Environment
West Vancouver council scheduled to vote on report on climate change
West Vancouver council will vote on Monday (March 15) to receive a report from the district's Climate Change Working Group.
The Community Climate Action Plan report, called "Towards Fossil Fuel Freedom", endorses the province's call to reduce greenhouse gases by 33 percent below the 2007 level by 2020. It also supports the provincial call for an 80 percent reduction by 2050. Read full Georgia Straight artcle here:
Tory Budget Walks Away From Renewable Energy
The new federal budget is titled “Leading the Way on Jobs and Growth,” but environmentalists say it fails badly when it comes to creating new employment in fields that deliver energy from renewable sources like sun, wind and water.
Even before the new fiscal plan was released last week, the U.S. federal governmnet was outspending Ottawa by a per-capita ratio of 14 to 1 on the technologies that many believe will be the energy sources of future generations.
Cuts to Ministry of Environment undermining environmental enforcement
The announcement, in BC Budget 2010/11, of $69 million for justice and policing operations ignores the virtual collapse of the enforcement of BC's environmental laws, according to West Coast Environmental Law. The group asserts that past and new cuts to the Ministry of the Environment play a key role in an ongoing drop in enforcement of laws protecting BC's air, water and wildlife, and called for increased funding for environmental law enforcement.
B.C. rivers at risk from green power, report says
Half a Million Ontario Homes to Get Solar, Wind Power
Greener Cities, One Bus at a Time
Along with major cities, such as Seattle and Bellvue, the State of Washington recently passed a Transit-Orientated Communities Legislation. Due to the growing trend of expensive city living and poor transit systems, Bill 1490 is taking measures to decrease the reliance on household vehicles and urban sprawl.
A New Years Resolution that Makes a Difference
This year, Trees Ontario wants us to make a New Years resolution that will last for years to come. Along with various "green" resolution suggestions, Trees Ontario ecourages locals to help them in planting nearly three million trees throughout the Province in 2009.Richmond BC School District Works Towards Energy Sustainability
As part of an overall environmental stweardship objective, the school district of Richmond BC is currently working towards energy sustainability with the following goals in mind:
- Reduction of energy consumption
- Sourcing energy from clean renewable sources and
- Reducing the environmental impact of energy consumption.
Canada Awarded the Colossal Fossil Award UN Climate Conference in Poznan, Poland
For the second year in a row, Canada has been branded the "Colossal Fossil Award" at UN Climate talks. Winner of 10 Fossil awards, Canada is seen as the most obstructive country in climate change talks for some of the following reasons:
BC Government Announces Green Games for Schools
Shirly Bond, BC's minister of education has just announced a new environmental school initiative. Individual students or groups of students are being offered prize money if they can design and implement school-based brojects that benefit the environment. The Government has so far commited $160,000 to the Green Games.