Interesting, but not surprising. Quebec has always been the province that has always taken a no-nonsense, direct approach, especially when it comes to environmental issues. Continue reading Quebec splits with Ottawa on climate change – The Globe and Mail
After delivering to the ministry a load of two-by-fours manufactured by AbitibiBowater, Canada’s largest and most destructive logging company, a dozen Greenpeace activists chained themselves to the building doors, at 880 Chemin Sainte-Foy in Quebec City. They also hung a banner reading: “Boreal Forest: The Destruction Starts Here”. Continue reading Greenpeace blockades a Quebec ministry to protest forestry practices
Avis aux médias Le fabricant américain de produits chimiques Dow AgroSciences LLC vient de déposer un avis d’arbitrage, en vertu … Continue reading Dow concrétise ses attaques au Code de gestion des pesticides du Québec et à son interdiction du 2,4-D en vertu de l’ALENA
Press release from Larry Innes, Executive Director with the Canadian Boreal Initiative: November 20, 2008 – The vision unveiled on … Continue reading Provincial government agrees to conserve half of Northern Québec
You should be. Smog kills… SAINT-LEON-DE-STANDON, QC, Nov. 7 /CNW Telbec/ – The Association québécoise de lutte contre la pollution … Continue reading Southern Quebec chokes on smog for the fourth straight day – Worried about air pollution
JACQUES-CARTIER PARK, QC, Oct. 7 /CNW Telbec/ – Another milestone has been reached today in protecting Québec’s natural heritage. An … Continue reading Nature is gaining ground: 7% (17,800 km2) of Québec’s territory will be protected, primarily in the north
Stimuler et valoriser l’action positive à l’égard de l’environnement auprès des individus, organismes et entreprises: la célébration par l’action, le … Continue reading Jour de la Terre Québec
Le CDAQ a été créé le 7 mars 1996, à la suite d’une entente intervenue entre l’Union des producteurs agricoles … Continue reading Conseil pour le développement de l’agriculture du Québec
OTTAWA – As the Ontario Government prepares to introduce legislation banning lawn and garden pesticides, a new report offers recommendations … Continue reading Ontario can learn from Quebec’s pesticide experience: Suzuki Foundation
The Quebec Environment Department has issued a warning to the Rivière des Prairies/Pointe aux Trembles borough after workers bulldozed trees … Continue reading Newswire: Quebec scolds borough for bulldozing park trees
One day after refusing to publicly congratulate the Quebec government for introducing tougher auto emissions standards, Federal Environment Minister John … Continue reading Newswire: Baird congratulates Quebec on emissions initiative – a day late
Canada’s Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas Program is a science-based initiative to identify, conserve, and monitor a network of sites that provide essential habitat for Canada’s bird populations. Continue reading Important Bird Areas of Canada
