"Not having to go to closed containment saves them money. They use the coast as a sewer, basically, so they're naturally not going to like any science that would stop them from making money."Frazer said fish farms have increased sea lice numbers by providing more hosts. And they keep sea lice numbers artificially high in the spring when young wild salmon head out to sea.
The bill amounts to little more than a set of minor amendments to the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA), according to a team of environmental lawyers who studied the draft.
"First they promised a made-in-Canada plan and there is no plan. Then Prime Minister Harper promised a new Clean Air Act. Now we know there isn't one," said Beatrice Olivastri, head of the Friends of the Earth Canada.
"Based on the draft reviewed, this bill is mainly housekeeping and minor adjustments in language. It shuffles air pollution and greenhouse gas provisions to a new section of CEPA."
Olivastri said the bill does not appear to enhance federal regulatory authority to curb greenhouse gases or other pollutants.
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Strahl, also minister of the Canadian Wheat Board, said it's in the best interest of the industry to concentrate on the immediate issues facing the grains and oilseeds sector.
This includes focusing on the World Trade Organization agricultural negotiations in Geneva in April, which will deal with export subsidies and domestic subsidies.
"I've just decided for this spring, and certainly until the WTO negotiations are behind us, that's my priority and that's what I'm working on, and so the Canadian Wheat Board changes are on the back burner," Strahl told reporters.
King Ralph is at it again denying reality.....he looks out over the Calgary skyline and sees clear skies as if that means anything....I guess the logic is that if he can't see Greenhouse Gas it doesn't exist.....
Sask., Alberta worst greenhouse gas offenders: report
Alberta, Ontario lead in greenhouse gas emissions
“Those are my critics — I don’t agree with that,” said Klein. “I look at the beautiful air out here, and it’s just fine.” Klein scoffs at dirty Alberta
Oh yeah Ralph wasn't looking at the Fort McMurray sky line...
So how come Saskatchewan is reporting increased acid rain from the tar sands effluent
Potential for Acid Rain in North SK
Acid rain now damaging soils in Western Canada: study
The study says emissions in the West are rising but doesn't discuss the reasons. One major source is believed to be oil development in Alberta, which is the next province to be mapped for acid damage under the research program.
"Acid deposition in Western Canada has not received as much attention as in the more highly industrialized areas of Eastern North America, but unlike other regions of the continent, emissions of acidifying gases . . . have increased," says the study.
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Oil and gas have flexibility under new green plan
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... The Conservative government will create safeguards for Alberta's booming oil and gas industry as it sets pollution and greenhouse gas reduction targets for the ...
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Industrial world losing sight of Kyoto targets as greenhouse ...International Herald Tribune
Emissions to rise in short term — but slowly, Ambrose saysGlobe and Mail
