B.C. sockeye added to red list of threatened species
VANCOUVER – The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has placed Pacific sockeye salmon on its Red List of Threatened Species, indicating that certain sockeye subpopulations are ...
David Suzuki Foundation opens Montreal office, launches French website
MONTREAL - The David Suzuki Foundation announced today that it has appointed Karel Mayrand director of DSF Quebec and has opened its newest office in Montreal.
“Canadians and Québécois mus...
Canada’s Pacific North Coast needs better management in the face of declining ocean health
VANCOUVER – Better management is needed to protect the diversity and abundance of marine life off British Columbia’s Pacific North Coast, one of the few places of its kind in the world, according ...
Toronto – Quatre grandes chaînes de détaillants ont décidé de cesser la vente de pesticides toxiques pour pelouses et jardins au Canada. C’est ce qui ressort d’une enquête publiée aujourd
David Suzuki Foundation urges retailers to stop selling toxic chemical pesticides
Toronto – The David Suzuki Foundation released the results of a survey today that finds four major retailers in Canada have phased out or are in the process of phasing out toxic chemical lawn and ga...
David Suzuki Foundation reports the Ontario Greenbelt contributes $2.6 billion to local economy
TORONTO – A new report released by the David Suzuki Foundation with support from the Friends of the Greenbelt Foundation today has found that Ontario’s Greenbelt contributes $2.6 billion worth of ...
Documents reveal governments acting to undermine species law
VANCOUVER, BC - In a closely-watched lawsuit about the endangered Nooksack dace, leading environmental groups will present new evidence in Federal Court tomorrow (Tuesday, September 9 at 11 a.m. at 70...
MEDIA RELEASE: Less logging of BC’s old-growth forests makes more economic sense
VANCOUVER – A sophisticated new study by researchers at Simon Fraser University shows that in the vast majority of cases it makes more economic sense to conserve forests than it does to cut them dow...
Nine additional pesticides must be added to new Ontario ban
Toronto – Ontario’s new pesticide regulations now under development must add nine more to the preliminary list of banned lawn and garden pesticides so as not to undermine restrictions already in p...
New northern shrimp trawling certification not green enough, says conservation groups
HALIFAX - SeaChoice, Canada’s national sustainable seafood program, will maintain its cautionary yellow listing for Canadian northern shrimp trawling despite the eco-certification from the UK-based...
David Suzuki garden photo contest enters its final weeks
VANCOUVER – Just like reality TV, this year’s David Suzuki Digs My Garden contest will feature its own panel of celebrity judges to decide Canada’s most beautiful, chemic...
Major flaws in cap-and-trade design present leadership opportunity for B.C.
VANCOUVER – Shortcomings in the draft recommendations for the Western Climate Initiative’s (WCI) cap-and-trade system must be addressed or they will undermine the system’s effectiveness just whe...
High diesel prices for trawlers not enough to protect “idiotfish”
VANCOUVER – High fuel prices have kept bottom-trawl boats from fishing the longspine thornyhead off Canada’s Pacific coast this year, but the federal government must still impose an immediate inte...
The David Suzuki Foundation and the Pembina Institute will be available to brief journalists on the upcoming Western Climate Initiative (WCI) meeting on July 29 in San Diego. The Western Climate Initi...
QUÉBEC – Dans son nouveau rapport d’évaluation des plans des provinces pour lutter contre les changements climatiques, la Fondation David Suzuki constate que la plupart des provinces ont réagi ...
New report shows provincial action on climate change heating up
QUEBEC CITY – Most provinces are stepping up with strong targets and policies to reduce greenhouse gases in the absence of federal leadership on climate change, says a new David Suzuki Foundation re...
La Fondation David Suzuki présentera à Québec les résultats de son tout nouveau rapport d’évaluation des plans des provinces pour lutter contre les changements climatiques. L’événement aura...
The David Suzuki Foundation will release the findings of a new report on provincial climate change action during the Council of the Federation meeting in Quebec City on July 16, 2008. The report looks...
Canada under fire for toxic fire retardants
OTTAWA –Environment Minister John Baird is under fire from environmental groups to address the most common form of a group of toxic chemicals known as Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs). New re...