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Council of Canadians calls for fracking ban in lead-up to Global Frackdown

Ottawa – On the eve of the Global Frackdown – the Council of Canadians is calling for a ban, or ...

Council of Canadians delivers buckets of toxic fracking chemicals to Peter Kent

Ottawa – The Council of Canadians delivered petitions signed by nearly 10,000 people today who are demanding a moratorium on ...

Nanaimo becomes a blue community, in lead-up to Making Waves conference

Nanaimo – Yesterday, June Ross and Paul Manly of the Mid Island chapter of the Council of Canadians presented a ...

Council of Canadians refuses to participate in “hollow” consultation on Canadian Environmental Assessment Act

The Council of Canadians sent a brief letter to the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency today asking the Agency to scrap ...

First Nations, organizations renew opposition to Bruce Power nuke shipment

Communities are reaffirming their commitment to protect the Great Lakes from nuclear waste shipments, despite new challenges from the federal ...

Ontario government’s plan for Great Lakes protection needs shoring up, says Council of Canadians

Ottawa – The Council of Canadians commends the Ontario Liberal government’s first step towards Great Lakes protection, but urges bigger ...

Water justice activists demand action on 2nd anniversary of UN human right to water resolution

Ottawa – This Saturday, July 28, 2012 marks the two-year anniversary of the historic United Nations General Assembly resolution recognizing ...

Barlow starts discussion on price of water

Ottawa, ON—The Council of Canadians released a new report by National Chairperson Maude Barlow today, entitled Paying for Water in ...

Neskantaga First Nation Battles American Mining Goliath Cliffs in Toronto Mining Court

Toronto – Today the Neskantaga First Nation is taking their fight for proper First Nation consultation in the Ring of ...

Council of Canadians calls on premiers to take Vermont’s lead and ban fracking

Following Vermont’s ban on hydraulic fracturing last month, the Council of Canadians has written to the premiers of the provinces ...

Council of Canadians denounces Canada’s role at Rio+20 summit

The Rio+20 Earth Summit has failed to produce the commitments needed for a more just and sustainable future for the ...

First Nations and their allies oppose closure of Canada’s Experimental Lakes Area

OTTAWA — The recent decision by the Government of Canada to terminate a world-class federal research program, the Experimental Lakes ...