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CPAWS welcomes next step in protecting Nahanni watershed
Ottawa – Environmental groups today welcomed the announcement by Environment Minister John Baird that lands comprising the headwaters of the Nahanni River in the Northwest Territories have been temporarily protected to enable the creation of a new national park, to be called Nááts’ihch’oh [pronounced naah-tseen-CHO].
Ecology North – Sustainable Living is Not an Alternative – It is the Only Choice
Ecology North was established 30 years ago and continues to thrive through its work in contributing to ecologically sustainable planning. Environmental education, natural history activities and conservation have been driven by much volunteer energy.
Territories hope Arctic winds pack power
It’s long been the Canadian Arctic’s dirty little secret: Most of its remote communities are powered solely by diesel.
Whooping cranes make a comeback
Yellowknife – One of the most majestic and endangered birds on the continent appears to be making a slow flight to recovery, say experts who see whooping cranes returning to their Texas wintering grounds in record numbers this year.
Newswire: Mackenzie pipeline permit process won’t take years: regulators
Regulators looking at the proposed Mackenzie Valley natural gas project are assuring pipeline proponents that the permit application process will not take as long as the environmental assessment…
Mackenzie Wild Declaration
Sierra Club of Canada believes that the proposed $7 billion Mackenzie Gas Project would be bad for the North, for Canada and the planet, harming ecosystems and wildlife and disrupting communities, while creating only 50 permanent jobs in the Northwest Territories. The Mackenzie WILD program says that oil and gas industrialization is not the only [...]
N.W.T. report boasts gas pipelines would bring cuts in emissions, lower costs
WASHINGTON (CP) — The Northwest Territories is taking on environmental groups and social activists with a report that boasts about the benefits of gas pipeline development in Canada’s North. The study, released Wednesday by N.W.T. Industry Minister Brendan Bell at a U.S. think-tank, says there could be substantial reductions in carbon dioxide emissions that cause [...]
Miners stunned, environmentalists cheer after northern uranium project blocked
Miners are stunned and environmentalists cheering over a northern regulator’s recommendation that a uranium exploration project be denied because it threatens the spiritual and cultural well-being of the area’s Dene people. The Mackenzie Valley Environmental Impact Review Board says Ur-Energy’s (TSX:URE) plan to drill up to 20 holes near the Thelon River should not proceed [...]
Activists want NWT mining access road stopped
EDMONTON — Environmentalists want the federal government to step in, now that a mining road has been approved through land suggested for an expansion of Nahanni National Park which two cabinet ministers have supported. “They have to sit down and figure out a way to stop this mine,” said Alison Woodley of the Canadian Parks [...]
Arctic sea ice melting faster than most scientists project: study
Arctic sea ice is melting three times faster than many scientists have projected, U.S. researchers reported Monday, just days ahead of the next major international report on climate change. Scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research and the University of Colorado in Boulder, using actual measurements, concluded Arctic sea ice has declined at an [...]
