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David Suzuki Foundation sending three observers to UN climate summit
November 29, 2007
The David Suzuki Foundation is sending three official observers to the United Nations' climate change conference in Bali, Indonesia.

The two-week conference, from Dec. 3 to 14, will focus on...

Sounds Like Canada listeners - David Suzuki welcomes you
November 27, 2007
Shelagh Rogers talked with Doctor David Suzuki on CBC's Sounds Like Canada today. Did you miss it? You can listen to the interview on CBC's website, and while you're at it join David Suzuki's Nature...

Canada has no plan to protect the polar bear
November 26, 2007
OTTAWA -- Canada's polar bears are at risk of disappearing and the federal government currently has no plan to protect them amid shrinking Arctic ice conditions as a result of global warming.

The...

Provincial government appoints Suzuki Foundation CEO to Climate Action Team
November 20, 2007
VANCOUVER -- The appointment of the David Suzuki Foundation's CEO to the provincial government's Climate Action Team is an exciting opportunity to help British Columbia respond to the challenge of...

David Suzuki Foundation launches Bali Blog
November 15, 2007
The David Suzuki Foundation launched a new blog today in advance of the United Nations' climate change conference in Bali, Indonesia.

Report warns that climate change will require significant changes to current real estate business practices
November 9, 2007
Vancouver - Climate change is set to fundamentally alter the way British Columbia's real estate industry does business, says a new report from the David Suzuki Foundation.

The report says changes in...

B.C. real estate conference to focus on climate change
November 5, 2007
The Real Estate Institute of British Columbia (REIBC) will host a conference in Whistler later this week. The theme of the conference is Climate Change and Impacts on Real Estate.

A new David Suzuki...

Firefighters and enviro groups band together to ban toxic fire retardants
November 1, 2007
OTTAWA -- Canada's professional firefighters and environmental groups are calling for a complete ban of all PBDEs -- toxic fire-retardant chemicals used in many common household items such as...

Suzuki Foundation submits report to B.C.'s budget consultation process today
October 18, 2007
Vancouver -- British Columbia's next provincial budget should include major new investments in public transit and a levy on harmful carbon pollution, says a David Suzuki Foundation report submitted to...

Al Gore's Nobel Peace Prize a richly deserved win
October 12, 2007
David Suzuki congratulated Al Gore and the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change on winning the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize today for their efforts to raise awareness on climate change.

"I am

New funds for "health of oceans" a drop in the sea
October 10, 2007
VANCOUVER -- A federal investment of $42.5 million over three years for Canada's oceans isn't nearly enough for an ecosystem-based management approach to protecting the seas, according to the David...

Report finds Canada dragging its heels on bottom trawling
October 2, 2007
VANCOUVER -- Bottom trawling, the most harmful form of commercial fishing, must be strictly regulated to reduce its environmental impact, according to a report by the David Suzuki Foundation.

Although

B.C.'s climate goals need new transportation plan
September 28, 2007
VANCOUVER - B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell has an excellent opportunity to steer the province to a transportation system that reduces both greenhouse-gas emissions and traffic congestion, says the...

Feds leave salmon habitat high and dry
September 19, 2007
VANCOUVER -- The federal government must give Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) the resources to put more boots on the ground with more tools to protect aquatic environments, according to the David...

Clean environment equals healthy Canadians
September 18, 2007
(en Français)
OTTAWA - Unlike nearly every other industrialized country, Canada has no coordinated environmental health strategy. As a result, Canada's current patchwork approach to the most serious...

Action needed to prevent salmon homelessness
September 13, 2007
VANCOUVER - Municipal governments and regional districts must take action to protect fish habitat in their jurisdictions, according to the David Suzuki Foundation.

Local governments in B.C. will vote...

Peter Robinson to be the new CEO of the David Suzuki Foundation
September 6, 2007
Vancouver -- Peter Robinson will be the new CEO of the David Suzuki Foundation (DSF), after seven successful years as CEO of Vancouver-based Mountain Equipment Co-op (MEC), founder David Suzuki...

