While creating environmental protected areas is seen as beneficial and increasingly necessary for a number of reasons, a new study shows that our protected parks don’t really protect those areas providing benefits to Canadian society such as fresh water sources… »
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Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Politics, Society
Liberal climate plan set to hike federal carbon tax to $170 a tonne by 2030
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau today released his government’s signature climate policy that would see Ottawa hike the federal carbon tax to $170 a tonne by 2030 and invest more than $15 billion towards meeting and exceeding Canada’s emissions reductions targets… »
Environment & Animal Life, Society
Environmental effects of online shopping can be reduced: analyst
Two-thirds of Canadians have increased their online shopping during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report by KPMG. Canada’s postal service reports that parcel deliveries increased by more than 24 per cent in the first eight months of 2020.… »
Environment & Animal Life, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Young Canadians more pessimistic about the environment: survey
Different generations of Canadians have differing views about climate change, according to a survey done for IBM in October 2020. Canadians over the age of 50 are more likely to think that the pandemic has stalled advances in the fight against… »
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Climate is changing Arctic wildlife habits; unique international study
In recent years many studies have noted changes in Arctic climate, said to be one of the fastest warming areas on the planet. An important new -longterm- collaborative study of wildlife in the world’s circumpolar Arctic and sub-Arctic boreal regions… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, International, Politics
Will seismic oil and gas testing go ahead in Arctic refuge?
With the U.S election imminent, an extremely controversial environmental question hangs in the balance. The Trump administration has been pushing for quick approval of seismic testing in a huge Alaskan wildlife refuge that borders on Canada’s Yukon Territory. The Arctic… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life
Cleanup ocean plastic trash- Sunglasses to Hallowe’en display
A modern world without plastics seems impossible, but that doesn’t mean we can’t do a much better job of recycling or making sure they don’t become harmful in the environment. Many have heard of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, perhaps… »
Canada announces national plan to ban some single-use plastics
The Canadian government plan to phase out single-use plastics which have been a major source of environmental pollution was thrown out of kilter with the arrival of the pandemic. Concerns over spreading the virus led to a resurgence of items… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Society
Provincial challenges of federal carbon tax at Supreme Court today
After a long delay due to the pandemic, provincial challenges to the federal government’s imposed carbon tax will begin today in Canada’s highest court, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC). As part of an environmental effort to slow global warming… »
British Columbia approves municipal bans on single use plastics
The British Columbia government is moving towards banning single-use plastics in a number of municipalities within the province in order to prevent plastic waste from polluting communities, shorelines and landfills. According to a news release from B.C. on Saturday, the… »
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