Sierra Club Canada is calling on the federal government to follow the lead of European Union and take action to protect at-risk bee populations by banning three neonicotinoid pesticides: Imidacloprid, Clothianidin and Thiamethoxam. The pesticides, which attack the bees’ nervous system, are being banned in Europe after strong evidence from a European Food Safety Authority … Read more
Sierra Club Canada congratulates Ontario premier Kathleen Wynne for stepping up to save the Experimental Lakes Area (ELA). The Sierra Club said that the ELA is an essential part of Canada's environmental protection infrastructure and necessary for understanding how the Canadian environment is impacted by human activity. More information is available online. Call 647-345-7665.
Restore Our Water International (ROWI) and Sierra Club Canada criticize the International Joint Commission (IJC) Draft Great Lakes Regional Adaptive Management Plan as being insufficient for solving the current low water crisis on Lakes Michigan and Huron. The IJC recently finished conducting webinars on their proposed plan and has sought public comments. The IJC plan … Read more
The Sierra Club of Canada research indicates that a study published in the Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences found environmental assessments triggered by the Fisheries Act prior to the 2012 omnibus bill were not taking too long to conclude. In fact, most were completed in less time than the new act requires, proving the … Read more
The Sierra Club Canada is very encouraged the U.S. State Department’s conclusion that the United States does not require the Keystone XL Pipeline to meet its energy demands. Executive director of Sierra Club Canada John Bennett said this clears the way for president Obama to reject the Keystone pipeline. The full release is available online. … Read more
Sierra Club Canada congratulated outgoing environment commissioner Scott Vaughan on what it said is an honest, hard hitting report on the lack of environmental stewardship by the federal government. The Sierra Club said that unfortunately the report confirms the worst fears of Canadians: that the federal government is not providing environmental stewardship. The full release … Read more
John Bennett, executive director of Sierra Club Canada, said that the killing of the Navigable Waters Act, along with further gutting of what’s left of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act and Fisheries Act, will inhibit the ability of Canadians to protect their natural environment for their children, grandchildren and future generations. Bennett added that Canadians … Read more
The Atlantic chapter of the Sierra Club and the Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility are calling on responsible authorities to have all the radioactively contaminated heavy water drained from the core of the Point Lepreau reactor and replaced with uncontaminated non-radioactive heavy water. The groups said unless this is done, radiation exposures to Lepreau workers … Read more
The organization is not persuaded that a hearing on Bruce Power's plan to ship nuclear waste to Sweden is the appropriate forum. It is calling for the hearing to be adjourned. Call 613-291-6888.
