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September 2007
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Uranium
Deux sites potentiels
Radio-Canada, le 29 septembre 2007
L'exploration minière dans le Pontiac porte ses fruits. La compagnie Aldershot, qui est à la recherche de gisement d'uranium, a repéré deux sites potentiels. Le premier se situe près du lac Framboise et le second se trouve à l'ouest d'Otter Lake.
http://www.radio-canada.ca/regions/ottawa/2007/09/29/003-uranium_Pontiac.shtml
Algonquins canoe to Ottawa to demand uranium moratorium
CBC News, September 28, 2007
A group of Algonquin protesters arrived in Ottawa by canoe and kayak Friday, then portaged to Parliament Hill to demand a moratorium on uranium mining.
Protesters from the Ardoch and Shabot Obaadjiwan Algonquin First Nations have been blocking access since June to a site near Sharbot Lake, Ont., where an Ontario mining company wants to test drill for uranium. A court injunction has ordered the protesters arrested, but as of Friday, no arrests had been made.
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2007/09/28/ot-algonquin-070928.html
Exploitation d'uranium
Manifestation sur la colline du Parlement
Radio-Canada, le 28 septembre 2007
Une centaine d'autochtones et de non-autochtones ont manifesté, vendredi matin, sur la colline du Parlement à Ottawa. Ils protestent contre l'exploitation de l'uranium sur des terres revendiquées par les Algonquins dans la région de Perth, à l'ouest de la capitale.
http://www.radio-canada.ca/regions/ottawa/2007/09/28/005-uranium-manifestation_n.shtml
Pas d'argent pour étudier la réduction des voies sur King Edward
Le Droit, le 28 septembre 2007
Caroline Barrière
La Ville d'Ottawa n'a pas l'argent pour financer une étude qui proposerait de réduire de façon permanente le nombre de voies sur l'avenue King Edward.
Le conseiller Georges Bédard est déçu de voir que la municipalité ne tire pas parti des travaux actuellement en cours afin d'évaluer quelle serait l'incidence de ramener de 6 à 4 voies la circulation sur cette artère.
http://www.cyberpresse.ca/article/20070928/CPACTUALITES/709280343/6790/CPDROIT
McGuinty to O'Brien: 'Think big' on transit
Ottawa Citizen, September 28, 2007
Kate Jaimet
Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty said his government's $200-million commitment to a new transit system in Ottawa is just the beginning. And he's urging Mayor Larry O'Brien to "think big" about public transportation in the city.
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/city/story.html?id=32a2454f-54c3-408e-b652-ab3543221db3
Train léger : pas de bris de contrat plaide Ottawa
Le Droit, le 27 septembre 2007
Dominique La Haye
La Ville d'Ottawa nie avoir mis fin à un contrat de construction d'un train léger avec Siemens Canada et PCL Contractors en décembre dernier et exige compensation auprès du consortium pour la poursuite de 279 millions $ dont elle fait l'objet.
Le procureur de la Ville, Rick O'Connor, a rendu public hier la défense qu'entend soumettre la municipalité dans un document d'une vingtaine de pages.
http://www.cyberpresse.ca/article/20070927/CPACTUALITES/709270339/6790/CPDROIT
More green pilot projects in works at city
Ottawa Citizen, September 24, 2007
Jake Rupert
The city's push to be green continued Monday with the introduction of four new programs and the beginning stages of another.
Councillors from the environmental group announced a pilot project to encourage recycling in apartment buildings, the turning of used roof shingles into paving asphalt and the collection of scrap metal.
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=06031612-1fce-457c-a1e3-4157a0d8c020&k=40182
Editorial: Raise the bar on green cities
Ottawa Citizen, September 24, 2007
So Ottawa-Gatineau is the third-greenest metropolitan area in Canada. And the national capital region was one of only three urban areas in the country that received an "A" from a study by the Appleton Charitable Foundation in conjunction with the University of British Columbia business school.
Just how low is the green bar being dropped these days?
After all, this is the largest metropolitan area without light rail. Electric rail is clean while it also takes hundreds of pollution-spewing cars off the road.
