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MEDIA BRIEFING, MAY 13, VICTORIA
May 8, 2008
VICTORIA

WHAT:
The David Suzuki Foundation and the Pembina Institute will host a media briefing in Victoria, B.C., on May 13. Journalists will be briefed on the upcoming Western Climate Initiative...

Canadian and U.S. Conservation Community Invites Retail Businesses to Move Forward on Sustainable Seafood Initiatives
May 7, 2008
(Halifax, Vancouver) SeaChoice, Canada’s sustainable seafood program, and its five member organizations, joined nine U.S. environmental groups today in releasing the “Common Vision for Environmentally...

New poll shows majority of Metro Vancouver residents want better public transit, not expanded highways
May 7, 2008
VANCOUVER – A new poll shows 69 per cent of Metro Vancouver residents support redirecting money away from road expansion projects toward a better public transit system.

The Synovate poll, conducted for...

B.C. environmental groups applaud carbon tax legislation
April 28, 2008
Victoria - A coalition of more than 16 environmental groups from across British Columbia welcomed the introduction of the province’s landmark carbon tax into the Legislature today.

"We came to Victoria...

Canada’s Polar Bear on Thin Ice - Federal Government Must Take Action
April 25, 2008
Canada’s independent scientific body, the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC), today confirmed that the polar bear is at risk in Canada. More than half the world’s polar...

Good news from Ontario on Earth Day
April 22, 2008
OTTAWA – Measures announced today in Ontario will raise the bar on provincial pesticide policy, says the David Suzuki Foundation. Details of the Ontario government’s plan to ban lawn and garden...

Manitoba moves forward on climate change
April 22, 2008
OTTAWA – The David Suzuki Foundation congratulates the government of Manitoba on the release of its new climate change plan. With this plan and legislated global warming targets, Manitoba joins...

Protection of B.C. marine area welcomed
April 21, 2008
VANCOUVER – Today’s major announcement of a new Marine Protected Area (MPA) off coastal British Columbia “is a welcome sign that government is willing to address conservation issues however, more...

A Green Goddess Shares Spring Cleaning Recipes
April 7, 2008
The April issue of the David Suzuki Foundation monthly newsletter focuses on sustainable spring cleaning, and features the Foundation’s own "green goddess" Lindsay Coulter who shares safe, inexpensive...

David Suzuki Foundation sending observer to Bangkok for UN climate change talks
March 28, 2008
The David Suzuki Foundation is sending an official observer to next week's United Nations climate change conference in Bangkok, Thailand.

Dale Marshall, the Suzuki Foundation's climate change policy...

Lessons from Quebec on how to ban lawn and garden pesticides
March 26, 2008
OTTAWA – A new report on Quebec’s current provincial ban on the use and sale of several lawn pesticides urges other provinces to follow Quebec’s lead.

“Quebec has paved the way for provincial action...

Media Advisory: David Suzuki Foundation available for comment on Ontario budget
March 24, 2008
TORONTO - The Ontario government’s budget announcement on Tuesday, March 25, will be an important chance for Premier Dalton McGuinty to present his next steps towards meeting the province’s climate...

Lawsuit Leads To Work on Protecting Endangered Species
March 19, 2008
Vancouver, BC - The Nooksack Dace, an endangered fish found in small streams in BC’s Fraser Valley, is one step closer to protection with the re-release of a recovery strategy that identifies habitat...

523 NHLPA Members Go Green with David Suzuki
March 10, 2008
Over 500 NHLPA members take the ‘NHLPA Carbon Neutral Challenge' for the 2007/2008 hockey season as part of the NHLPA’s commitment to the environment together with the David Suzuki Foundation

TORONTO...

Canada’s leading environmental groups release national roadmap to set more sustainable course for country
March 6, 2008
En Français
Ottawa - Concerned about the lack of political leadership on urgent issues such as climate change, Canada’s leading environmental organizations have come to a groundbreaking consensus...

Federal budget ignores environment
February 26, 2008
OTTAWA - Today's federal budget fails to include real measures to protect the environment, says the David Suzuki Foundation.

