Notes from the Panther Lounge archives
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Committee passes the buck on pesticide-free B.C.
May 17, 2012The long-awaited report from B.C.'s special legislative committee on cosmetic pesticides was not worth the wait. The committee had been mulling over a province-wide ban on lawn chemicals for close... More »
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Happy Mother's Day
May 11, 2012Celebrate Mother's Day and Mother Earth. Send Mom an e-card from the David Suzuki Foundation. More »
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A David Suzuki Foundation moment in history: The Pacific Salmon Forest Project — Part 2
May 9, 2012Foundation staff and the Nemiah community constructed straw bale houses as an alternative to federal reserve housing. More »
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All together now
May 7, 2012On Earth Day (April 22), a quarter of a million Canadians gathered in Montreal in the largest public display of support for the environment in our history. Shortly after this... More »
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Black out to speak out on June 4
May 7, 2012The proposed changes to Canada's laws will weaken environmental rules and silence land and business owners, First Nations, taxpayers, scientists, charities and others who wish to defend the environment. More »
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You can still get outside and play, especially if you have to work all day
April 30, 2012It's fundamental for our to kids develop a love of nature they can carry throughout a lifetime. More »
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Newcomer and First Nation teens plant roots in the Rouge
April 27, 2012What do you get when you pair newcomer teens from eleven countries with youth from a remote BC First Nation, put them in a field, and add a bit of... More »
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Budget act unravels environmental laws
April 26, 2012The casualties of Bill C-38 include the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, Fisheries Act, Species at Risk Act, National Roundtable on Energy and the Environment Act, and Kyoto Implementation Act. More »
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It's time to come clean about ingredients in household cleaning products
April 25, 2012Canadians have the right to know about toxic chemicals in household cleaners. And yet, no Canadian law requires manufacturers to disclose the full list of ingredients in those products or... More »
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Quebecers hear the call and rise up for the environment
April 23, 2012Among the participants were 40 Innu women from Sept-Iles who had walked 800km to protest the Plan Nord, Quebec's plan to open up the North and the province's last virgin ecosystems to major industrial development and mining. More »
