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U.S. offering polar bears better protection than Canada

Fri, 16 May 2008 12:05:37 +0000

Ottawa - News that the U.S. is listing the polar bear as ?threatened? under its Endangered Species Act sends a clear signal that Canada is lagging behind in its global responsibility to protect wildli...

New report says we can have our fish and eat it too

Fri, 16 May 2008 12:05:37 +0000

VANCOUVER – One year after the Provincial. Legislature’s own Special Committee on Sustainable Aquaculture recommended a rapid transition to closed-system fish farms, the provincial government cont...

MEDIA BRIEFING, MAY 13, VICTORIA

Fri, 16 May 2008 12:05:36 +0000

WHAT:
The David Suzuki Foundation and the Pembina Institute will host a media briefing in Victoria, B.C., on May 13. Journalists will be briefed on the upcoming Western Climate Initiative meeti...

New poll shows majority of Metro Vancouver residents want better public transit, not expanded highways

Fri, 16 May 2008 12:05:33 +0000

VANCOUVER – A new poll shows 69 per cent of Metro Vancouver residents support redirecting money away from road expansion projects toward a better public transit system.

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Canadian and U.S. Conservation Community Invites Retail Businesses to Move Forward on Sustainable Seafood Initiatives

Fri, 16 May 2008 12:05:35 +0000

(Halifax, Vancouver) SeaChoice, Canada’s sustainable seafood program, and its five member organizations, joined nine U.S. environmental groups today in releasing the “Common Vision for Environment...

B.C. environmental groups applaud carbon tax legislation

Fri, 16 May 2008 12:05:32 +0000

Victoria - A coalition of more than 16 environmental groups from across British Columbia welcomed the introduction of the province’s landmark carbon tax into the Legislature today.

"W...

Canada’s Polar Bear on Thin Ice - Federal Government Must Take Action

Fri, 16 May 2008 12:05:29 +0000

Canada’s independent scientific body, the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC), today confirmed that the polar bear is at risk in Canada. More than half the world’s p...

Good news from Ontario on Earth Day

Fri, 16 May 2008 12:05:26 +0000

OTTAWA – Measures announced today in Ontario will raise the bar on provincial pesticide policy, says the David Suzuki Foundation. Details of the Ontario government’s plan to ban lawn and garden pe...

Manitoba moves forward on climate change

Fri, 16 May 2008 12:05:20 +0000

OTTAWA – The David Suzuki Foundation congratulates the government of Manitoba on the release of its new climate change plan. With this plan and legislated global warming targets, Manitoba joins prov...

Protection of B.C. marine area welcomed

Fri, 16 May 2008 12:05:13 +0000

VANCOUVER – Today’s major announcement of a new Marine Protected Area (MPA) off coastal British Columbia “is a welcome sign that government is willing to address conservation issues however, mor...

A Green Goddess Shares Spring Cleaning Recipes

Thu, 15 May 2008 12:05:18 +0000

The April issue of the David Suzuki Foundation monthly newsletter focuses on sustainable spring cleaning, and features the Foundation’s own "green goddess" Lindsay Coulter who shares safe, inexpensi...

David Suzuki Foundation sending observer to Bangkok for UN climate change talks

Thu, 15 May 2008 12:05:12 +0000

The David Suzuki Foundation is sending an official observer to next week's United Nations climate change conference in Bangkok, Thailand. Dale Marshall, the Suzuki Foundation's climate change ...

Lessons from Quebec on how to ban lawn and garden pesticides

Thu, 08 May 2008 12:05:27 +0000

OTTAWA – A new report on Quebec’s current provincial ban on the use and sale of several lawn pesticides urges other provinces to follow Quebec’s lead. “Quebec has paved the way for pro...

Media Advisory: David Suzuki Foundation available for comment on Ontario budget

Thu, 08 May 2008 12:05:14 +0000

TORONTO - The Ontario government’s budget announcement on Tuesday, March 25, will be an important chance for Premier Dalton McGuinty to present his next steps towards meeting the province’s climat...

Lawsuit Leads To Work on Protecting Endangered Species

Wed, 07 May 2008 12:05:09 +0000

Vancouver, BC - The Nooksack Dace, an endangered fish found in small streams in BC’s Fraser Valley, is one step closer to protection with the re-release of a recovery strategy that identifies habita...