"Fish Farm Slowdown Urged by East Coast Group"
"The New Brunswick and Nova Scotia governments should declare a moratorium on licensing new salmon farms, says the Atlantic Coalition for Aquaculture Reform."
Source: CBS News, 11/01/2010
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NOAA Arctic Report Card
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's newly released Arctic Report Card update indicates a "return to previous Arctic conditions is unlikely. Record temperatures across Canadian Arctic and Greenland, a reduced summer sea ice cover, record snow cover decreases and links to some Northern Hemisphere weather support this conclusion."
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"Local Opposition Kills C$5 Billion Canadian Dam Plan"
"TransCanada Corp and Atco Ltd have abandoned plans to build a C$5 billion ($4.85 billion) dam on the Slave River in northern Alberta after a local native group refused to back the project."
Source: Reuters, 10/20/2010
Canada Should Ban 'Dirty Dozen' Chemicals: Suziki Report
Many personal care products sold in Canada contain one of 12 chemicals that can be harmful to human health and the environment, according to a report by the David Suzuki Foundation.
Source: Postmedia, 10/19/2010
"Canada Declares BPA, a Chemical in Plastics, to Be Toxic"
"OTTAWA — The government of Canada formally declared bisphenol A, a chemical widely used to create clear, hard plastics, as well as food can liners, to be a toxic substance on Wednesday."
Source: NYTimes, 10/15/2010
Indian Group Makes Offer To Revive Canadian Asbestos Mine
"An Indian consortium has made an offer to buy one of Canada's last remaining asbestos mines and extend its life."
Source: Canadian Press, 10/14/2010
Canada Quashing Climate Science: Critics
The press policy documents, obtained by Margaret Munro of Postmedia News, reveal scientists must get permission to talk to the press — and climate science and oil sands are off limits. Any statements on those topics must be approved by political appointees at the ministerial level.
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"Overcrowded Oceans a Threat To Wild Salmon, B.C. Researchers Say"
"Wild salmon stocks in the north Pacific are being eroded as the fish are forced to compete for food and shrinking habitat with billions of hatchery fish released in to the oceans each year, a new study by scientists in B.C. and Washington state says."
Source: Vancouver Sun, 10/05/2010
Cities Attack Climate Change, One Kilowatt at a Time
The Commission for Environmental Cooperation (Canada, US, and Mexico) issued a report on Sept. 17, 2010, illustrating the steps 13 North American cities are taking, from small, planned efforts to reduce building energy use, to comprehensive, multi-sector adopted plans for reducing energy use.
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