Montreal Environment Featured Article

The Clean Bin Project

What started as a personal challenge – a household competition to see who could produce the least amount of garbage – has now become a feature documentary that will be coming to Montreal for a single showing on Monday, Aug 23rd. Vancouver filmmakers Grant Baldwin and Jenny Rustemeyer are currently on the road, bicycling across [...]

The Canadian Environmental Network’s (RCEN) 2010 Conference

Guest Post The Canadian Environmental Network’s (RCEN) 2010 Conference will take place at the Grand Plaza Hotel in downtown Montreal, from September 17-19. For over 30 years, environmental NGOs have attended this annual event to meet their colleagues, share stories and strategize around the most pressing environmental issues. As long-time [...]

A conversation with M. Roland Aurich, CEO Siemens Canada

Siemens has begun a massive urban sustainability campaign in Canada starting with the release of the Sustainable Cities Challenge in Canada report in May 18 this year. Established in 1847 in Berlin, Siemens is now one of the largest engineering conglomerates in the world operating in 190 countries and employing approximately 420,800 people. Initially focused [...]

Bye Bye environmental regulation….we will miss you dearly

First came the ‘fast-tracking’ of infrastructure projects early in 2009. The 2010 Budget threw another blow to the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) process by removing large energy projects from the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency’s (CEAA) jurisdiction and placing it into the hands of the National Energy Board (NEB) and the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC). [...]

Where is the controversy…the hunt or the deal?

Tensions between Newfoundland and Labrador (N.L.) and Quebec reached new heights this week. With the case over Hydro-Quebec’s handling of the Churchill rate renewal contract going before the Quebec Supreme court, the relationship between the two provinces, which has been contentious to say the least, can take a turn for the worse as a group [...]

Sniplets

• Appalachia has become ground zero in the fight against coal mining. For an area where many depend on the mining industry, 'coal is dirty'  it's a hard pitch to sell. While congress is mulling over cap-and-trade legislation and 'clean coal' lobbyists try to influence public and political opinion, local residents are left to fight the Coal River Mountain project alone. More here #
• For the past nine weeks an oil rig off the north-west coast of Australia has been leaking approximately 2000 barrels of oil a day. The 25 cm wide hole has caused Australia's most damaging oil spill in 25 years, putting at risk many humpback whales, endangered turtles, dolphins and other marine life. See more here #
• A new study in the New Phytologist shows that cosmic rays may influence tree growth more than changes in temperature and precipitation. Although the effects of solar cycles is a "controversial" topic and the impact of solar rays' density on biological material not well understood, data shows tree growth follows the Sun's 11 year activity cycle. You can read the integral study here. #
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• Montreal Old Port has been listed as the 6th most visited tourist attraction in Canada by Forbes Magazine with a total of 6 million visitors last year. Leading the pack of nominees is Niagara Falls raking up more than 12 million visits last year. Toronto's Harbourfront Center came in a close second with 12 million visits. BC's Grenville Island and Stanley Park came up third and forth, respectively. For the full list see Forbes Magazine. #