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/editorials/story.html?id=789ab4d5-3384-4ba9-9aec-ed69ff87774e
Rendre la ville plus verte
Radio-Canada, le 24 septembre 2007
La Ville d'Ottawa compte aménager une dizaine de toits verts sur des édifices municipaux au cours des prochaines années. Ces toits, qui sont écoénergétiques, permettront notamment d'économiser l'énergie utilisée pour le chauffage et la climatisation des immeubles.
http://www.radio-canada.ca/regions/ottawa/2007/09/24/003-ottawa-comite-vert.shtml
Algues bleues
Un autre lac touché
Radio-Canada, le 22 septembre 2007
Le ministère de l'Environnement du Québec a découvert une fleur d'algues bleues dans une baie du lac Cayamant, dans le village du même nom, situé près de Gracefield.
Il s'agit du 9e plan d'eau de l'Outaouais a être touché par les cyanobactéries cet été.
http://www.radio-canada.ca/regions/ottawa/2007/09/22/001-lac-Cayamant-algues_n.shtml
Ottawa's pollution record among best of a bad lot: critics
Ottawa Citizen, September 22, 2007
Mohammed Adam
Ottawa doesn't have the policies to justify being ranked as one of Canada's Top 3 "green transportation cities," two leading city environmentalists say.
They say if Ottawa, with its poor air-pollution monitoring, uncertain transit planning and buses that belch smoke all day in the heart of the city, ranks third among 27 cities on sustainable transportation, then something is wrong.
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/city/story.html?id=925e1ad9-7904-418e-81ce-a855ec744b29
Ottawa tops the list in energy conservation
Ottawa Citizen, September 22, 2007
Jake Rupert
When it comes to conserving energy, Statistics Canada says Ottawa leads the country, and today we have the award to prove it.
Yesterday, Ontario's chief energy conservation officer, Peter Love, presented Mayor Larry O'Brien with a plaque recognizing the people of Ottawa as the most energy conserving in the land. The award comes after a study found residents are using more energy-efficient compact fluorescent lightbulbs and programmable thermostats than anywhere in the country.
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/city/story.html?id=b86525dd-2d87-42a4-8c17-31d476b971fe
Air pur au centre-ville de Montréal
La Presse, le 21 septembre 2007
Ariane Lacoursière
Pour la seule fois de l'année, le taux de monoxyde de carbone était presque nul hier midi au centre-ville de Montréal. Ce fait rarissime a pu être constaté car l'une des principales artères de la métropole a été fermée à la circulation pendant quelques heures dans le cadre de la cinquième journée En ville sans ma voiture!, qui se déroulait simultanément dans 1500 villes du monde.
http://www.cyberpresse.ca/article/20070921/CPACTUALITES/709210507/6110/CPENVIRONNEMENT01
Make Gatineau responsible for forest: environmentalist
Ottawa Citizen, September 21, 2007
Dave Rogers
Gatineau's decision to seek help from a private foundation to preserve its last urban forest is a public relations exercise designed to soothe voters concerned about disappearing greenspace, an Aylmer environmentalist says.
Ian Huggett said many of the tree seedlings the city has planted in the 283-hectare Boucher Forest in the western part of the city have died because they weren't watered, were eaten by animals or squashed by all-terrain vehicles.
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/city/story.html?id=5941a7a6-343d-4221-b156-759ec29128dd
Cullen Calls for Tory to Support Pesticide Phase Out
CFRA, September 20, 2007
Josh Pringle
Councillor Alex Cullen is calling on Progressive Conservative leader John Tory to support a province-wide law that would phase out the cosmetic use of pesticides.
Cullen told reporters that he has a poll showing more Tory supporters favour a ban on the cosmetic use of pesticides.
Cullen says an OraclePoll survey shows 61 per cent of those who identify themselves a PC supporter favour a ban.
69 per cent who consider themselves Liberal favour a ban, while 73 per cent of NDP supporters favour a ban on the cosmetic use of pesticides.
Cullen says 129 Canadian municipalities now have pesticide ban.
http://www.cfra.com/headlines/index.asp?cat=2&nid=52189
Ottawa should recycle business waste: report
But organizations should pay for the city service, municipal staff recommend
CBC News, September 20, 2007
The city should start picking up recyclable paper and containers from Ottawa businesses, but not for free, staff say.
A report on how to reduce the 1 million tonnes of institutional, commercial and industrial waste sent to city landfills was presented to city councillors Thursday.
