Tag: Environment Canada
Academic Group and Royal Society of Canada Released Statement Opposing Site...
More than 250 prominent university professors from across Canada, including legal scholars, political scientists, water scientists, and environmental scientists, released a statement of concern...
WWF-Canada supports targets to reduce algae in Lake Erie
A statement released this week by 14 groups from Canada and the U.S., including World Wildlife Fund Canada, says that cutting phosphorous in Lake...
Feds and Alberta Release Oil Sands Monitoring Plan
The federal government and Alberta unveiled the long-awaited Joint Canada-Alberta Implementation Plan for Oil Sands Monitoring in Edmonton last Friday.
Spurred by University of Alberta...
Feds to Invest $78.7M in Monitoring Infrastructure
The Harper Government will invest $78.7 million over the next five years to strengthen weather monitoring infrastructure, Minister of Environment Peter Kent announced today.
The infrastructure...
Prairie Flooding Takes Top Spot on Weather Stories List
Spring flooding in Canada's Prairie region took 2011's top spot in Environment Canada's annual list of top weather stories.
Epic melts occurred everywhere, says EC's...
Deconstructing “Deleterious”
Located near the mouth of Rivers Inlet, north of Port Hardy on the central coast of British Columbia, the floating Rivers Lodge is one...
Vaughan Lauds Feds for Oil Sands Action Plan
For over a decade, Environment Canada and Fisheries and Oceans Canada have warned that key environmental information regarding the effects of oil...
Okanagan Land Use and Water Management Web Portal Re-launched
The Okanagan Collaborative Conservation Program (OCCP) and the South Okanagan Similkameen Conservation Program (SOSCP) have relaunch of their web portal for land use and...
Metals Company Reaches Agreement at Community Justice Forum
Earlier this week, Vancouver-based Teck Metals Ltd. Trail Operations, which represents a zinc and lead smelting and refining complex, participated in a community justice...
Kent Releases Athabasca Water Quality Monitoring Plan
Earlier this week, Environment Minister Peter Kent presented Environment Canada's plan for a new Lower Athabasca Water Quality Monitoring Program. Developed in collaboration with...
