Today, “half of all Canadians live in places with unacceptable air pollution,” most because we’re not doing enough to protect “environmental rights,” which are human rights, argues David Suzuki.
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Song of the Watermelon: Three Solutions to Mark Canadian Environment Week
In honour of Canadian Environment Week — currently underway amidst accelerating tar sands development, hot on the heels of withdrawals from the Kyoto Protocol and the UN Convention to Combat Desertification — let us reflect upon what the federal government, if it were so inclined, could be doing differently. In other
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: From Twitter Moots to Chemical Valleys, lawyers are talking environmental rights
Friday, December 14, 2012 On November 20th Team U of Alberta won the world’s second-ever Twitter Moot, arguing that we all have a right to a healthy atmosphere. Meanwhile our friends at Ecojustice and David Suzuki Foundation are asking Canadians to demand environmental rights. Why are more and more environmental
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