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MAY
11
2013
Last week our planet hit 400 parts per million of greenhouse gas pollutants in the atmosphere, levels this planet has not seen for at least 800,0...

MAY
10
2013

A mother's nature

Posted by Rachel in Toxic Nation
My mom lives on the East Coast, leaving me pretty much off the hook when it comes to Mother’s Day save for sending a card on time, but that...

Asian carp: one of the threats to the Great Lakes
Lana Polluck, a U.S. co-chair of the binational International Joint Commission, was correct when she recently told the Toronto Star that we have mad...

On January 7, the federal government announced $29 million for Ontario’s Lake Simcoe and south eastern Georgian Bay. We, along with others conce...

5
JAN
17
2013
CFL bulbs and mercury
Starting next January, new Canadian regulations will kick-in removing incandescent light bulbs from store shelves and replacing them with more energy-...

Canadians take it for granted that our environment and health should be protected when it comes to huge new energy projects. What if that’s no l...

If Canada is serious about doing its part to stop global warming, it needs to take a good look at our own backyard and the giant oily pit we are diggi...

Fall on Georgina Island
Patience is key. But that doesn’t mean that change isn’t happening. Especially in terms of Ontario’s Lake Simcoe Protection Plan. Th...

Just as Enbridge files to reverse its Line 9 pipeline in order to ship dangerous tar sands oil east for export, municipalities across Ontario are step...

2
NOV
30
2012
Sometimes being an environmentalist has it perks – like being able to support local farming and Ontario’s Greenbelt by drinking some amazi...