Toronto – Environmental groups are applauding the strong recommendations put forward by the Ontario government’s expert advisory panel aimed at … Continue reading Environmental groups in Ontario call for Anti-SLAPP Act
Vancouver – Conservation groups, represented by Ecojustice, have won a landmark federal court decision, which ruled the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) has failed to adequately protect critical habitat of BC’s resident killer whales. Continue reading Federal Court rules DFO failed to protect BC killer whales
Ottawa – The Canadian Senate recently voted 43 to 32 to kill Bill C-311, the Climate Change Accountability Act. In a short-notice vote, in which many senators were not sitting, the appointed senate stopped the passage of legislation that had been passed through the elected House of Commons. Continue reading Shady politics threatens Canada’s climate legislation
Image via Wikipedia Toronto – The government is failing to follow through on all of its environmental promises, says Environmental … Continue reading Ontario’s Environmental Commissioner reports on government inaction
The Raw Milk Revolution: Behind America’s Emerging Battle Over Food Rights
David E. Gumpert
White River Junction, Vermont: Chelsea Green, 2009, 288 pages
The Raw Milk Revolution, by David E. Gumpert, would more accurately be entitled “Milk Wars.” Any attempt to sell raw milk creates a froth of such proportions that we must conclude that it is symptomatic of something bigger.
The war is all about politics and ideology – about food control and food beliefs. So when battle lines are outwardly drawn around issues of food safety and the right of citizens to choose the food they want, it takes Gumpert’s sharp journalistic skills to uncover what risks to profits and livelihoods could lie beneath….[Click here to read more!] Continue reading The Raw Milk Revolution: Behind America’s Emerging Battle Over Food Rights
Ottawa – Proposed federal regulations to cut emissions from cars and trucks may have little or no effect, according to … Continue reading Canada’s greenhouse gas regulations may have little or no effect
Image via Wikipedia Ottawa – It is time for Canada to take a long, hard look at its offshore oil … Continue reading Who would pay to clean oil spills off Canada’s coasts?
Calgary – Alberta provincial court’s guilty verdict in the Syncrude ducks case confirms the need to eliminate toxic tailings ponds … Continue reading Guilty verdict in Syncrude pond tailings case
Ottawa, Montréal et Québec, April 30, 2010 – A large coalition of consumer, farmer and environmental groups are calling on … Continue reading Canada to Oppose the Right of Countries to Label GM Foods?
With all eyes on U.S. energy and climate policy, Pembina introduces Director of U.S. Policy WASHINGTON, D.C. -With the Canadian … Continue reading Pembina Institute Opens Washington Bureau
Syncrude is Given a Pass to Delay Liquid Tailings Clean Up Calgary, April 23 — One day after Alberta Premier … Continue reading Alberta Oil Sands Regulator Does Not Enforce Toxic Tailings Rules
