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Water: Is the glass half empty or half full? – Science Matters
Water is our most precious resource, but we waste it, just as we waste other resources, including oil and gas. (Credit: Steve via Flickr) By David Suzuki with contributions from David Suzuki...
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Blue Future: Protecting Water for People and the Planet Forever
Blue Future: Protecting Water for People and the Planet Forever: Maude Barlow Amazon.ca - The final book in Maude Barlow’s Blue trilogy, Blue Future is a powerful, penetrating, and timely look at the...
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Alberta citizens wanted for dialogue on water and our changing climate
Calgary’s East Village during the 2013 flood. (Image from Wikipedia.) Calgary – In the wake of the devastating floods in Alberta last year, issues surrounding water and climate change are of greater...
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David Suzuki: Trading water for fuel is fracking crazy
Drought and fracking have already caused some small communities in Texas to run out of water altogether, and parts of California are headed for the same fate. (Credit: Merinda Brayfield) By David...
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Like oil and water: Quebec’s conflicting green politics
The current provincial election campaign in Quebec has no shortage of hot-button topics – from the usual questions about sovereignty, nationalism and the economy to the apparently burning issue of who...
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Governments set to decide fate of Site C Dam in Peace River Valley
Image from BC Hydro Fort St. John - British Columbians will soon know the fate of the Peace Region’s proposed Site C dam, when provincial and federal governments release an expert panel’s report...
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Let’s hope for a clear “no” from Harper and Clark on Northern Gateway
By Art Sterritt, executive director of Coastal First Nations. This article was originally published in the Vancouver Sun. A recent Bloomberg-Nanos poll shows a majority of British Columbians want...
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Fish farm licences challenged in Federal Court
Emaciated Atlantics (Image from Ecojustice)) Vancouver - Aquaculture licences issued by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans that allow fish farms to transfer farmed Atlantic salmon carrying disease...
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David Suzuki: Lake Huron is no place for a nuclear waste dump
We can’t afford to add the risk of radioactive contamination to one of the world’s largest sources of fresh water. (Credit: Charles Dawley via Flickr) By David Suzuki with contributions from David...
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Lax drinking water standards put Canadians at risk
Image from Wikipedia Toronto – Canada’s drinking water standards continue to lag behind international benchmarks and are at risk of falling even farther behind, according to the findings of a new...
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Paddle for Protection tour set for World Rivers Day
Winnipeg – The Wilderness Committee is leading a series of paddle tours on the lower Bird River to celebrate World Rivers Day on September 28, as part of a campaign calling for the protection of this...
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BC groups launch legal challenge over coal transport in Fraser River
Image from Wikipedia Vancouver – A permit to build a coal transfer facility on the Fraser River must be quashed on grounds of procedural fairness and failure to consider climate impacts, Ecojustice...
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Recreational marine traffic a major pollutant on Pacific Coast
Image from Wikipedia. Calgary – A newly published study shows that oil discharges related to human maritime activity on the Canadian coast is posing a major threat to marine ecosystems in the Pacific...
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Site C dam still faces stiff opposition despite government approval
Fort St. John – Last week, federal and provincial governments offered conditional approval of BC Hydro’s Site C dam project in the Peace River Valley in northeastern BC. The approval is subject to the...
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Treaty 8 First Nations take Site C decision to court
Fort St. John – On November 5, 2014, Doig River First Nation, Prophet River First Nation, West Moberly First Nations and the McLeod Lake Indian Band filed a judicial review in Federal Court...
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David Suzuki: Clean drinking water should be a human right in Canada
By David Suzuki with contributions from Michael Dan, a neurosurgeon, philanthropist and First Nations advocate who accompanied David Suzuki to Shoal Lake. Canada is among the world’s wealthiest...
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David Suzuki: We have to stop filling and killing the oceans with plastic
(Credit: Kevin Krejci via Flickr) By David Suzuki with contributions from David Suzuki Foundation’s Senior Editor Ian Hanington Eight million tonnes. That’s how much plastic we’re tossing into the...
View ArticleVideo – UBC Reads Sustainability: Odyssey to the Sacred Headwaters
Victoria – Against the wishes of First Nations, the British Columbia government has opened the Sacred Headwaters to industrial development. Imperial Metals is building an open-pit copper and gold mine...
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Conservation groups ask Canada to classify microbeads “toxic”
Toronto – A group of conservation organizations, represented by counsel at Ecojustice, have submitted a formal request to Hon. Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of the Environment, asking the government to...
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David Suzuki: Microbeads are a sign of our plastic consumer madness
(Credit: watersshannon05 via Flickr) By David Suzuki with contributions from David Suzuki Foundation’s Senior Editor Ian Hanington How much are whiter teeth and smoother skin worth to you? Are they...
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