Unlike household waste, trash from most of the city's businesses and institutions, including schools, offices and restaurants, is not picked up by the city but by private waste companies hired by the organizations.
Trash from those groups comprises 70 per cent of the garbage dumped in city landfills. Only 17 per cent of their waste is recycled or composted.
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2007/09/20/ot-recycling-070920.html
Transport urbain : quatre villes, quatre approches
Radio-Canada, le 19 septembre 2007
Transport collectif, congestion automobile, émissions de gaz à effet de serre, infrastructures vieillissantes ou insuffisantes, les défis auxquels font face les grandes villes du monde en matière de transport urbain sont multiples et complexes. Au moment où la Ville de Montréal étudie différentes solutions dans le cadre de son nouveau plan de transport, qui sera adopté en novembre, l'émission Désautels présente les approches adoptées par Londres, Paris, New York et Vancouver.
http://www.radio-canada.ca/actualite/desautels/2007/09/17/001-transports.asp
City slapped with another light-rail lawsuit
Third firm in consortium seeks $103.9M in damages
Ottawa Citizen, September 20, 2007
Jake Rupert
The City of Ottawa has been served with a second $100-million-plus lawsuit arising from council's decision to cancel the north-south light-rail project.
Dufferin Construction is suing for $103.9 million. The city was served with the suit Monday.
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/city/story.html?id=77bb02b7-4e73-4734-95ad-adebfd726061
Ottawa faces new lawsuit over light rail cancellation
CBC News, September 19, 2007
Another company that was to help build and maintain Ottawa's cancelled north-south rail project is suing the city.
St. Lawrence Cement Inc. is seeking $40.5 million in damages for breach of contract, economic negligence, interference of economic interests and breach of duty of good faith, says the company's statement of claim.
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2007/09/19/ot-lawsuit-070919.html
Sierra Club slams Environment Canada budget cuts
CBC News, September 19, 2007
Budget problems that threaten wildlife programs shouldn't keep Environment Canada from fulfilling its commitments, the Sierra Club of Canada said Wednesday.
"It's completely unacceptable," said spokesman Jean Langlois. "There's a huge backlog [for wildlife programs] already, and cutting back on the budget is not going to help."
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2007/09/19/sierra-cuts.html
Environment Canada budget cuts threaten wildlife programs
CBC News, September 18, 2007
Serious budget problems at Environment Canada are threatening wildlife programs and services within the federal department, freezing allotted money for some and reducing funds to nothing for others, CBC News has learned.
Of most concern to conservationists among a handful of cuts is that the Canadian Wildlife Service has had its service budget frozen for the rest of the fiscal year, meaning all its scientific field and survey work has been halted.
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2007/09/18/enviro-canada-cuts.html
Un groupe environnemental poursuit Ottawa
La Presse Canadienne, le 19 septembre 2007
Jennifer Ditchburn
Un groupe de protection de l'environnement poursuit le gouvernement conservateur pour non-respect de ses obligations en regard de la loi sur les changements climatiques adoptée récemment.
http://www.cyberpresse.ca/article/20070919/CPENVIRONNEMENT/70919203/6110/CPENVIRONNEMENT01
Cinquième journée «En ville, sans ma voiture!»
La Presse Canadienne, le 19 septembre 2007
Le centre-ville de Montréal sera interdit aux véhicules ce jeudi dans le cadre de la cinquième édition de la journée «En ville, sans ma voiture !».
Montréal se joint ainsi au club des 1535 villes à travers le monde à tenir une journée semblable.
L'événement vise à sensibiliser la population à la nécessité de poser des gestes concrets pour une meilleure qualité de vie individuelle et collective.
http://www.cyberpresse.ca/article/20070919/CPENVIRONNEMENT/70919219/6110/CPENVIRONNEMENT01
Train léger: la poursuite contre Ottawa de 175 à 279 millions $
Le Droit, le 19 septembre 2007
Caroline Barrière
La poursuite contre la Ville d’Ottawa, qui avait mis fin au projet de train léger en décembre dernier, vient de passer de 175 millions $ à 279 millions $. Selon un mémo du service des affaires juridiques de la municipalité, St. Lawrence Cement a fait parvenir une déclaration contre la Ville totalisant 103,9 millions $.
http://www.cyberpresse.ca/article/20070919/CPDROIT/70919201/6784/CPDROIT
City slapped with another light-rail lawsuit
Third firm in consortium seeks $103.9M in damages
Ottawa Citizen, September 19, 2007
Jake Rupert
The City of Ottawa has been served with a second $100-million-plus lawsuit arising from council's decision to cancel the north-south light-rail project.
