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The October 29 issue of the Canadian Environmental Network's Weekly E-Bulletin is now available at the CEN website.
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Stop Undermining Ban on Hazardous Waste Movement to Developing Countries
Press Release
Sierra Club of Canada
October 25th 2004
Ottawa: The Sierra Club of Canada today called on the Canadian government to stop its opposition to restrictions on international hazardous waste shipments, and to take a lead on crucial issues at the 7th Conference of the Parties (COP), being held this week in Geneva, Switzerland.
Canada, along with Australia, the United States and others, has for over a decade opposed the inclusion of the “Basel Ban” that would prohibit the movement of hazardous waste from industrialized countries to other Read More
The October 2004 issue of Wild Lands Advocate is now available at www.AlbertaWilderness.ca
INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
Lessons from Past Key to Forestry Future in South Eastern Slopes
By Jason Unger and Shirley Bray
Valerius Geist: Wildlife Scientist Devotes Rich Life to Educating the Public
By Andy Marshall Read More
Alberta Wilderness Association
News Release: October 13, 2004
With the approval of the Alberta Government, the coal bed methane (CBM) industry is on the verge of undermining Rumsey's protected area designation. The Rumsey Natural Area in east central Alberta is being threatened by extensive CBM development. Alberta Wilderness Association
(AWA) strongly opposes the development of CBM in the Rumsey Natural Area as it, and the adjacent Rumsey Ecological Reserve, were established to
protect the largest block of native aspen parkland and plains rough fescue grassland remaining in North America. Read More
New development will change character of Kananaskis and impact wildlife
October 8, 2004
Conservation groups in Alberta are disappointed that additional new
development will be allowed in the Kananaskis Valley, saying that the
character of the mountain valley will be changed as a result of new
accommodations and that sensitive wildlife like grizzly bears will be
further impacted by increased development in the region. The concerns come
as the Minister responsible for Parks in Alberta, the Hon. Gene Zwozdesky,
releases the Management Plan for the Evan Thomas region of Kananaskis Read More
