Currently the triple planetary crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution is believed to be the greatest long-term threat to humans and other life forms on Earth.
“Climate change is the greatest global health threat facing the world in the 21st century”
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– The Lancet countdown on climate change. Nov 5 2022.
From the AWA website:
Alberta’s Rocky Mountains and Foothills are facing an unprecedented threat; coal mining exploration and development in the Eastern slopes has the capacity to pollute vital headwaters and completely dismantle fragile ecosystems. Read More
From the AWA website:
Alberta’s Rocky Mountains and Foothills are facing an unprecedented threat; coal mining exploration and development in the Eastern slopes has the capacity to pollute vital headwaters and completely dismantle fragile ecosystems. Read More
Draft Canadian Soil Quality Guidelines for the Protection of Human Health: Lead are available for public review and comment until July 30, 2020.
The draft provisional guidelines revise the 1999 Canadian Soil Quality Guidelines for lead for the protection of human health only. The soil quality guidelines for lead for the protection of environmental health have not been revised. Read More
Edmonton – The following letter was submitted on behalf of a joint group including the Pembina Institute, Alberta Wilderness Association, Smith’s Landing First Nation, CPAWS Northern Alberta, Mikisew Cree First Nation, Fort Chipewyan Metis Association and the Environmental Law Centre. The letter addresses the unilateral decisions to suspend oil and gas environmental monitoring and reporting and requests immediate reinstatement.
In the week and a half since the webinar we ran on the COVID-19 pandemic for the climate community, things have changed significantly. Join us for a discussion of the current state of the COVID-19 response, what the climate movement can start thinking about now, and what this crises will mean for our work going forward.
Kim Perrotta, Executive Director with the Canadian Association of Physicians (CAPE), and editor of CAPE's new Climate Change Toolkit for Health Professionals, will provide an overview of the health impacts of climate change at a global scale and in Canada, and describe what CAPE is doing to foster engagement by health professionals in Canada's climate change debate. Read More
