Atmosphere & Energy
First Nations in northeast B.C. and some prominent environmental organizations are critical of the province's announcement Monday that it's going ahead with the Site C dam.
The Council of Treaty 8 Chiefs, representing First Nations in the Peace region, said that when combined with forestry, oil and gas and mining projects, the dam would cause irrevocable damage to fish, wildlife and local agriculture.
The Sierra Club of B.C. said the Site C dam would destroy forest and farmland, hurt wildlife and increase carbon emissions, while the David Suzuki Foundation said too many questions about the project remain unanswered for it to proceed.
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Canadian Zoë Caron literally cowrote the book on climate change—that is, the book for those who are a tad unclear about the greenhouse effect, renewable energy, and the Kyoto Protocol. Caron got the idea for Global Warming for Dummies in January 2006 while she was studying for the exams she’d missed; she’d instead been attending the United Nations climate change negotiations in Montreal.
Now as the youngest-ever president of the Sierra Club Canada and the climate policy and advocacy specialist for the World Wildlife Fund Canada, Caron is focusing on the G8 and G20 summits in Ontario later this year.
EDMONTON - The Sierra Club Prairie has obtained a leaked copy of the most recent Alberta Wetlands Policy that shows the extent of industry influence over environmental decisions for the province. The confidential document reveals an undermining of the work of the Alberta Water council, a multi stakeholder group that has been developing the tenets of the wetlands policy. The policy, already a compromised position to get the buy-in of 25 multi-sectoral groups, was radically changed after backdoor industry pressure. Language changes in the document gut and water down the policy, changing wording from ‘will’ to ‘may’ in addition to providing companies with ‘non-replacement’ options for wetlands destruction. ... Read more »
HUDSONS HOPE, B.C. - The B.C. government says it will move forward on a massive hydroelectric project on the Peace River that would provide for British Columbia's energy needs well into the future, producing enough energy to provide power to 460,000 homes for a century.... Read more »
Trade & Environment Fact Sheet By Janet Eaton, Sierra Club Canada for the Trade Justice Network, April 19, 2010 (http://www.tradejustice.ca)
The Canada-E.U. Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) negotiations are based on commitments to place corporate profit and power before social and economic justice, democratic control, and ecological sustainability. Negotiations are progressing quickly and with little public scrutiny until now.
What is the threat we face? ... Read more »