Oh Canada — you’re not free to cut and run from Kyoto
By my calculation, by the time Canada’s withdrawal kicks in one year from now, we will have had commitments under the Kyoto Protocol for five years less 19 days. Professor Nigel Bankes from the Faculty...
View ArticleFriends of the Earth in Rio
On June 19, Friends of the Earth (FoE) released a report critiquing the corporate capture of the United Nations. Corporate capture means that governments are not doing their job and that they have...
View ArticleOntario needs to clean up its act on environmental rights
September 19, 2012 By Beatrice Olivastri, CEO, Friends of the Earth Canada Friends of the Earth thanks Gord Miller, Ontario’s Environmental Commissioner for his timely report — Losing Touch — in which...
View ArticleClimate change and farmers’ livelihoods
Farmers across Canada have been dealing with changing weather patterns in recent years. From droughts and floods in the Prairies to storms and blights in the Maritimes, people who rely on the land to...
View ArticleHelp save Ontario’s endangered species
Ontario’s Endangered Species Act is a key law that protects the province’s endangered wildlife and habitat. The law is one of the best in the country. When corporations plan a project that affects...
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