Air quality is a major challenge globally and is the single greatest environmental risk to human health. More than 90 per cent of the world’s population lives in areas that exceed the World Health Organization guideline for healthy air. In North America, Canada and the United States of America have …
canada's greenhouse gas emissions, in 1998, were 19 per cent more than the target set under the Kyoto Protocol, the country's environment ministry has revealed. The ministry says that emissions from the electricity sector are 28 per cent above the 1990 levels and have continued to grow as coal is …
a canadian researcher has discovered answer to one of the most crucial environmental challenges facing the world: how to save coral reefs. Ellsworth LeDrew, a geography professor at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, has devised a mathematical formula that will automatically scan satellite images to uncover changes in coral …
A new study suggests that polar bear mothers may accidentally adopt other cubs because they are not very good at recognising their own. According to the evolutionary theory, animals should adopt offspring they are related to, such as nephews or nieces. But the study, by Nick Lunn and his colleagues …
INCREASE in the number of cases of cardio-respiratory disorders, asthma and other breathing problems has prompted the Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment to decide on Canada-wide standards to enhance air quality. The government has asked the provincial and territorial environment ministers to set standards for the excepted levels …
A legislation that would have permitted the Canadian government to sue tobacco companies for recovery of smoking-related healthcare costs has beeg rejected by the Supreme Court of British Columbia. The rejection comes as a major setback for the provincial governments, which had hoped to emulate the success of many US …
in a one-of-a-kind workshop, the Canadian government is teaching citizens ways to reduce greenhouse gas ( ghg ) emissions. Participants at the workshop were taught how to reduce emissions and were encouraged to give written commitments to reduce their emissions and to measure their progress. Geoff Love, president of Enviros- …
A us federal judge has cleared the way for the shipment of plutonium from Los Alamos, New Mexico, to Canada by refusing to grant an injunction to groups that say the move is illegal. The order from Judge Richard A Enslen of the western district of Michigan also vacates a …
How did the idea of ecological restoration (ER) originate? The concept of er has been around for more than a century. The earliest published call for restoration, that one can recall, was made in India by the famous theosophist Helena Blavatsky in 1879. Madame Blavatsky, as she was known, predicted …
a set of environmental indicators used in a Canadian government report gives a clear picture of the health of the Great Lakes. The report, The State of the Great Lakes , gives information based on 19 of 80 indicators developed by scientists, said participants at the 1998 State of the …
according to a new study by a group of scientists from the Canadian Wildlife Service, polar bears are under threat of starvation from climate change due to melting sea ice. This trend, they say, is due to a decline in the main food source of the bears
for the first time, scientists have found convincing evidence that the blood-brain barrier, the nearly impenetrable membrane preventing entry of toxins into the brain, can be successfully invaded by the metal mercury. In a study conducted at Canada's Maurice La Montagne Institute and the University of Agricultural Sciences in Sweden, …
the Canadian states, Quebec and Newfoundland, have declared that plans for a huge hydro-electric project in the Churchill Falls region of Labrador would be delayed to meet the demand of Canadian natives. The natives have stalled negotiations on the project since March 1998. They are demanding that they be involved …
canada has barred fishing of sockeye salmon, an important Pacific Ocean salmon specie, after officials discovered that fewer fish returned to their river spawning grounds than had been expected. Commercial and recreational fishermen were ordered not to catch sockeye salmon bound for the Fraser River basin after the department of …
the latest in the sewage treatment technology for the colder climates has ultimately hit the market after years of research and much to the chagrin of its detractors has proved to be effective. Snowfluent, a revolutionary no discharge technology developed by two Canadian engineers gave small town politicians a big …
consider this: You are about to check in for your connecting flight and you discover your ticket is not with you. A frantic search but it is untraceable. To free you from these pre and post-travel tensions, ticketless travel involving two airlines is fast gaining ground with support from airline …
the fixed salmon catch quotas that existed under the original Pacific Salmon Treaty between the United States and Canada are now history. A new agreement based on abundance of the valuable food fish was concluded on June 3, 1999, resolving a long-standing dispute between the neighbouring nations. The new agreement …
according to Canadian scientists at the life sciences firm AstraZeneca, chicken and cow manure, old newspapers, straw and wood chips, can be used to clean up land contaminated with dangerous chlorinated pesticides such as ddt. The team came up with the alternative using local bacteria that feed on organic waste …
