Category: Green
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Ontario’s Draft Plan to Improve Pollinator Health & Reduce Pollinator Losses: Send Your Comments before March 7, 2016
The following video presents “Creating Pollinator Habitat in Ontario” “One of the major issues that ALUS is trying to address is the recent decline of pollinators. Bayham ALUS project coordinator Kyle Mauthe explains how demonstration farm M&R Orchards has planted native wild flowers to create pollinator habitat.” This is an update to the following blog,…
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Help Decide the Future of Toronto’s Gardiner Expressway East at a Public Forum #5 Meeting or Live Webcast on January 19, 2016: Registration is Required
The following video presents Gardiner Expressway options: The Hybrid option was endorsed by Toronto City Council as the preferred alternative for the Gardiner Expressway East on June 11, 2015. The upcoming public meeting on January 19, 2016, will present the results on the evaluation of the alternative designs for the Hybrid option, as well as…
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Ontario Approved the 22nd and Final Source Water Protection Plan, Covering More Than 450 Municipal Drinking Water Systems for Canadians
The following video presents Source Water Protection in Ontario: Ontario’s comprehensive approach to protect drinking water reached a milestone this month when the province approved the 22nd and final source water protection plan, covering more than 450 municipal drinking water systems across Ontario. In 2006, Ontario passed the Clean Water Act. “The Act required the…
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Top 10 Tips for a Greener Holiday in Ontario, Canada: Make Environmentally Friendly Choices to Help Fight Climate Change & Keep Ontario’s Air, Land & Water Clean
The following video presents Together We Can Change Climate Change: “Ontario is a world leader in fighting climate change. Alongside our global partners, we’re making a difference. Ontario is building transit friendly cities to cut down on vehicle emissions and helping businesses reduce their carbon footprint. And perhaps most importantly, we’ve ended coal-fired electricity generation…
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The Prime Minister of Canada Will Attend the 2015 Climate Conference in Paris, France, November 30 – December 11: “I Look Forward to Partnering with Provinces and Territories – and All Parties – to Achieve an Ambitious International Climate Agreement at COP 21 for Our and All Future Generations”
The following video presents First Ministers Meeting: Provincial premiers met with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. “Canada warming at twice the global rate, scientists tell premiers conference” For the full story, please visit http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-first-ministers-meet-climate-change-1.3331290 . This is an update to the previous blog, Canada’s Environment and Climate Change Minister Will Attend the 2015 Paris Climate Conference…
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Canada’s Environment and Climate Change Minister Will Attend the 2015 Paris Climate Conference COP21, November 30 – December 11: To “work with our international partners on the adoption of an effective climate change agreement and in the transformation towards a low-carbon, climate resilient global economy”
The following video presents COP21/CMP11 official video (English subtitles): “In 2015, France will be hosting and presiding the 21st Session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP21/CMP11), otherwise known as “Paris 2015” which will take place in Paris-Le Bourget from 30th of November to 11th of…
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Open Letter to Canadians: “For the first time in our country’s history – there will be an equal number of women and men around the Cabinet table”
The following video (duration is 4 h:15 min:52 sec) presents WATCH LIVE: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks following swearing-in ceremony: Watch live as Justin Trudeau and his new cabinet ministers are sworn in as the new Canadian government on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2015. Hosted by Global News’ Tom Clark and Jacques Bourbeau. For more info,…