…logging companies certified as sustainable extractors. As reported in E‘s January 2004 feature article “Oh, Canada!” (https://emagazine.com/view/?1184), the boreal forest is one of the most diverse and fragile environments in…
Clothing manufacturers have lost order after order due to the Coronavirus and some are hoping fast fashion can’t make a comeback….
…release of Canada’s new guide also underscores the need for the U.S. to update its own food guidelines accordingly. But regardless of whether or not the Trump administration feels compelled…
…rush-shipped to them instead of combining multiple orders in bigger boxes, which would be more energy efficient. Others criticize Amazon for introducing huge commercial operations into hundreds of otherwise residential…
Smokestacks spew emissions from tar sands processing (S. Jocz)© Western Canada Wilderness Committee Canada is receiving heavy international scrutiny at COP15 for its mining of tar sands—a sand and clay…
Canada“s boreal forest is the largest intact forest on the planet.www.forestfriendly500.org Canada’s federal government last week announced that it is setting aside some 25.5 million acres of boreal forest and…
…by hazardous zones.© GINNY DIERS Indigenous Arctic grayling are threatened by the ravages of extractive industries© GINNY DIERS Oil pumpjacks are a common sight in western Canadian backyards.© GINNY DIERS…
…reduce the total allowable catch of seals from the record numbers allowed during the previous three-year period ending in 2005. CONTACTS: IFAW, www.ifaw.org; Harpseals.org, www.harpseals.org; Protect Seals Network, www.hsus.org/marine_mammals/protect_seals/the_protect_seals_network.html. …
…it includes in its products. After various forms of public haranguing from Greenpeace, the company committed to sourcing 40 percent of its North American tissue fiber—some 600,000 tons yearly—from recycled…
As an online gamer, I spend a lot of time in front of my computer. What’s the environmental impact? And are “greener” PCs available? —Bob Grant, Burlington, VT Online gamers…
