Joomla! site syndication http://www.earthroots.org 2008-05-10T14:05:03+01:00 http://www.earthroots.org http://www.earthroots.org/images/M_images/joomla_rss.png text/html 2008-04-23T11:38:14+01:00 http://www.earthroots.org http://www.earthroots.org/index.php/20080423123/News/Latest/Canada-US-and-Mexico-interfering-with-NAFTA-watchdog.html International coalition calls for end to political interference TORONTO, NEW YORK, MEXICO CITY An international coalition of academics, environmental, and conservation groups today called on the governments of the U.S.A., Mexico, and Canada to stop interfering with the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC), an environmental watchdog agency created under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). The coalition alleges that the conduct of the environment ministers of each country is interfering with the CEC, and particularly its core citizen complaint procedure.“We are deeply concerned by increasingly blatant government interference in the operations of this important environmental watchdog,” said Albert Koehl, lawyer with Ecojustice, Canada’s largest environmental law organization.The CEC was established in 1994 to quell fears that NAFTA would lead to business leaving the U.S. because of lax environmental enforcement elsewhere. A side agreement to NAFTA was negotiated which included the establishment of the CEC along with a novel and promising provision that allowed citizens to request investigations into a country's failure to enforce its own environmental laws. text/html 2008-04-14T22:00:00+01:00 http://www.earthroots.org http://www.earthroots.org/index.php/Alerts/Alerts/Temagami-is-still-being-clearcut.html The Proposed Operations for the first 5 years of the new Temagami forest management plan (2009 - 2019) is open for review. The public comment period extends from April 15, 2008 until June 17, 2008. Many key old growth areas are slated for logging and we need your voice to speak out for increased protection of Temagami's wilderness! Please click here (index.php/Temagami-Template-Letter.html) to access our template letter which you can cut, paste and then add your own comments to before printing and mailing to the Ministry of Natural Resources. text/html 2008-04-06T22:00:00+01:00 http://www.earthroots.org http://www.earthroots.org/index.php/20080406120/News/Latest/OMB-Hearing-on-Westhill-Development-Delayed.html The OMB hearing on the Westhill Development has been delayed for at least six months due to an appeal process initiated by Rod Northey, a lawyer who has been representing four families in Aurora whose properties would be negatively impacted by this development. A consolidated hearing would be a tremendous asset to the case, as it would require a panel consisting of people with more environmental expertise than a standard OMB proceeding. This is vital for a case with such significant environmental and hydrological implications. The motion for a consolidated hearing was rejected in the middle of March, but Mr. Northey recently appealed to the court for its failure to require a consolidated hearing, and the Board has decided to adjourn the hearing pending the resolution of the court case. This means that the earliest the hearing will commence is October. text/html 2008-04-03T06:58:48+01:00 http://www.earthroots.org http://www.earthroots.org/index.php/20080403116/News/Latest/Judge-delays-cormorant-cull.html Sharon Hill, Windsor Star A federal judge in Toronto has put the brakes - temporarily - on a proposed cull of cormorants on Middle Island, prompting two animal protection groups opposing the cull to claim a minor victory. The judge ruled that no cull can happen until a federal judge says so. Today's order is literally 'Do not touch those birds until a judge can review these matters,' Zoocheck Canada's campaign director Julie Woodyer said Wednesday. text/html 2008-03-28T11:42:36+01:00 http://www.earthroots.org http://www.earthroots.org/index.php/20080328113/News/Latest/Aurora-loses-round-to-golf-backers.html TheStar.com - GTA - Aurora loses round to golf backers Province's board rejects town's bid to include moraine experts in development review Phinjo GombuStaff Reporter, The Toronto Star The mayor of Aurora and a lawyer for residents opposed to a controversial condo-golf complex on the Oak Ridges Moraine are slamming a decision by the Ontario Municipal Board not to hold a special joint hearing with the province's environmental review panel.