Dufferin Construction is suing for $103.9 million. The city was served with the suit Monday.
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=1e154e9c-a768-46e0-b9e8-6844c674340c&k=6361
Uranium fight on rise
Ottawa Sun, September 19, 2007
Aedan Helmer
Green Party Leader Elizabeth May has joined the growing chorus calling on the federal government for an immediate moratorium on uranium mining in Canada.
"Canada must stop mining and refining uranium," May said yesterday following a presentation by the Community Coalition Against Mining Uranium.
http://www.ottawasun.com/News/National/2007/09/19/4507567-sun.html
Algonquins sue Ont., mining firm over uranium site
CBC News, September 18, 2007
Two First Nations communities have launched a $1-billion lawsuit against the province and a $10-million countersuit against a mining exploration company that is suing them for blocking access to a potential uranium mining site in eastern Ontario.
The Ardoch and Shabot Obaadjiwan Algonquin First Nations allege that Ontario breached their aboriginal rights and failed to consult them before granting a company mining rights to land they say belongs to them. The land is located near Sharbot Lake, about 60 kilometres north of Kingston.
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2007/09/18/ot-algonquins-070918.html
Green box program faces six-month delay
Ottawa Citizen, September 17, 2007
Jake Rupert
Implementation of the city's organic recycling program will be delayed six months in order to give the company chosen to run the program time to prepare its facilities.
Earlier this year, city council approved starting the program and staff estimated it could be running by the fall of 2008. The estimated start time is now the spring of 2009.
This means Ottawa will be one of the last major municipalities in Ontario to start recycling organic material.
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=68f8d559-c235-4efb-8a6b-0f84eae07212&k=64472
500 invités et... un sac vert de déchets
Le Droit, le 14 septembre 2007
Yves Soucy
Imaginez une fête avec 500 convives où on y sert un méchoui et qu'à la fin de la journée toute cette activité ne génère que l'équivalent d'un petit sac vert de déchets. Impossible me direz-vous !
C'est pourtant le défi qu'a relevé la municipalité de L'Ange-Gardien et son comité agricole lors de la deuxième édition de sa Fête champêtre, organisée dimanche dernier, pour favoriser le sentiment d'appartenance de ses citoyens et faire connaître les producteurs agroalimentaires angelois de même que leurs produits.
http://www.cyberpresse.ca/article/20070914/CPACTUALITES/709140337/6790/CPDROIT
Le projet de tunnel fera partie de l'étude sur le réseau de transport en commun
Le Droit, le 13 septembre 2007
Caroline Barrière
Après avoir refusé l'idée trop coûteuse d'un tunnel sous le centre-ville d'Ottawa, les élus souhaitent maintenant que cette option fasse partie de l'étude environnementale du futur système de transport en commun.
http://www.cyberpresse.ca/article/20070913/CPACTUALITES/709130353/6790/CPDROIT
City to Explore Tunnel Costs
Ottawa Sun, September 13, 2007
Derek Puddicombe
The city has taken a step closer to building a downtown light-rail transit tunnel.
Council yesterday approved what could cost about $2 million for an environmental assessment required by the province to determine if the city can proceed and how much it would cost if construction went ahead.
http://www.ottawasun.com/News/OttawaAndRegion/2007/09/13/4492148-sun.html
Council fast-tracks transit tunnel study
Mayor says review could be finished within a year
Ottawa Citizen, September 13, 2007
Jake Rupert
City council fast-tracked a mandatory study on the feasibility, environmental impact and costs of a downtown transit tunnel yesterday, and Mayor Larry O'Brien said he thinks it can be completed within a year.
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/city/story.html?id=74f911f4-26c3-4825-8d14-707c6830b69a
Candidates advocate mining moratorium
Sharbot Lake proposal a key riding issue
Ottawa Citizen, September 13, 2007
Kate Jaimet
The beautiful landscape of the Land O'Lakes is no place for uranium mines, says the Liberal candidate for the Eastern Ontario riding that includes Sharbot Lake, the site of an ongoing mining rights standoff.
