Tag: Environment

  • Harper Government Highlights Accomplishments Under the National Conservation Plan

    Harper Government Highlights Accomplishments Under the National Conservation Plan

    GATINEAU, QC, Dec. 26, 2014 /CNW/ – The Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of the Environment, Minister of the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency and Minister for the Arctic Council, today highlighted the accomplishments achieved under the National Conservation Plan. The National Conservation Plan, which was a commitment made in the 2013 Speech from the Throne,…

  • Turner Valley School News: What Did You Do in School Today?

    Turner Valley School News: What Did You Do in School Today?

    Kananaskis in the Classroom ~ “Planet Earth-Hummingbird Edition” We will be joining Kananaskis country’s famous naturalist ‘David Humming-borough’ as he dives deeper into the world of hummingbirds. These interactive presentations are always a hit with the whole school. Watch him in the documentary as he looks closer at the courtship, parenting and pollination skills of the world’s smallest birds. Kananaskis in the Classroom…

  • Popular Mechanics: Why Your Electric Vehicle Might Not Be as Green as You Think

    Popular Mechanics: Why Your Electric Vehicle Might Not Be as Green as You Think

    Will electric vehicles really lead to cleaner air and healthier people? Only if they are coupled with cleaner ways of generating electricity, scientists say in a new study. It’s a familiar back-and-forth: Advocates alternative energy vehicles point to their positive environmental qualities, such as reducing carbon emissions from the tailpipe. Their opponents point out the…

  • Nominate a Deserving Individual, Organization or Business for a Calgary Award

    Nominate a Deserving Individual, Organization or Business for a Calgary Award

    Calgarians are invited to recognize fellow citizens for their contributions in making Calgary a dynamic, progressive and compassionate city by nominating them for a Calgary Award, a City of Calgary initiative that has been recognizing exceptional citizens since 1994. The City of Calgary encourages all Calgarians to consider nominating a colleague, community leader and neighbour…

  • Aquatic Hitchhikers Frozen out of Alberta

    Aquatic Hitchhikers Frozen out of Alberta

    Observant Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Officers have intercepted another zebra mussel infested boat entering Alberta. On December 10, officers at the Coutts Vehicle Inspection Station inspected a boat that was en route from Michigan to Alaska and found a Zebra mussels infestation. “This is a timely reminder that anyone who transports watercraft must ensure their boats…

  • EarthSky: Rosetta’s comet fuels debate on origin of Earth’s oceans

    EarthSky: Rosetta’s comet fuels debate on origin of Earth’s oceans

    There’s three times the concentration of deuterium-enriched water (heavy water) in the vapor from Rosetta’s comet as in the water on Earth. In one of most fascinating announcements yet from 2014’s most exciting space mission – ESA’s Rosetta mission to Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko – researchers this week (December 10) said that water vapor from Rosetta’s comet…

  • Wet’suwet’en First Nation signs LNG Pipeline Benefits agreement with Province

    Wet’suwet’en First Nation signs LNG Pipeline Benefits agreement with Province

    WET’SUWET’EN FIRST NATION, PALLING, BC, Dec. 12, 2014 /CNW/ – The Wet’suwet’en First Nation (WFN) Chief and Council are pleased to confirm the signing of the LNG pipeline benefits agreement with the Province of British Columbia. The WFN will receive approximately $2.8 million from the province at three different stages for the Coastal Gas Link…

  • Time for the UN to get out of Climate Change

    Time for the UN to get out of Climate Change

    Negotiators and Secretary General continue to ignore scientists and public opinion OTTAWA, Dec. 13, 2014 /CNW/ – “Climate change negotiators in Lima, Peru seemed oblivious to the findings of the UN’s ongoing My World survey about what the people of the world really want the agency to focus on,” said Tom Harris, executive director of the Ottawa,…

  • Broken Promises – Canada at Lima talks on Climate Change

    Broken Promises – Canada at Lima talks on Climate Change

    LIMA, Peru, Dec. 12, 2014 /CNW Telbec/ – Days before the start of the Lima Conference on climate change (COP20), UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urged Canada to become more ambitious and visionary on the global fight against climate change. The government’s current actions in Lima do not bring us anywhere close to that target. Adding…

  • New Provincial Park a Special Gift to all Albertans

    New Provincial Park a Special Gift to all Albertans

    Three hundred and eighty hectares of undisturbed native grassland has been donated to Alberta’s provincial parks system.     At the request of donor Gottlob Schmidt, who resides on the land near Hanna, the land will become Antelope Hill Provincial Park. Antelope Hill has high ecological value because it has never been cultivated. It features rare…

  • Nature Conservancy of Canada Invites you to Give the Gift of Nature

    Nature Conservancy of Canada Invites you to Give the Gift of Nature

    A Gift of Canadian Nature is sure to please – perfect for nature lovers, animal lovers and those on your list who have everything, these symbolic gifts of habitat give twice, once to your loved one and once to Canada’s wilderness. Help NCC protect Canada’s natural beauty today. Begin your shopping by selecting your gifts…

  • New Green Fracking Method Uses Gel instead of Water

    New Green Fracking Method Uses Gel instead of Water

    By Jennifer Moore The terms “fracking” and “environmentally friendly” just don’t seem to go together, but there is one case where they just might. Hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking, is a process where high-pressure chemically treated water is used to crack rock formations in order to release oil and gas. For environmentalists, this is a process that…

  • 2014 Is Looking To Be The Year Of The Rhino… Poaching.

    2014 Is Looking To Be The Year Of The Rhino… Poaching.

    By Sarah Burke, Greener Ideal It’s a devastating year for rhinos. As of this month, the official figures from the South African Government have surpassed its highest figure to date, that of 1,004 in 2013. The figures have been looming since July, when the number of animals killed was already 100 higher than at the same…

  • Non-Residential Water Conservation Rebate Pilot Program

    Non-Residential Water Conservation Rebate Pilot Program

    The Town of Okotoks has launched a pilot Non-Residential Water Conservation Rebate Program for commercial, industrial and institutional properties in Okotoks. All property owners and tenants are eligible to apply for a rebate for a demonstrated and/or third party tested water conserving initiative as approved by the Town’s Environment and Sustainability Department. The pilot program…

  • Land donation from estate of Sir William Van Horne to NCC helps wild Atlantic salmon

    Land donation from estate of Sir William Van Horne to NCC helps wild Atlantic salmon

    St. John’s, NL – The Nature Conservancy of Canada in Newfoundland and Labrador has finalized a landmark project with interesting natural and historical significance. The Nature Conservancy of Canada in Newfoundland and Labrador has finalized a landmark project with interesting natural and historical significance. The not-for-profit, land conservation organization has officially conserved a 606 acre…