Toxics law reform: building momentum and overcoming industry attacks – Environmental Defence:

CEPA is Canada’s most important toxics law and the key legislation
that helps protect the environment and human health from dangerous
exposure to pollution and toxic chemicals. Children, low-income,
racialized and Indigenous populations, in particular, are
disproportionately impacted by hazardous exposures. Updating and
strengthening this bill is crucial to advancing environmental justice
and protecting us from the health risks of widespread toxins such as
BPA, phthalates and PFAS.

This amendment includes recognizing the human right to a healthy environment
for the first time in federal law. Although 156 countries already have
environmental rights, Canada does not. This is a right that exists in
Quebec and is currently being championed internationally at the UN.

Toxics law reform: building momentum and overcoming industry attacks – Environmental Defence: CEPA is Canada’s most important toxics law and the key legislation
that helps protect the environment and human health from dangerous
exposure to pollution and toxic chemicals. Children, low-income,
racialized and Indigenous populations, in particular, are
disproportionately impacted by hazardous exposures. Updating and
strengthening this bill is crucial to advancing environmental justice
and protecting us from the health risks of widespread toxins such as
BPA, phthalates and PFAS.This amendment includes recognizing the human right to a healthy environment
for the first time in federal law. Although 156 countries already have
environmental rights, Canada does not. This is a right that exists in
Quebec and is currently being championed internationally at the UN.Read More

‘Sleepwalking to disaster’: Biology prof on how climate change is wreaking havoc on our lakes:

It’s part of a pattern that is only going to increase with global
warming, John Smol, a professor at Queen’s University, told CTV News
Channel, painting a picture of lakes shrinking, others flooding, fish
species dying out and algal blooms killing off underwater plants.

“We’re sleepwalking to disaster,” he said Sunday, stating that we need
to act now to slow these changes. “I wouldn’t say it’s too, too late,
but it’s very, very late.”

‘Sleepwalking to disaster’: Biology prof on how climate change is wreaking havoc on our lakes:
It’s part of a pattern that is only going to increase with global
warming, John Smol, a professor at Queen’s University, told CTV News
Channel, painting a picture of lakes shrinking, others flooding, fish
species dying out and algal blooms killing off underwater plants.
“We’re sleepwalking to disaster,” he said Sunday, stating that we need
to act now to slow these changes. “I wouldn’t say it’s too, too late,
but it’s very, very late.”Read More

New ropeless fishing technology, which can help save whales, tested off N.L.:

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. –
   
  

Michael Moore, a biologist with the U.S.-based Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution, said in an interview he first discussed ropeless fishing
43 years ago in Newfoundland with the late biologist Jon Lien.

Lien is known for founding the Newfoundland and Labrador Whale Release
and Strandings group and for releasing hundreds of whales tangled in
fishing ropes.

New ropeless fishing technology, which can help save whales, tested off N.L.: ST. JOHN’S, N.L. –
   
  
Michael Moore, a biologist with the U.S.-based Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution, said in an interview he first discussed ropeless fishing
43 years ago in Newfoundland with the late biologist Jon Lien.
Lien is known for founding the Newfoundland and Labrador Whale Release
and Strandings group and for releasing hundreds of whales tangled in
fishing ropes.Read More

World just one misstep away from ‘nuclear annihilation,’ UN chief warns | CBC News:

The warning came Monday as a
pandemic-delayed conference opened to review the 50-year-old Nuclear
Nonproliferation Treaty, which is aimed at preventing the spread of
nuclear weapons and eventually achieving a nuclear-free world.

The
threat of nuclear catastrophe was also raised by the United States,
Japan, Germany, the UN nuclear chief and many other opening speakers.

World just one misstep away from ‘nuclear annihilation,’ UN chief warns | CBC News: The warning came Monday as a
pandemic-delayed conference opened to review the 50-year-old Nuclear
Nonproliferation Treaty, which is aimed at preventing the spread of
nuclear weapons and eventually achieving a nuclear-free world.The
threat of nuclear catastrophe was also raised by the United States,
Japan, Germany, the UN nuclear chief and many other opening speakers.Read More

How the blue economy will shape the future of Canada’s oceans — and its coastal communities:

The words “blue economy” will soon shape the future of Canada’s oceans,
from the fiords and straits of British Columbia to the rugged
coastlines of the Atlantic to the vast seascapes of the Arctic. The
transformation of Canada’s ocean economies will be felt throughout the
country and will set an example for nations around the world.

But what is a blue economy? And what makes it different from business as usual?

How the blue economy will shape the future of Canada’s oceans — and its coastal communities: The words “blue economy” will soon shape the future of Canada’s oceans,
from the fiords and straits of British Columbia to the rugged
coastlines of the Atlantic to the vast seascapes of the Arctic. The
transformation of Canada’s ocean economies will be felt throughout the
country and will set an example for nations around the world. But what is a blue economy? And what makes it different from business as usual?Read More