"The federal government has repeatedly stated that climate change must...

Federal carbon price could generate $50 billion per year, allow deep income tax cuts
February 25, 2008
OTTAWA – A new report from the David Suzuki Foundation finds a federal carbon tax or trading system would dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions, protect the environment and generate revenue of...

Suzuki/Jaccard to unveil national carbon tax proposal in lead-up to federal budget
February 22, 2008
OTTAWA – On Monday, Feb. 25 (9:30 a.m.), Dr. David Suzuki and Mark Jaccard will present a new report that outlines a strong case for next week’s federal budget to include a carbon tax or trading...

An open letter from David Suzuki
February 20, 2008
Ouch, ouch. I thought there were rules against piling on, or was that just for sports? I've always thought it was unfair to beat up an old man, especially one wearing glasses!

 I have been...

Landmark budget contains strong measures to address global warming
February 19, 2008
Victoria - British Columbia’s groundbreaking decision to put a price on carbon emissions will set the province up as a North American leader on climate change, says the David Suzuki Foundation.

“We...

Carbon Tax Backgrounder: The B.C. Budget 2008
February 18, 2008
A representative from the David Suzuki Foundation will be in Victoria tomorrow to comment on the B.C. budget.

The Suzuki Foundation has called on the province to provide concrete measures in the 2008...

It’s Time for Canada to Commit to Oceans Management Plans
February 13, 2008
Ottawa -- Environmental organizations including the David Suzuki Foundation, the Living Oceans Society, and the Sierra Club of British Columbia are asking the federal government to commit to...

Who will pay for our failure to act on global warming?
February 6, 2008

Dear readers and friends:

I’m always amazed about how much Canadians care about the environment and how they’re coming together to resolve global warming. If there’s some frustration, it’s because...

Declining Pacific salmon stocks at critical point
January 28, 2008
VANCOUVER - Urgent action is needed to save wild Pacific salmon and to protect the freshwater and coastal ecosystems where they live and spawn, according to a new report from the David Suzuki...

New report outlines ways to make 2010 Winter Games carbon neutral
January 24, 2008
En Français (PDF) - The 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games could be one of the most climate friendly Games in history if it follows the recommendations set out in a new David Suzuki Foundation...

Suzuki Foundation to release report on a carbon-neutral 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games
January 21, 2008
The David Suzuki Foundation will release a report that outlines how the 2010 Olympics can go carbon neutral at a press conference in Vancouver on Thursday, January 24. The report, which was partially...

Suzuki Foundation urges government to adopt NRTEE carbon price recommendations
January 7, 2008
OTTAWA – The federal government should move quickly to start charging for carbon emissions as recommended today by the independent National Roundtable on the Environment and the Economy (NRTEE), says...

Canada bows to pressure at Bali's 11th hour
December 15, 2007
Bali, Indonesia -- Nations agreed today on a "Bali roadmap" to launch negotiations for a post-2012 global climate agreement that will be guided by scientific analysis of the emission cuts needed to...

Time running out for some of B.C.’s wild pink salmon
December 13, 2007
VANCOUVER - The B.C. and federal governments must take immediate action to prevent the local extinction of wild pink salmon from British Columbia’s Broughton Archipelago, according to the David Suzuki...

Canada must not block progress in Bali
December 13, 2007
Bali, Indonesia -- As crucial UN climate negotiations enter their final hours, environmental groups are calling on Canada's government to join with leading countries in pushing for a strong agreement....

Leaked negotiating instructions show Canada set to block negotiations in Bali
December 7, 2007
Bali, Indonesia -- A leaked federal document shows Canadian negotiators in Bali are under explicit instruction to undermine a fundamental principle of the Kyoto Protocol -- a move guaranteed to derail...

The NHLPA and the David Suzuki Foundation announce 'Green' partnership
December 7, 2007
en français (PDF)

…player-driven initiative has over 350 players already taking the ‘NHLPA Carbon Neutral Challenge', with hundreds more expected to in the weeks ahead

TORONTO (December 07, 2007) - The...

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

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

For Immediate release                     ...

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...