Environmentalists and conservation groups are criticizing Ontario for a recent decision to gut law protecting threatened wildlife.
Sixty-five species slated to receive mandatory habitat protection under Ontario’s Endangered Species Act, may be out of luck if the government proceeds with sweeping exemptions.
The survey conducted by Oraclepoll Research found that 83 percent of Ontarians believe it is important to have more renewable, green energy in Ontario.
Mapping the variable nature of wind and the amount of wind energy available throughout any given day in Ontario.
A billion tonnes of limestone lie beneath the rural countryside in Melancthon Township, 100 kilometres north of Toronto. A plan to remove it spotlights the challenges faced everywhere when the…
Ontario’s endangered wildlife dodged a bullet (and a bulldozer) recently, when the provincial government reversed its decision to gut the province’s world-class Endangered Species Act
Canada’s environmental laws are under attack by both the federal and Ontario governments.
The Ontario Clean Technology Alliance announces plans for a $600 million wind project in southern Ontario.
The Nature Conservancy of Canada and the Government of Canada have announced the conservation of the Hazel Bird Nature Reserve in central Ontario’s Rice Lake Plains.
In a special report released today, Biodiversity: A Nation’s Commitment, an Obligation for Ontario, Gord Miller says unless Ontario and all other provinces take action, the international commitments made by the federal government will be meaningless.
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813: 8 April 2013 – Published by Green Communities Canada RAIN! See Water Canada Magazine article about how user fees and credit system helps Kitchener pay for its municipal stormwater system. Rain barrels, rain gardens, prmeable pavers (as well as cisterns and infiltration galleries) qualify for stormwater credits … RAIN! featured in insert … REEP Green Solutions is coordinating aregion-wide rain barrel [...]
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