Foundation welcomes rejection of geoduck licence
August 30, 2007
VANCOUVER -- The B.C. government’s decision to reject an application for a geoduck farm off Quadra Island is sound, but the David Suzuki Foundation hopes the province is taking more than...

Provinces asked to regulate main sources of global warming pollution
August 9, 2007
Moncton -- As premiers gather in Moncton today for the Council of the Federation meetings, federal inaction on climate change has put climate change at the top of the agenda. In order for the...

B.C. fishery plan a step in the right direction
July 16, 2007
VANCOUVER - The federal government's commitment to developing an integrated fishery for B.C. is a positive step, according to the David Suzuki Foundation.

Federal Fisheries Minister Loyola Hearn...

Fisheries minister must protect endangered Fraser River salmon from fishing pressure
July 9, 2007
VANCOUVER - Federal Fisheries Minister Loyola Hearn must resist pressure from some commercial fishing interests to allow an unsustainable catch of Fraser River salmon, according to the David Suzuki...

Time for provinces to cooperate on climate change
June 27, 2007
(en francais)
VANCOUVER - Canada's provinces must impose mandatory caps on industrial emissions in the absence of effective action by the federal government, according to environmental...

Thousands of Canadians poisoned by pesticides each year
June 21, 2007
(en Francais)
OTTAWA - More than 6,000 Canadians are directly poisoned by pesticides each year and nearly half of those are children under the age of six, according to a new report by the David Suzuki...

New research finds B.C.'s wildlife in serious peril
June 07, 2007
VANCOUVER - More than 1,300 plants and wildlife are at risk of disappearing from B.C., yet only five per cent of them receive any kind of protection under provincial laws, says a new study released...

Health-care program needed for Canada's oceans
June 05, 2007
VANCOUVER - The federal government should commit $600 million over five years to improve Canada's performance on ocean conservation, according to the David Suzuki Foundation.

Friday, June 8, is World...

Governor Schwarzenegger's visit offers opportunity to protect North American coastline from new oil drilling
May 30, 2007
VANCOUVER - California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's visit offers an unprecedented opportunity for British Columbia to prove itself an environmental leader by extending the provincial...

Committee's shellfish recommendations a mixed catch
May 29, 2007
VANCOUVER - The Special Legislative Committee on Sustainable Aquaculture's shellfish-aquaculture recommendations are welcome, but they don't go far enough to ensure protection of marine...

Groups call for government action on aquaculture committee's key recommendations
May 16, 2007
VANCOUVER - The Coastal Alliance for Aquaculture Reform (CAAR) today applauded the key recommendations of the Special Legislative Committee on Sustainable Aquaculture and called on the provincial...

Tighter regulations needed to avoid sport-fishing damage
May 14, 2007
VANCOUVER - As the recreational-fisheries season opens in B.C. today, better accountability is needed to avoid the overfishing and damage to stocks seen in previous years, according to the David...

Deliberate Destruction of Endangered Species Habitat Would Violate the Law
May 01, 2007
Toronto, Ontario - Ontario's environmental community is calling upon the Minister of Natural Resources to respond decisively to threats by the president of the Ontario Landowners Association who said...

Gov't fails to protect Canada's most iconic wildlife
May 01, 2007
OTTAWA - The polar bear, porbeagle shark and Peary caribou could soon vanish from Canada's North if the federal government continues to ignore the recommendations by its own scientific advisory...

Four-man advantage against global warming
April 27, 2007

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Four-man advantage against global warming
Hockey pros go carbon neutral

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Federal climate plan an embarrassment to Canadians
April 27, 2007
Toronto - Yesterday's announced federal environment plan is a national embarrassment that is completely out of touch with Canadian values, David Suzuki said today at a news conference at Toronto's...

Groups challenge government to obey the law and ban all forms of toxic fire-retardant PBDE
April 25, 2007
OTTAWA - The federal government's plan to "manage" toxic, fire-retardant chemicals rather than ban them puts Canadians' health at risk, say leading environmental groups.

