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One of the most wild and beautiful locations in North America, and one of the most biologically diverse and important places on earth, just received news that it will be able to stay that way. BC’s Flathead River Valley is the only large valley of low elevation in Canada that remains unsettled.
Well aware of the stigma the oilsands brings to the nation’s reputation, Environment Minister Jim Prentice has spoken up and stated the obvious. He warns that Canada is in danger of becoming a “global poster child for environmentally unsound resource development” and says the industry must change its ways.
The green credentials of the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics are being questioned, in a rather ironic situation in which we see organizers desperately trying to create enough snow for the events, due to an unseasonably warm winter. A report by the David Suzuki Foundation has critiqued efforts being made to offset emissions.
The Canadian Press reports that in the area of urban sustainability, Vancouver, Toronto and Yellowknife are leaders in each of their respective categories: big cities with a population over 700,000, medium cities with a population over 250,000 and small cities with a population under 250,000.
Your Daily Greens: Ontario’s Green Energy Ambitions, Carbon Capture and Storage, and Greening the Copenhagen Conference.
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