Discovery of Arctic Ozone Hole Brings Environmen​t Canada Cuts Sharply into Focus // Le trou dans la couche d’ozone au dessus de l’Arctique attire l’attentio​n sur les compressio​ns à Environnem​ent Canada

Discovery of Arctic Ozone Hole Brings Environment Canada Cuts Sharply into Focus This past weekend, the journal Nature published a paper detailing, for the first time, the discovery of a hole in the ozone layer near the North Pole. This critical layer of our atmosphere is responsible for sheltering the Earth from harmful ultraviolet radiation, ...

Greens support public action to oppose the Keystone pipeline / Les verts partisans des interventions publiques d’opposition au pipeline Keystone

MEDIA RELEASE For immediate release September 26, 2011 Greens support public action to oppose the Keystone pipeline      OTTAWA – The Green Party of Canada is solidly in support of peaceful, non-violent opposition to the proposed Keystone pipeline.  A rally was held today in Ottawa to protest the pipeline, which would transport bitumen from the ...

Greens Petition to End Shark Finning

SIDNEY — Green Leader Elizabeth May called today for an end to shark finning at a press conference held in the Shaw Ocean Discovery Centre, Sidney, BC.  “I have been presented with a large collection of petition signatures from Canadians asking the federal government to take action against shark finning and I’m very pleased to ...

New report shows total oil sands emissions close to double widely used figures

A new comprehensive report by independent researcher, Michelle Mech, is garnering attention as it shows that total production-related greenhouse gas emissions from the Alberta oil sands are close to double the National Inventory Report figure for 2008, which is often loosely misinterpreted as representing the total emissions from oil sands production.  The oils sands category ...

Elizabeth May Endorses Proposal to Designate the Capital Regional Biosphere Reserve

Media Release Tuesday, November 23, 2010 District as a UN Biosphere Reserve Elizabeth May, national leader of the Green Party of Canada, is endorsing the new proposal by the Environmental Law Center of the University of Victoria and various regional community groups to have the Capital Regional District (CRD) around Greater Victoria designated as a ...

Elizabeth May: Demise of climate bill was undemocratic

Unelected members of the Senate killed legislation approved by MPs By Elizabeth May, Times Colonist | November 20, 2010 The Stephen Harper-controlled Senate delivered a brutal blow to climate action — and democracy itself — this week when it killed the Climate Change Accountability Act. The NDP private members bill, which passed the House of ...