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CEA News - Wildlife: Polar bears out in the cold as sea ice crumbles Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:05:23 EST

Canadian Wildlife Service's Ian Stirling reports that global warming is altering ice formation in the Beaufort Sea, resulting in the creation of secure ...
Source: Canadian Environment Awards Network
Tags: Wildlife

CEA News - Wildlife: Salmon fisheries shut down off California and Oregon coasts Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:04:28 EST

The Pacific Fishery Management Council has shut down both commercial and sport chinook fisheries off the California and Oregon coastlines as a result ...
Source: Canadian Environment Awards Network
Tags: Wildlife

CEA News - Climate Change: California PUC customers carry the freight for green think tank Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:03:29 EST

Californians will be paying a surcharge on their monthly power and gas bills that will fund the California Institute for Climate Solutions to the tune ...
Source: Canadian Environment Awards Network
Tags: Climate Change

CEA News - Climate Change: Japan invests big in carbon emissions offsets Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:01:01 EST

In order to meet its Kyoto Protocol greenhouse-gas-reduction targets, Japan will purchase an additional 100 million tonnes of United Nations-issued ...
Source: Canadian Environment Awards Network
Tags: Climate Change

CEA News - Climate Change: Democratic presidential wannabes court Al Gore Thu, 10 Apr 2008 12:57:47 EST

Both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are singing the praises of climate-change guru and superdelegate Al Gore on the campaign trail. Gore, who has ...
Source: Canadian Environment Awards Network
Tags: Climate Change

CEA News - Wildlife: Beach debris threatens marine wildlife Thu, 10 Apr 2008 12:56:34 EST

Plastic litter on Britain's beaches has increased by 126 percent since 1994, according to a Marine Conservation Society's survey of 354 beaches in ...
Source: Canadian Environment Awards Network
Tags: Wildlife

CEA News - Environmental Health: To waste or not to waste Thu, 10 Apr 2008 12:55:14 EST

Canadians toss out more than 140,000 tonnes of computer equipment, phones, television, stereos and home appliances every year, most of which contain ...
Source: Canadian Environment Awards Network
Tags: Environmental Health

CEA News - Habitats: Environmentalists put B.C. premier on Great Bear countdown Thu, 10 Apr 2008 12:51:48 EST

ForestEthics, Sierra Club BC and Greenpeace have using a billboard campaign to publicly count down the 12 months remaining for B.C. Premier Gordon ...
Source: Canadian Environment Awards Network
Tags: Habitats

CEA News - Habitats: Oil spill nets CN Rail three charges from feds Wed, 19 Mar 2008 11:17:33 EST

An oil spill in 2005 into Wabamun Lake near Edmonton, Alberta, has resulted in three charges being laid by Environment Canada and Fisheries and Oceans ...
Source: Canadian Environment Awards Network
Tags: Habitats

CEA News - Climate Change: In like a lion, out like a very warm lamb Wed, 19 Mar 2008 11:16:31 EST

Despite record snowfall and low temperatures around the world, climate experts forecast that 2008 may rank among the top 10 years since weather records ...
Source: Canadian Environment Awards Network
Tags: Climate Change

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