The government today convened...

David Suzuki delivers results of unprecedented national dialogue to Parliament Hill
April 20, 2007
en francais (93KB PDF)
OTTAWA - Dr. David Suzuki delivered the environmental priorities and vision of more than 30,000 Canadians to Parliament Hill today at a news conference.

Dr. Suzuki was

Look South for Leadership to Eliminate Toxic Flame Retardants
April 04, 2007
OTTAWA -- New legislation in Washington State banning toxic PBDE fire retardants will do more to protect public health and the environment than the feeble measures proposed by the Canadian federal...

Federal budget fails to address public concern on environment
March 19, 2007
VANCOUVER - Today's federal budget lacks a tangible plan and crucial financial detail to address the top concern of Canadians - global warming, says the David Suzuki Foundation.

"When it comes to the...

Federal agency rejects funding for controversial seismic testing
March 09, 2007
Vancouver, BC - BC environmental groups are applauding the decision of Canada's National Science and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) to withdraw funding for a harmful seismic blasting project...

David Suzuki ends cross-country marathon at Mile Zero in Victoria and heads for the Hill in Ottawa
February 28, 2007
VICTORIA - David Suzuki ended his cross-country marathon for the environment in front of Terry Fox's statue at Mile Zero in Victoria today with a message of hope.

"Hope is what sustains me - we can...

Ontario's Standard Offer program generates
clean energy and new jobs
February 27, 2007
TORONTO - Ontario's Standard Offer Program will help slow global warming, reduce the risk of blackouts and spur innovation, says the David Suzuki Foundation.

The Ontario government and the...

Short-term targets key to success of B.C.'s new energy plan
February 27, 2007
VANCOUVER - B.C.'s new energy plan - expected today - will determine whether the provincial government has a credible strategy on global warming. Meaningful short-term action will be the key factor...

Groups demand ban on all forms of toxic fire-retardant PBDEs
February 19, 2007
TORONTO - Environmental groups filed a formal legal objection this week calling for the federal government to ban all brominated flame-retardants, a group of chemical known as Polybrominated Diphenyl...

Sir Nicholas Stern and Dr David Suzuki release joint statement
February 19, 2007
TORONTO - The scientific evidence is now overwhelming; climate change is a serious global threat and it demands an urgent global response.

The Stern Review has been called the world's most in

Environmental groups demand withdrawal of Bill C-45
February 12, 2007
VANCOUVER - Conservation groups across Canada are calling on the Conservative government to withdraw a proposed new Fisheries Act for Canada, Bill C-45, from further discussion in Parliament. The...

Feeling the Pulse of the Planet: A conversation with David Suzuki and Stephen Lewis
February 08, 2007
TORONTO- Join two of Canada's leading thinkers, Dr. David Suzuki and Stephen Lewis, in an intimate conversation on the links between the environment, health and Canadian values on Monday, February 12,...

Mile One down, 9,436 kilometres to go

David Suzuki kicks off cross-country tour in St. John's
February 01, 2007
SAINT JOHN'S, NFLD - More than a thousand people jammed the Holy Heart auditorium in the heart of historic St. John's today as David Suzuki kicked off his cross-country "If YOU were Prime Minister..."...

David Suzuki launches cross-Canada dialogue on environment
January 29, 2007
VANCOUVER - If you were Prime Minister, what would you do for the environment? David Suzuki wants to know, and he's embarking on a cross-Canada election-style campaign to find out. When the tour wraps...

Environmental progress requires leadership from the top
January 04, 2007
VANCOUVER - Changing environment ministers will do nothing to improve Canada's poor environmental performance unless Prime Minister Harper gives the new minister a strong mandate for change, says the...

B.C. citizens reject coal-fired power
January 02, 2007
VANCOUVER - An overwhelming majority of British Columbians are starting the new year wanting the province to enact climate change legislation with mandatory targets for reducing greenhouse gas...