upset a natural balance between ocean, land and atmosphere that has been in place for thousands of years.

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Video: Is the Earth cooling?

| February 18, 2012 | 0 Comments
Video: Is the Earth cooling?

This video examines the “evidence” that some commentators use to make the claim that the Earth is actually cooling, not warming as the scientific community is telling us. Shared by PICSClimateInsights on Feb 13, 2012 Related articles Despite what confused climate deniers say, science shows Earth not getting cooler (straight.com) How Climate Change Realists & Climate Skeptics View [...]

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Friends of the Earth: ‘model regulation’ helps Canada save face in Durban

| December 10, 2011 | 0 Comments
Friends of the Earth: ‘model regulation’ helps Canada save face in Durban

Ottawa – With Canada’s international environmental reputation at rock bottom at the Durban climate negotiations, Friends of the Earth Canada has decided to donate its services to help Canada.

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Canadian Ice Shelves Breaking up Fast

| September 29, 2011 | 0 Comments
Canadian Ice Shelves Breaking up Fast

Canadian ice shelves are changing at an unexpected rate, with almost 50 per cent lost in the last six years, experts say.

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Arctic melting faster than predicted: Sea levels to rise

| May 7, 2011 | 0 Comments
Arctic melting faster than predicted: Sea levels to rise

Sea levels could rise up to 5 feet by the end of this century, driven by warming in the Arctic and the resulting melt of snow and ice, according to a new study by the International Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program (AMAP). This is more than two and a half times higher than the 2007 projection of a half to two feet by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

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