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Species at Risk Act

Give Us Our Money Back, Whale Activists Tell Feds

CBC | Posted 11.30.2012 | Canada British Columbia
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As Fisheries and Oceans Canada touts a first-ever conviction under the Species at Risk Act, a Victoria whale-advocacy group wants its federal funding ...

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Sturgeons And Pipelines Don't Mix: Suing The Government To Enforce Environmental Laws

Gwen Barlee | Posted 11.27.2012 | Canada British Columbia
Read More: Northern Gateway Pipeline, Nechako White Sturgeon, Enbridge Northern Gateway, Wilderness Committee, Marbled Murrelet, Endangered Species, Species at Risk Act, Endangered Species Lawsuit, Sara Lawsuit, Pacific Humpback Whale, Canada British Columbia News
Gwen Barlee

Fifty years ago there were an estimated 5,000 Nechako white sturgeon -- today there are just 350 struggling to hang on. Dams and habitat loss have taken their toll, but the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline could be the coup de grace for this critically imperilled creature. The proposed pipeline would cross the watercourse in which the sturgeon lives. But it doesn't stop there.

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Feds Sued Over Pipeline Endangered Species

CP | Dene Moore, The Canadian Press | Posted 11.26.2012 | Canada British Columbia
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VANCOUVER - A coalition of conservation groups is suing the federal environment minister to try and force Ottawa to protect endangered and threatened ...

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Tories Set To Start Another Environmental Overhaul

CP | Heather Scoffield, The Canadian Press | Posted 11.14.2012 | Canada Politics
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OTTAWA - After 10 years of ups and downs, the legislation that protects precarious wildlife is ready for an overhaul that will kick into high gear thi...

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Bill C-38: The Law That Will Break Nature's Back?

David Suzuki | Posted 08.12.2012 | Canada Politics
Read More: Environmental Assessment Act, Fisheries Act, Ecosystem Services, Climate Change, Ontario Endangered Species Act, Boreal Forest, Biodiversity, Invasive Species, Bill C-38, Bill 55, Species at Risk Act, Global Warming, Urban Sprawl, Canada Politics News
David Suzuki

Canada's environmental laws are under attack by both the federal and Ontario governments. In Ottawa, the government introduced Bill C-38 to implement far-reaching measures announced in its budget. The 420-page Bill C-38 will gut a raft of federal laws passed over the years to ensure that our air, water, and most vulnerable wildlife populations are protected.

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Going to Bat for Our Flying Furry Friends

David Suzuki | Posted 07.17.2012 | Canada
Read More: Insect Control, Pollination, Agriculture, Tequila, Bats, Conservation, Wind Turbines, Species at Risk Act, Pest Control, Canada News
David Suzuki

Many of the 1,200 known species of bats are in trouble. And we humans deserve much of the blame. A bat can eat more than 1,000 insects in an hour, and without the services of bats, the agave plant, from which we get tequila, might not survive. So, if you like tequila but not mosquito bites, you should view bats as your friends.

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Woodland Caribou Are at a Crossroads

David Suzuki | Posted 11.15.2011 | Canada
Read More: Tar Sands, Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement, Oil Sands, Recovery Strategy, First Nations, Alberta, Caribou, Boreal Forest, Wolves, Cod Fishery, Boreal Conservation Science Panel, Endangered Species, Woodland Caribou, Species at Risk Act, Fort Mcmurray, Canada News
David Suzuki

One endangered herd in Alberta's tar sands region is at great risk of disappearing. Clear-cutting and no-holds-barred oil and gas exploration and development have affected more than 60 per cent of the habitat of the Red Earth caribou herd, leaving little undisturbed forest where it can feed, breed, and roam.

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