The Earth is warming, and human activity is likely to blame. Climates are changing across the world, including in Canada’s far north. In other parts of the world, some crops will fail, some species will be pressed to extinction and some low-lying territories will be flooded. But this parade of horribles cannot be used to justify any form or remedial action. Many of the proposals put forth by...
Environment Minister Jim Prentice today announced he's signed a memorandum of understanding with the United States and Mexico that binds the three countries together in defending uninhabited spaces.
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This is hockey for a great cause! Go out and support the Boys and Girls Club of Leduc! As a bonus, you get to heckle some MP's! Nothing goes better together than a good 'ol hockey game and raising money for a good cause , so on Saturday, Nov. 14, why not grab the family and head on down to the Leduc Recreation Centre (LRC) to watch some local businessmen take on Conservative Members of Parliament in...
MERIDA, MEXICO -- 11/07/09 -- The Honourable Jim Prentice, Canada's Environment Minister and Minister responsible for Parks Canada, today announced an unprecedented memorandum of understanding with the U.S. and Mexico to cooperate on wilderness con..
MERIDA, MEXICO (MARKET WIRE) The Honourable Jim Prentice, Canada's Environment Minister and Minister responsible for Parks Canada, today announced an unprecedented memorandum of understanding with the U.S. and Mexico to cooperate on wilderness conservation across North America. The announcement was made at the 9th World Wilderness Congress (Wild 9) in Mexico, where the Minister delivered a keynote...
MERIDA, MEXICO (MARKET WIRE) The Honourable Jim Prentice, Canada's Environment Minister and Minister responsible for Parks Canada, will hold a media teleconference from Merida, Mexico, on the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding on wilderness protection between Canada, the United States of America and Mexico. The Minister is in Merida to deliver a keynote address at the 9th World Wilderness Congress...
LASALLE, ONTARIO (MARKET WIRE) On behalf of Environment Minister, Jim Prentice, Jeff Watson, Member of Parliament for Essex, will announce funding for Detroit River Area of Concern clean-up projects under the Great Lakes Sustainability Fund.
OTTAWA, ONTARIO (MARKET WIRE) The Honourable Jim Prentice, Canada's Environment Minister and Minister responsible for Parks Canada, today announced that Parks Canada has partnered with the Canadian Museum of Nature to create a traveling exhibit highlighting Canada's aquatic ecosystems.
Over at the National Post , Don Martin recently wrote about how the Mackenzie valley pipeline, something that would transfer natural gas from the fields of the frigid Mackenzie delta south to North American consumers and in so doing jumpstart the local economy, seems to have been dismissed yet again for not the first time in forty years. This time, the federal government is the reluctant partner. A...
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Canada's Environment Minister Jim Prentice has announced that a comprehensive study is the most appropriate type of environmental assessment for the proposed Fairview Terminal Phase II Expansion Project. His decision today, was based on a number of reports provided to his office, as Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Environment Canada, the Canadian Transportation Agency, as well as the Prince Rupert Port...
The response from our federal government to the Pembina Institute/Suzuki Foundation study "Climate Leadership, Economic Prosperity," is predictable. Outrage. "The conclusions it draws are irresponsible," says Environment Minister Jim Prentice, "The kind of economic consequences you see in this report are not necessary if this is done in an orderly way." Unfortunately,...
Canada and Greenland are taking steps to protect populations of polar bears that live between the two countries, officials announced on Friday.Canada's Environment Minister Jim Prentice announced this during a conference call after he signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) along with Greenland's Minister of Fisheries, Hunting and Agriculture, Ane Hansen and Prentice's Nunavut territory representative...
Canada and Greenland agreed on a series of measures aimed at protecting shared populations of polar bears which roam between the Nunavut territory and the huge arctic island, officials said. Canada's Environment Minister Jim Prentice made the announcement during a conference call from Kangerluusuaq, Greenland, where he signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) Friday with Greenland's Minister of...