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Sierra Club Canada

Type: Organization

Name: Sierra Club Canada

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Give me spots on my apples, but leave me the birds and the bees!

The European Union (EU) banned three pesticides (Imidacloprid, Clothianidin and Thiamethoxam) last week to protect rapidly declining bee populations.Bee pollination is essential to the functioning of our ecosystem and the production of all fruits and ... [Published Sierra Club of Canada - May 16 2013]

Entities: Pesticide, neonicotinoid, Sierra Club Canada, Chemical

First reported May 06 2013 - Updated May 06 2013 - 1 reports

Municipality of Colchester holds public hearings on fracking waste water

There are warnings the tidal bore in the Bay of Fundy will light up by itself if a plan to dump more than four-million litres of fracking waste water into the ocean goes ahead.The water, which has some level of naturally occurring radiation in it, is ... [Published News 95.7 Halifax - May 06 2013]

Entities: Hydraulic Fracturing, Bob Taylor, Chemical

First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 1 reports

Green Party of Canada

Defending friends who didn’t get the job done

As people learn of last night’s vote on the NDP’s motion to fight climate change, one party’s position has taken Canadians aback.Last night, the Leader of the Green Party voted against holding the current and previous governments to account for their ... [Published Nathan Cullen - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: Green Party of Canada, Global Warming/Climate Change, Greenhouse Gas

First reported Apr 26 2013 - Updated Apr 26 2013 - 1 reports

Sorry Jim: Apologies from Canada about Oil Minister Joe Oliver

is the Executive Director of the Sierra Club of Canada. Sierra Club Canada was established in Canada in 1963 and today has five chapters across the country (BC, Prairie, Ontario, Quebec & Atlantic Canada). Sierra Club Canada also has dozens of local groups ... [Published Rabble.ca - Apr 26 2013]

Entities: Sierra Club Canada, Joe Oliver, Canada

First reported Apr 25 2013 - Updated Apr 25 2013 - 1 reports

Sierra Club

Sierra Club Canada congratulates Premier Wynne for stepping up to save the Experimental Lakes Area

(TORONTO) Sierra Club Canada congratulates Premier Kathleen Wynne for stepping up to save the Experimental Lakes Area (ELA). The ELA is an essential part of Canada's environmental protection infrastructure and necessary for understanding how our environment ... [Published Sierra Club of Canada - Apr 25 2013]

Entities: Sierra Club Canada, Kathleen Wynne, Endangered Species, Emission, Sierra Club

First reported Apr 23 2013 - Updated Apr 23 2013 - 1 reports

Earth Day Action Alert: Protect communities downstream of the tar sands

On this Earth Day I am urging you to take a moment and help us fight for the protection of people living downstream of the Tar Sands. The health and well-being of these downstream communities, including Fort McMurray and Fort Chipewyan, has been sacrificed ... [Published Rabble.ca - Apr 23 2013]

Entities: Oil Sands, Earth Day, Fort McMurray, Health Canada, Action

First reported Apr 23 2013 - Updated Apr 23 2013 - 1 reports

Unhappiness Over Great Lakes Action Plans

Restore Our Water International (ROWI) and Sierra Club Canada have released criticism of the International Joint Commission (IJC) Draft Great Lakes Regional Adaptive Management Plan for solving the low water levels in Lakes Michigan and Huron. The plan ... [Published Water Canada - Apr 23 2013]

Entities: Lakes (United States), Sadness, Sierra Club Canada, Action

First reported Apr 17 2013 - Updated Apr 17 2013 - 1 reports

Pipeline Snakes & Ladders

Submitted by John Bennett on Mon, 2013-04-15 23:16I want to alert you to the most recent attack on environmental protection and democracy in this country and share with you a letter I wrote to Gaetain Caron, Chair and CEO, National Energy Board of Canada ... [Published Sierra Club of Canada - Apr 17 2013]

Entities: Sierra Club Canada, John Bennett, National Energy Board

First reported Apr 16 2013 - Updated Apr 16 2013 - 1 reports

Great Lakes 'do nothing' plan unacceptable

Restore Our Water International (ROWI) and Sierra Club Canada criticize the International Joint Commission (IJC) Draft Great Lakes Regional Adaptive Management Plan as being insufficient for solving the current low water crisis on Lakes Michigan and Huron. ... [Published Sierra Club of Canada - Apr 16 2013]

Entities: Sierra Club Canada, Sierra Club, Water Crisis

First reported Apr 13 2013 - Updated Apr 13 2013 - 1 reports

Information lacking on Ontario pipeline, activists say

As the narrow window closes on the opportunity to voice concerns about the reversal of a pipeline that could transport diluted bitumen across Ontario – including through major urban centres such as Toronto – some people living near the conduit are taking ... [Published Globe and Mail - Apr 13 2013]

Entities: Enbridge Inc, John Bennett, Oil Sands, Environment, Toronto

First reported Apr 13 2013 - Updated Apr 13 2013 - 1 reports

It?s difficult to object to Enbridge?s pipeline reversal plans in Eastern Canada

People in Eastern Canada who have objections to the reversal of an Enbridge pipeline are finding they have an unusually high number of hoops and barrels to jump through to file their objections with the National Energy Board.Line 9B, a 37 year old pipeline ... [Published 660 News - Apr 13 2013]

Entities: Enbridge Inc, Canada, Sierra Club Canada, John Bennett

First reported Feb 06 2013 - Updated Feb 06 2013 - 1 reports

Environment Commissioner issues "scary report"

OTTAWA - Sierra Club Canada congratulates outgoing Environment Commissioner Scott Vaughan on an honest, hard hitting report on the lack of environmental stewardship by the federal government. Unfortunately it confirms the worst fears of Canadians: that ... [Published Sierra Club of Canada - Feb 06 2013]

Entities: John Bennett, Environmental Stewardship, Sierra Club Canada, Environment

Quotes

"Dan will be followed by a full complement of outstanding speakers including: Dr. Andrew Weaver, Nobel Laureate, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change" http://iaaweb.org/content/view/371/521/ 8 Graduate Life Center...

