Environment News
Feds leave salmon habitat high and dry
VANCOUVER -- The federal government must give Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) the resources to put more boots on the ground with more tools to protect aquatic environments, according to the David Su...
Action needed to prevent salmon homelessness
VANCOUVER -- Municipal governments and regional districts must take action to protect fish habitat in their jurisdictions, according to the David Suzuki Foundation.
Local governments in B.C. will v...
Peter Robinson to be the new CEO of the David Suzuki Foundation
Vancouver -- Peter Robinson will be the new CEO of the David Suzuki Foundation (DSF), after seven successful years as CEO of Vancouver-based Mountain Equipment Co-op (MEC), founder David Suzuki announ...
Foundation welcomes rejection of geoduck licence
VANCOUVER -- The B.C. government’s decision to reject an application for a geoduck farm off Quadra Island is sound, but the David Suzuki Foundation hopes the province is taking more than ae...
Provinces asked to regulate main sources of global warming pollution
Moncton -- As premiers gather in Moncton today for the Council of the Federation meetings, federal inaction on climate change has put climate change at the top of the agenda. In order for the province...
B.C. fishery plan a step in the right direction
VANCOUVER - The federal government’s commitment to developing an integrated fishery for B.C. is a positive step, according to the David Suzuki Foundation.
Federal Fisheries Minister Loy...
Fisheries minister must protect endangered Fraser River salmon from fishing pressure
VANCOUVER – Federal Fisheries Minister Loyola Hearn must resist pressure from some commercial fishing interests to allow an unsustainable catch of Fraser River salmon, according to the David ...
Time for provinces to cooperate on climate change
VANCOUVER - Canada's provinces must impose mandatory caps on industrial emissions in the absence of effective action by the federal government, according to environmental organizations across the...
Thousands of Canadians poisoned by pesticides each year
OTTAWA - More than 6,000 Canadians are directly poisoned by pesticides each year and nearly half of those are children under the age of six, according to a new report by the David Suzuki Foundation. ...
