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Natural gas is neither a cleaner nor safer form of fuel energy
Natural gas is neither clean nor green, and is not a "bridge fuel."
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France bans Apple iPhone 12 while Canadians remain at risk
Sales of iphone 12 continue in Canada, while France stopped sales due to excessive radiofrequency emissions. There is no record of Industry Canada testing the phones. Testing loopholes might not protect Canadians.
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Don’t underestimate ravages of climate crisis when storing nuclear waste
The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission should heed Mother Nature's warning and deny the present proposal. In today’s weather, much less the future, the commission is unlikely to meet its goal to keep nuclear waste secure for hundreds of years.
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The Futility of Carbon Capture and Storage
Federal tax dollars for Carbon Capture and Storage are a direct subsidy to a very profitable but toxic fossil fuel industry. The Canadian government's billions for this unproven technology provides a delay for fossil fuels carbon emissions to continue unabated through 2050.
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Misconceptions of what ‘net-zero emissions’ actually means will have dire health impacts
Current plans for addressing climate change are incompatible with an acceptable destiny. Our future health, as opposed to dollars, must become our priority.
Read MoreMisconceptions of what ‘net-zero emissions’ actually means will have dire health impacts
Canada needs a research institute on environment, health, and well-being
The natural systems we depend on are threatened by human activity, resulting in what the United Nations calls a triple crisis of climate change, pollution and biodiversity loss.
Read MoreCanada needs a research institute on environment, health, and well-being
AFTER COP 15: To preserve biodiversity, we must abandon our dependence on pesticides
Consultations close on July 14th, on the development of Canada's 2030 Biodiversity Strategy, to achieve promises made at the COP 15 held in Montreal last December. Canada's high and increasing use of pesticides must be reversed.
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A moment with the miracle of a Monarch
“In the dim light, there was a flash of gold. A Monarch chrysalis, attached to a horseradish leaf.”
Take a moment to experience the astonishing emergence of a Monarch butterfly from its chrysalis, in a series of photos by Meg Sears.
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Groups call for Senate vote on environmental racism bill before summer recess
Canada's environmental racism bill, Bill C-226 is stalled in the Senate. PCN is one of more than 30 Canadian environment, health and other NGOs urging the Senate to move it forward before the summer recess.
Read MoreGroups call for Senate vote on environmental racism bill before summer recess