OTTAWA, Sept. 6 /CNW/ – Minister of the Environment, David Anderson, today issued the following statement regarding the Ontario government's … Continue reading STATEMENT – Minister Anderson welcomes extended consultations for Ontario’s proposed regulation on emissions trading

VANCOUVER, Aug. 31 /CNW/ – Scientists from Environment Canada along with an international team of academic researchers are undertaking a … Continue reading Environment Canada leads air quality study in British Columbia’s Fraser Valley

OTTAWA, Aug. 31 /CNW/ – Minister of the Environment, David Anderson, today issued the following statement regarding the agreement reached … Continue reading STATEMENT – Minister Anderson Welcomes Eastern Premiers and New England Governors Agreement on Climate Change

VANCOUVER, Aug. 29 /CNW/ – Media representatives are advised that Stephen Owen, Member of Parliament for Vancouver Quadra, will speak … Continue reading Media Advisory – Environment Canada study assembles top researchers to examine air quality in B.C.

OTTAWA, Aug. 28 /CNW/ – Proposed regulations to dry cleaning operations under the new Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA) will … Continue reading New federal regulations will reduce emissions from dry cleaning operations

WASHINGTON – A new genetic study has determined that two types of elephants in Africa are as different from one … Continue reading African elephants two different species

TRAIL, B.C. – Workers exposed to the highly toxic and cancer-causing metal thallium at the Teck Cominco smelter in Trail, … Continue reading Workers exposed to toxic metal wait for test results

REGINA – Canada's farm leaders are calling this year's widespread crop failures in every part of the country "a disaster" … Continue reading Canadian farmers looking for help

TORONTO – Toxic radioactive chemicals are leaking into Lake Ontario from a dump site east of Toronto, says an Ontario … Continue reading Toxic waste leaking into Lake Ontario: report

MAYO, YUKON – The western Arctic is heating up. It's also getting more rain and snow. These changes in the … Continue reading Canada falling behind in northern research

VANCOUVER – Dozens of workers from the Teck Cominco lead smelter in Trail, B.C., were exposed to thallium, a rare … Continue reading Workers exposed to toxic metal at smelter

VICTORIA – The British Columbia government is being accused of trespassing. Two First Nations bands say the legislature was built … Continue reading First Nations lay claim to B.C. legislature