BC Election: Has Andrew Weaver allowed himself to be incorrectly referred to as a “ Nobel Laurea ... [Published PEJ News - May 11 2013]

"So we do think the weather may have been a factor" she said, noting that it had been an unusually early, warm dry spring

Canada wrestles with bee-killing crop pesticides [Published MSN Canada - May 04 2013]

"It is quite true to say that the 13-year legacy of the Liberal government was to say that they wanted to reduce greenhouse gases out of one side of their mouths, but at the same time invest heavily in the most greenhouse gas-intensive industry possible”"

Defending friends who didn’t get the job done [Published Nathan Cullen - Apr 30 2013]

"We need the ELA but we need a strong Endangered Species Act too. I hope the Premier will carry on and put an end to attempts by her Natural Resources Minister to gut the Ontario Endangered Species Act" said Mr. McDermott

Sierra Club Canada congratulates Premier Wynne for stepping up to save the Experimental Lakes Area [Published Sierra Club of Canada - Apr 25 2013]

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BC Election: Has Andrew Weaver allowed himself... [Published PEJ News - May 11 2013]
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Ontario beekeepers want pesticide ban as hive p... [Published Metronews - May 07 2013]
Municipality of Colchester holds public hearing... [Published News 95.7 Halifax - May 06 2013]
Canada wrestles with bee-killing crop pesticides [Published MSN Canada - May 04 2013]
Defending friends who didn’t get the job done [Published Nathan Cullen - Apr 30 2013]
Sorry Jim: Apologies from Canada about Oil Mini... [Published Rabble.ca - Apr 26 2013]
Sierra Club Canada congratulates Premier Wynne ... [Published Sierra Club of Canada - Apr 25 2013]
Earth Day Action Alert: Protect communities dow... [Published Rabble.ca - Apr 23 2013]
Unhappiness Over Great Lakes Action Plans [Published Water Canada - Apr 23 2013]
ESSAY: What Would John Muir Say... [Published Water Conservation Blog - Apr 20 2013]
IJC report criticized for not solving low water... [Published Manitoulin Expositor - Apr 19 2013]
Canadian groups tell gold company to ‘stop hara... [Published TicoTimes.net - Apr 18 2013]
Pipeline Snakes & Ladders [Published Sierra Club of Canada - Apr 17 2013]
Groups Warn Infinito Gold re: Continued Threats... [Published Mining Watch Canada - Apr 16 2013]
Great Lakes 'do nothing' plan unacceptable [Published Sierra Club of Canada - Apr 16 2013]
It?s difficult to object to Enbridge?s pipeline... [Published 660 News - Apr 13 2013]
Information lacking on Ontario pipeline, activi... [Published Globe and Mail - Apr 13 2013]
Environment Commissioner issues "scary report" [Published Sierra Club of Canada - Feb 06 2013]
Another Week of GW News, Feruary 3, 2013 [A Few... [Published ScienceBlogs : Combined Feed - Feb 04 2013]
'Green News Report' - January 24, 2013 [Published The BRAD BLOG - Jan 24 2013]
Federal Court dismisses legal challenge of Musk... [Published Financial Post - Top Stories - Dec 21 2012]
Another Week of GW News, December 16, 2012 [A F... [Published ScienceBlogs : Combined Feed - Dec 17 2012]
Sierra Club Ontario and New York Say No to Darl... [Published Sierra Club of Canada - Dec 03 2012]
Expanding Nuclear Trade is Reckless [Published Sierra Club of Canada - Nov 07 2012]
Federal government laying waste to the Canadian... [Published Sierra Club of Canada - Oct 19 2012]
Who will eat from radioactive kitchenware? [Published Sierra Club of Canada - Oct 13 2012]
"Shop Locally" Appreciation Event [Published Sierra Club of Canada - Sep 12 2012]

Blogs

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ESSAY: What Would John Muir Say... [Published Water Conservation Blog - Apr 20 2013] About the Sierra Club being led by Michael Brune, Accountant-in-Chief, and old-growth forest logging apologist? And as we prepare to celebrate Earth Day, will Madison Progressives see through his greenwash of logging ancient, sacred wildlands for toilet ...
Another Week of GW News, Feruary 3, 2013 [A Few... [Published ScienceBlogs : Combined Feed - Feb 04 2013] Logging the Onset of The Bottleneck Years This weekly posting is brought to you courtesy of H. E. Taylor . Happy reading, I hope you enjoy this week’s Global Warming news roundup skip to bottom Another Week of Climate Disruption NewsSipping from ...
'Green News Report' - January 24, 2013 [Published The BRAD BLOG - Jan 24 2013] IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Will John Kerry, or won't John Kerry?; Sierra Club vows to break the law for climate change and to stop the Keystone XL Pipeline; Dangerous air pollution in Salt Lake City; PLUS: The Mafia wants ...
Another Week of GW News, December 16, 2012 [A F... [Published ScienceBlogs : Combined Feed - Dec 17 2012] Logging the Onset of The Bottleneck Years This weekly posting is brought to you courtesy of H. E. Taylor . Happy reading, I hope you enjoy this week’s Global Warming news roundup skip to bottom Another Week of Anthropocene Antics Information ...