Stuff From Other Environmental Groups (September)

FROM ECOJUSTICE

  1. Damage From Canada’s Hidden, But Exported Emissions: Read the article here!

  2. Success: Your support caused the federal government to reject Pieridae Energy’s request for $1 billion for a fossil fuel project in Nova Scotia! Also, Canada’s courts denied a fish farm’s request to move 1 ½ million Atlantic salmon to open-net pen on B.C.’s Discovery Islands coast!

FROM CBC NEWS “WHAT ON EARTH?”

  1. Find old issues here!

  2. Hotter Nights: Check out the last story!

  3. Heat Pumps/Bi-Directional Charging of Vehicles to the Grid: Check out the 2nd story!

  4. Insect Poop Fertilizer and Carbon Capture at a Brewery: The stories are both here!

  5. Sand Mining and Ecosystem Destruction: Check out the 2nd story! Also, the item about sand mining was actually on CBC Radio's Quirks & Quarks last month. The web story can be found here!

  6. Ethical Swimwear: Check it out!

  7. Ecological Benefits for Returning Indigenous lands: Read the 2nd story!

  8. Consume Less for the Planet: Check it out!  

FROM SIERRA CLUB CANADA FOUNDATION

  1. Plastic Pollution = Profit: Big plastics companies are suing the federal government for listing plastic as a toxic substance. Read, then act! Here's the Sierra statement & the Suzuki one.

FROM DAVID SUZUKI FOUNDATION

  1. Dealing With the IPCC’s “Code Red for Humans”: Supportive ideas present at the end of the article to assist all of us!

  2. Nuclear Power: Why it should NOT be considered: Read why here! 

FROM INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (IISD)

  1. Electric Vehicles in India: ISSD's expert has ideas to accelerate the transition!

  2. Solve World Hunger, Support Farmers, Protect the Climate: The ‘how’ is now all in this one report!

  3. Climate-Resilient InfrastructureHow we create and maintain our built environment must change!

  4. Oil/Gas Pipelines: In the past 3 years, they've received over CAD 23 billion in government support! 

  5. Fossil-Free Recovery: It’s laid out in this new podcast episode!