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/city/story.html?id=ad0a95e9-c9d3-4b0a-b29f-29ef414d42db
Idling our lives away
Ottawa Business Journal, September 10, 2007
Leo Valiquette
It's such a refreshing change to walk into a Tim Hortons and be able to swipe a credit card to pay for my purchase. Now if only something could be done about that cursed blight on the urban landscape – the drive through.
http://www.ottawabusinessjournal.com/323012660471380.php
Lethal loggerhead shrike gets new chance in the wild
Conservationists team up to save predatory songbird
Ottawa Citizen, September 10, 2007
Dave Rogers
It's a cute little songbird, with a real mean streak.
It's called a loggerhead shrike and there aren't many of them left in North America. So when a preservation program released a record number of the melodious predators into the wild near Luskville, Que., this summer, it was a significant step forward for species survival.
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/city/story.html?id=2c930691-f92a-49f5-bbc2-2e57232f4fe0
Greenpeace backs Algonquin uranium protest
CBC News, September 7, 2007
Representatives of First Nations communities have found a new ally in their bid to halt test drilling at a potential uranium mining site in eastern Ontario — Greenpeace.
The natives met with representatives of the environmental group on Friday aboard its icebreaker MV Arctic Sunrise, which arrived in Kingston, Ont., earlier that day as part of a month-long journey to Quebec City from Toronto.
David Martin, one of 19 people aboard the green ship draped with a yellow banner reading "No coal. No nuclear," said even uranium exploration, not just mining, risks environmental contamination.
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2007/09/07/ot-greenpeace-algonquins-070907.html
Smog advisory issued
Ottawa Citizen, September 7, 2007
Sarah Boesveld
Seniors, children and anyone with respiratory problems are asked to lay low and postpone outdoor activities as smog settles over the city today.
Ontario's Ministry of the Environment issued a smog advisory that spans southern to eastern Ontario. Downtown Ottawa's air quality level is currently 49, verging on the 'poor' level of air quality.
Today is the third advisory day for Ottawa in the smog season of May to the end of September. It's the 26th for Toronto. Ottawa hasn't had a smog advisory in September since 2005, a record year for smog.
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=3746a87b-9564-4c38-a439-53e83d6ad689&k=14216
Environmental study drops dirt on Ottawa's poisonous waste
Ottawa Sun, September 6, 2007
Derek Puddicombe
Ottawa is Ontario's worst offender when it comes to producing hazardous waste.
A report released yesterday by the Canadian Institute for Environmental Law and Policy says Ottawa was the top offender in 2005, producing 250,887 tonnes, or 14.5%, of the hazardous waste in the province.
"This was the most hazardous waste generated in the Ottawa area since it reached a high point in 2000," says the 41-page report produced by the Toronto-based research firm. Ottawa beat out other municipalities such as Burlington, Windsor, Hamilton and Toronto.
http://www.ottawasun.com/News/OttawaAndRegion/2007/09/06/4473195-sun.html
New Status Report on Hazardous Waste in Ontario
Hazardous Waste in Ontario: Progress and Challenges
The Canadian Institute for Environmental Law and Policy (CIELAP)
http://www.cielap.org/
Déchets dangereux
Le problème perdure
Radio-Canada, le 6 septembre 2007
Une étude de l'Institut canadien du droit et de la politique de l'environnement révèle qu'Ottawa, Burlington et Windsor sont les trois villes de l'Ontario où le plus de déchets dangereux ont été générés en 2005.
L'organisme estime que la province a légèrement diminué sa production de déchets dangereux au cours des dernières années. L'Ontario génère annuellement un peu plus de 1,6 million de tonnes de déchets dangereux.
http://www.radio-canada.ca/regions/ottawa/2007/09/06/003-pollution_etude_n.shtml
Uranium dispute prompts tax revolt
Residents demand that council take a stand on dispute
Ottawa Citizen, September 5, 2007
Emily Rauhala
Residents of North Frontenac Township say they won't pay their property taxes until the township council takes a stand on uranium mining in the region.
