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]. Continue reading CPAWS welcomes next step in protecting Nahanni watershed
Ottawa – CPAWS welcomes today’s 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]. Continue reading CPAWS welcomes next step in protecting Nahanni watershed
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. Continue reading Ecology North – Sustainable Living is Not an Alternative – It is the Only Choice
It’s long been the Canadian Arctic’s dirty little secret: Most of its remote communities are powered solely by diesel. Continue reading Territories hope Arctic winds pack power
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. Continue reading Whooping cranes make a comeback
Regulators looking at the proposed Mackenzie Valley natural gas project are assuring pipeline proponents that the permit application process will … Continue reading Newswire: Mackenzie pipeline permit process won’t take years: regulators
Sierra Club of Canada believes that the proposed $7 billion Mackenzie Gas Project would be bad for the North, for … Continue reading Mackenzie Wild Declaration
WASHINGTON (CP) — The Northwest Territories is taking on environmental groups and social activists with a report that boasts about … Continue reading N.W.T. report boasts gas pipelines would bring cuts in emissions, lower costs
Miners are stunned and environmentalists cheering over a northern regulator’s recommendation that a uranium exploration project be denied because it … Continue reading Miners stunned, environmentalists cheer after northern uranium project blocked
EDMONTON — Environmentalists want the federal government to step in, now that a mining road has been approved through land … Continue reading Activists want NWT mining access road stopped
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