http://www.tolerance.ca/Rubrique.aspx?ID=27&L=en Environment Sun, 01 Aug 2010 00:45:15 -0500 2010 Tolerance.ca en-ca http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=67245&L=en Canada's manufacturing sector reported capital spending of nearly $306 million on energy-related processes and technologies in 2006. These either reduced the amount of energy used for a process, or lowered the amount of greenhouse gas emissions and air pollutants produced through the production and use of energy. Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Environment http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=67128&L=en Officials from 192 countries are meeting in Copenhagen to tackle the terrifying challenges that all of us face due to climate change, and to seek a successor to the 1997 Kyoto Protocol. Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Environment http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=67127&L=en China is the world's worst polluter nation with the highest overall annual emission of greenhouse gases (6,018 million tonne). However, in terms of per capita emissions it is ranked 44th in the world, emitting 4.5 tonne (per person). Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Environment http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=65951&L=en Climate change could increase the likelihood of civil war in sub-Saharan Africa by over 50% within the next two decades, according to a new study led by a team of researchers at Stanford University, the University of California-Berkeley, New York University and Harvard University. Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Environment http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=64025&L=en Japanese and Western appetite for tuna fish products is threatening to drive rare birds including the albatross to the edge of extinction. Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Environment http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=63677&L=en African nations agreed on Tuesday to resume work on a new U.N. climate pact after a day-long boycott of the 175-nation negotiations, the chair of the talks said. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Environment http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=63056&L=en Experts say the multiyear ice covering the Arctic Ocean is melting at an extraordinarily fast rate, opening polar shipping routes. Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Environment http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=61275&L=en A ‘Blue Carbon’ fund able to invest in the maintenance and rehabilitation of key marine ecosystems should be considered by governments keen to combat climate change. Sat, 17 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Environment http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=58930&L=en Small island states warn ecosystems already threatened by climate change effects, urge drastic reduction in greenhouse gases, as Assembly continues debate. Sun, 27 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Environment http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=55267&L=en The International Conference on Broadcast Media and Climate Change: A Public Service Remit will be held at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France, 4 - 5 September 2009. Tue, 25 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Environment http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=55018&L=en Greenpeace is calling on the United Nations to put an immediate end to destructive high seas bottom fishing at this year’s general assembly meeting, following today’s release of the UN Secretary General’s own review (1) of the implementation of a resolution designed to protect deep sea life. Sat, 22 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Environment http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=47156&L=en Illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) or "pirate" fishing is considered as one of the most serious threats to the achievement of sustainable fish stocks, with recent studies putting the worldwide value of illicit catches as high as US$23.5b a year. Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Environment http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=46795&L=en Spending on food and non-alcoholic beverages in 2003 resulted in almost 46,000 kilotonnes of greenhouse gases, according to the first comprehensive national estimate of food-related greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in Canada. This was equivalent to 6.4% of total national GHG emissions that year. Tue, 09 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Environment http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=46312&L=en "Our world is in the grip of a dangerous carbon habit," U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in his message introducing the theme, "Kick the carbon habit: toward a low carbon economy." Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Environment http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=43898&L=en Countries have been talking for nearly a year in an attempt to hammer out an accord by this year's International Whaling Commission (IWC) meeting. But a draft report seen by BBC News admits the process has "fallen short". Fri, 15 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Environment http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=42933&L=en ‘Bluefin tuna is collapsing as we speak and yet the fishery will kick off for business as usual,’ said Sergi Tudela, of WWF. According to The World Wildlife Fund: ' The population can only be saved by a complete halt to fishing in May and June, when the fish swim to the Mediterranean to spawn, the WWF says. Wed, 06 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Environment http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=35729&L=en Ottawa, Canada — President Obama was extended a warm Canadian welcome this morning when Greenpeace activists unveiled two large banners on the Alexandra Bridge in Ottawa that read “Welcome President Obama” and “Climate Leaders Don’t Buy Tar Sands”. Mon, 09 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Environment http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=28694&L=en The most common of environmental behaviours in Canada was recycling in 2006, with a 97% participation rate among households with access to this service. About 45% of Canadian households had very environmentally active lifestyles in 2006, as measured by their participation in at least four of six selected environmental behaviours. Tue, 09 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0500 Environment http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=1124&L=en Weather and climate are marked by record extremes in many regions across the world since January 2007, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). In January and April 2007 it is likely that global land surface temperatures ranked warmest since records began in 1880, 1.89°C warmer than average for January and 1.37°C warmer than average for April. Several regions have experienced extremely heavy precipitation, leading to severe floods according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). Fri, 10 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0500 Environment Victor Teboul http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=409&L=en By Julie A. Corwin In December 2006, Russian officials found evidence that two polar bears had traveled within 200 kilometers of the villages of Vankarem and Reirkaipii located along the Chukotka Sea-a long way from their usual habitat. The polar bears were attracted by the rotting carcasses of... Fri, 19 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0500 Environment