Sierra in the News
2013-06-12 10:52
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Forests, Ontario Chapter, Forests and Biodiversity, Wilderness and Species Conservation, National Forest Strategy, Caribou - Endangered, Endangered Species
Tony Bock / Toronto StarA Blanding's turtle recovers at the Toronto Wildlife Centre following repairs to its damaged shell after it was hit by a car. (July 16, 2009) When a leading environmental group resigns in protest from a government panel working on changes to Ontario’s Endangered Species Act, it’s clear that the woodland caribou and Blanding’s turtles are getting the short end of the stick.Concerns from the Wildlands League were confirmed last week when...
2013-06-10 10:06
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Ontario Chapter, Wilderness and Species Conservation, Endangered Species
Last week, the Star wrote a story about the fears of a conservation agency, Wildlands League, that there will be serious repercussions to the habitats of endangered species if Ontario bends over backwards to accommodate industries as it embarked on “modernization of approvals” under the Endangered Species Act. The story was in the paper on Wednesday. By Thursday, environmental groups emailed to say they believed a cabinet decision was imminent. A decision did come down...
2013-06-05 10:33
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Ontario Chapter, Caribou - Endangered
We had John Kapel, owner of Little John Sawmill in Timmins and Dan McDermott, the Ontario Director of Sierra Club, discuss changes to Ontario's Endangered Species Act. Forest companies favour the changes while environmental groups do not. Listen (runs 10:03)
2013-05-28 10:07
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Ontario Chapter, Nuclear Phaseout, Radioactive Waste, Nuclear-Free Canada
OPG wants to keep Pickering running until about 2020 to fill the need for power. Although the province has plenty of electricity now, the big Darlington station is due for a multi-year overhaul starting in 2016 that will crimp its output until about 2020. TORONTO STAR Ontario’s oldest nuclear plant pleads its case this week for a few more years of active life.But nuclear skeptics say it’s time to bring down the axe on the Pickering nuclear station.It’s an old debate...
2013-04-11 13:18
Sweeping exemptions would leave endangered species sliding toward extinction.Added by Jacqueline on April 4, 2013.Saved under Akwesasne, Alexandria ON, Brockville ON, Casselman ON, CFN Viewers, Chesterville, Community, Cornwall, Earth Matters, GREEN News, Headlines, Ingleside ON, Kingston, Long Sault ON, Morrisburg ON, Ontario, Ontario Provincial Politics, Ottawa, Science & Technology, South Stormont, Toronto, What's Going On Submitted Media Release…April...
2013-04-05 16:39
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Ecosystems, General - No issue selected, Safe Food and Sustainable Agriculture, Oceans, Renewable Energy, Trade and Environment, Government, Nuclear-Free Canada, Indigenous Sovereignty, Atmosphere & Energy, Health & Environment, Protecting Biodiversity, Transition to Sustainable Economy
Montré du droit par le gouvernement Harper l'an dernier au moment des réformes des lois environnementales, le processus d'évaluation de l'ancienne Loi sur les pêches était en fait très efficace.C'est ce que conclut une étude, la première du genre, réalisée par une équipe de l'Université de Toronto et publiée par NRC Research Press, une entité indépendante du Conseil...
2013-04-05 16:35
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Ecosystems, Water, Oceans, Toxics, Trade and Environment, Government, Atmosphere & Energy, Health & Environment, Protecting Biodiversity, Transition to Sustainable Economy
Research is questioning the logic behind the federal government's move to streamline environmental assessments.After tracking thousands of assessments over a decade, the peer-reviewed findings of Derrick de Kerckhove suggest a great majority of Fisheries Act environmental reviews over the last decade were completed well within recommended timelines.Nor was there a bottleneck of projects being held up by a clogged review process, he said."We didn't find any. Even when the input was...
2013-04-05 15:33
Sixty-five species slated to receive mandatory habitat protection this summer under Ontario’s Endangered Species Act, 2007 (ESA) may be out of luck if the government proceeds with sweeping exemptions to the act.A new analysis reveals that these species, listed as at-risk before the act was passed six years ago, have now been waiting an average of 19 years to have their habitat protected. Now that wait-time is about to be extended – in some cases, forever.When the Act was...
2013-03-27 14:22
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Government, Transition to Sustainable Economy
Environment Canada, not Sustainable Prosperity, to take over research dataThe people who are winding down the controversial National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy say Environment Minister Peter Kent has nixed their plan to keep all their research public.The government pulled funding from the roundtable a year ago, giving the advisory body until this Friday to shut down.Acting chairman Robert Slater says the group had planned to hand over 25 years of research and analysis to...
2013-03-20 01:31
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Ecosystems, National, Water, Water Quality, Water Conservation, Government, National Water Strategy
A Thunder Bay city councillor wants environmental groups to take over the Experimental Lakes Area — but one of the groups he's named is throwing cold water on the idea.Federal government support for the Experimental Lakes Area in northwestern Ontario is set to expire by the end of the month and there's been no announcement of any deal for another operator to take over the project.Thunder Bay councillor Larry Hebert said it's time for groups such as Greenpeace or the Sierra...
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