Sierra Club Canada Foundation has learned that the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board will be issuing a new license for oil and gas exploration in the Gulf of St. Lawrence to Corridor Resources. The Corridor has been granted three free extensions on its license in the Gulf over the past nine years, and has reached … Read more
The Sierra Club Canada Foundation was shocked that a new program of exploration is planned for the Gulf of St. Lawrence, despite repeated calls for a moratorium and the fact that the current exploration license is meant to expire in January 2017. For almost 20 years, Sierra Club and a broad coalition of groups have been … Read more
Over two dozen non-governmental organizations from Canada and the United States, including the Sierra Club of Canada are asking Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (Papineau, Que.) and U.S. President Barack Obama to postpone or cancel an unprecedented series of shipments of highly radioactive liquid waste from Ontario to South Carolina along public roads and over bridges crossing … Read more
The Sierra Club Canada Foundation and East Coast Environmental Law and their legal council at EcoJustice applaud the decision to proceed with a federal court process to determine if the decision to reject the Digby Quarry was in line with our obligations under NAFTA. “Together with ECELAW and the legal team at Ecojustice, we will focus on this … Read more
Energy East Pipeline hearings left questions unanswered for intervenors from Sierra Club Canada Foundation in Saint John, NB. Emma Hebb, Chair of the Atlantic Canada Chapter and Gretchen Fitzgerald, National Program Director participated In the first day of National Energy Board Panel sessions aimed at gathering local knowledge and addressing questions left unanswered by Transacada’s environmental impact assessment. “The benefits to … Read more
Mary Muter, chair of the Sierra Club Canada’s Great Lakes Project, commented on the 2016 federal budget: “It’s gratifying that the Canadian Government is moving forward following the [International Joint Commission]’s advice to help protect and restore the finite waters of the Great Lakes,” she said. With this budget, the IJC will receive funding needed to determine the … Read more
Sierra Club of Canada’s interim executive director Diane Beckett called the First Ministers’ meeting in Vancouver “a make-or-break opportunity for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (Papineau, Que.) and 13 provincial/territorial premiers to put some substance behind the conversations we’ve been hearing about ambitious, far-reaching climate solutions.” In a letter, Beckett said “if the Vancouver meeting succeeds, it will be … Read more
The Sierra Club of Canada encourages Canadians to share their thoughts on the federal government’s proposed ban on microbeads prior to the March 10, 2016 deadline for comments. Environment and Climate Change Canada’s proposed regulation characterizes microbeads by their size, but indicates that the more detailed definition will appear in an appendix at a later date. ECCC introduced its proposed microbead … Read more
Sierra Club Canada applauds U. S. President Barack Obama’s rejection of Keystone XL Pipeline. “President Barack Obama’s historic decision to reject TransCanada Corporation’s controversial Keystone XL pipeline brings North America one step closer to a low-carbon economy, while pointing to the power of citizen action in delivering the right political response to climate change”, said Diane … Read more
Sierra Club Canada Foundation would be disappointed with the federal government’s modest new emission reduction target (of 30 per cent below 2005 levels by 2030) IF there was any likelihood the government would do anything to reach it. After nearly a decade in office, this government has made it crystal clear that it’s not interested in … Read more
