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Ontario Government Proposes to Further Gut Endangered Species Rules for Developers

Enviromental Defense

MECP claims that these changes will improve implementation of the legislation, however, this is only true if you think better implementation of species protection legislation involves making it weaker. For example, the Redside Dace and Butternut are just two of many species at risk that would be impacted by the proposed giant Highway 413.

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Polling Shows GTA Voters Would Punish Federal Liberals if They Fail to Designate 413 for Impact Assessment and Protect Habitat and Waterways

Enviromental Defense

Across the GTA, Liberal support would fall from 20 per cent to 11 per cent if the government decides to let Highway 413 proceed without an independent federal impact assessment. There are 29 federally listed species at risk of extinction along the 413 highway corridor, and at least 24 navigable waterways.

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Congress Needs to Carefully Chart NOAA’s Path Forward

Union of Concerned Scientists

NOAA is a science-based agency of the federal government that was created by the executive branch in 1970, bringing together science-based commissions, bureaus and offices the country relied on for years, including what was known as the Weather Bureau, the Fisheries Commission, and the Survey of the Coast office. In 1977, Rep.

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Environmentalism and the Supreme Court

Legal Planet

If you’re an anti-regulatory conservative, you’d probably flip these designations. This was a case under the Endangered Species Act. The Supreme Court interpreted the statute to place an absolute priority on preserving endangered species, regardless of the impact on the economy or other government goals.

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Proposed Quarry Puts Ontario’s Turtle Protections to the Test

Enviromental Defense

Ontario’s Endangered Species Act (ESA) is meant to protect and recover species-at-risk and their habitats, but does it work? Let’s hold our government accountable. Today is world turtle day, an annual observance to help people celebrate and protect turtles and their disappearing habitats.

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Putting a face to the Redside Dace

Enviromental Defense

Instead of fighting for the Dace’s protection, Ontario’s Ministry of the Environment Conservation and Parks (MECP) has proposed changes to the Endangered Species Act (ESA) that puts their survival at risk by prioritizing and speeding up development projects without critical environmental precautions.

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Nature needs defenders in today’s Ontario

Enviromental Defense

We’re in the midst of a local and global biodiversity crisis – does this mean the current provincial government has an anti-environmental agenda? Let’s look first at the current Ontario government’s record. . Endangered species are the rarest and most vulnerable plants and animals.By Photo by Philip Jessup.