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Road Proposal Threatens Mer Bleue Internationally Significant Wetland

August 19, 2021–Jakob Mueller

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Climate Change•Habitat•Land-use planning•Wetlands

Mer Bleue © Joe CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

In Ottawa, municipal politicians are backing a project that would build a multi-lane artery across a section of the city’s Greenbelt, fragmenting habitat and impacting the edge of a wetland ...

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What COVID-19 Has Taught Us About the Value of Nature

August 12, 2021–Julee Boan

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Recreation and Events

Silent Lake Provincial Park © John Hassell

This article was originally published in The Walleye. Like so many traumatic events in our shared history, everyone remembers exactly what they were doing in the days and hours before ...

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Nature-based Solutions to Climate Change

April 28, 2021–Ron Corkum

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Climate Change•Habitat

Medway Valley, London, Ontario © Denis Giles CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

Climate change poses a serious challenge to human society. The root cause is human actions. The global carbon balance has been shifted through the extraction and combustion of fossil fuels, ...

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Calling Future Ancestors

April 15, 2021–Anne Bell

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Greenbelt and Greenway

If you have any doubt about the importance of the Greenbelt, take a moment to listen to the voices of Ontario Nature’s Youth Council in their new video. They clearly ...

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The Peoples’ Climate Vote

March 31, 2021–Rebecca Clarke

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Campaigns and advocacy•Climate Change•Reduce Your Footprint•Youth

Global Climate Strike - Toronto, 9-27-2019 © Noah Cole

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has recommended that warming be limited to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels to prevent the irreversible effects of climate change. The science suggests ...

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