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/city/story.html?id=4068b4d8-c4c8-48f1-9176-fd31a78b9ce1
News Release: New Air Standards Will Better Protect Ontario Communities
Ontario Ministry of the Environment, August 31, 2007
TORONTO – The McGuinty government is strengthening the protection of local air quality by introducing 19 new or updated air standards for 14 toxic substances, Environment Minister Laurel Broten announced today.
http://www.ene.gov.on.ca/en/news/2007/083101.php
Fact Sheet: McGuinty Government Introduces New Standards For Local Air Quality
http://www.ene.gov.on.ca/en/news/2007/083101mb.php
They wanted a bridge, so they built one
Ottawa Citizen, September 4, 2007
There wasn't enough money in Gatineau's municipal budget, so neighbours banded together to do it themselves, reports Dave Rogers.
There was never enough money in Gatineau's budget for Councillor Yvon Boucher's dream of a linear park with a network of bicycle paths and covered bridges linking homes, schools and an arena with public transit in the city's Rivière Blanche Ward.
So 2 1/2 years ago, Mr. Boucher convinced residents to start the project themselves, working for free during evenings, weekends and on their days off.
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/city/story.html?id=17c68a5e-640f-4583-b95a-91fdfcd1025f
Editorial: Consumerism can be green
Ottawa Citizen, September 4, 2007
There was a time, not long ago, when the phrase "green investment" referred to a rain barrel or a really good re-usable lunch bag.
Not any more.
Environmentalist stocks are hot. Venture capitalists are eagerly checking out designs using wind or solar power; green indexes are climbing; and financial advisors are talking to clients about green mutual funds.
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/editorials/story.html?id=161de6cf-c965-4230-b58e-cd8e3fae0330
Canada's role in nuclear partnership unclear
CTV/Canadian Press, September 3, 2007
When Prime Minister Stephen Harper departs for Australia on Tuesday for a summit of pan-Pacific leaders, he'll be carrying with him a secret agenda that is quite literally radioactive.
Harper will face questions from both Australian Prime Minister John Howard and U.S. President George W. Bush over Canada's participation in a sweeping American-led initiative still in its infancy.
The initiative, called the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership, proposes that nuclear energy-using countries and uranium-exporting countries band together in a new nuclear club to promote and safeguard the industry.
Central to the plan is a proposal that all used nuclear fuel be repatriated to the original uranium exporting country for disposal.
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20070903/Canada_APEC/20070903?hub=Canada
Spreading Deserts Threaten World Food Supply - UN
Planet Ark, September 3, 2007
GENEVA - Spreading deserts and degradation of farm land due to climate change will pose a serious threat to food supplies for the world's surging population in coming years, a senior United Nations scientist warned on Friday.
M.V.K. Sivakumar of the UN's World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) said the crunch could come in just over a decade as all continents see more weather-related disasters like heat waves, floods, landslides and wildfires.
http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/44091/story.htm
Ottawa accused of helping to dilute Kyoto
Toronto Star, September 1, 2007
Peter Gorrie
Canada played a lead role in undermining the Kyoto protocol on climate change, at a major United Nations conference that ended in Vienna yesterday, critics say.
The week-long meeting of 158 nations concluded with a compromise that makes it less likely the next phase of the protocol, to start in 2012, will require stringent cuts in greenhouse gas emissions, they said.
"It's clearly Canada joining the forces of darkness," said John Bennett, of ClimateforChange, an Ottawa-based advocacy group.
http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/252251
UN summit issues dire warning on climate change
Scientists predict catastrophe unless developed nations slash greenhouse gas emissions
Ottawa Citizen, September 1, 2007
Mike De Souza
Industrialized countries like Canada must aim for dramatic reductions in their greenhouse gas emissions over the next decade if the world is to avoid disastrous consequences, according to a consensus reached yesterday by nearly 160 countries at a week-long United Nations climate change summit in Vienna.
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=b6975c64-c88e-47fc-8544-345318d0ed25
Uranium mine protesters use drums, voices to drown out words of injunction
Order demands blockade be shut down immediately
Ottawa Citizen, September 1, 2007
Ciara Byrne
The banging of drums, cheers and chants of the Algonquin First Nations and their supporters drowned out a sheriff as he read an order yesterday demanding they vacate the land at Sharbot Lake immediately.
"We can't let violence fall on our ears and that interim injunction is a very violent document," retired Ardoch First Nations chief Robert Lovelace said.
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/city/story.html?id=6cd3e562-477b-4387-af8a-11ef77557721
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