by Brian | Mar 14, 2025 | Conservation, ON Nature
Wind energy has had an auspicious year in 2024, hitting new milestones in the fight against carbon emissions. For the first time, wind power provided more electricity than coal for two straight months in the United States, and in the European Union, 2024 was the first...
by Brian | Jun 14, 2024 | Canadian Geographic, Conservation
An agreement with the government says nations can move forward with feasibility study for new Indigenous Protected and Conserved Area in the Seal River watershed The 50,000-square-kilometre Seal River watershed in northern Manitoba is one of the largest...
by Brian | Feb 1, 2023 | Canadian Geographic, Conservation
Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault made big commitments at the international biodiversity conference held in Montreal in December. What does that mean on the ground? Montreal was mostly grey and dry when attendees of COP15, the Conference of the...
by Brian | Jul 15, 2022 | Conservation, Nature Conservancy of Canada
Responding to the urgent crises of rapid biodiversity loss and climate change, Nature Conservancy of Canada is expanding the pace, scale and scope of its work Put a map of Ontario on the wall, throw a dart at its geographical centre, and if your aim is true, that dart...
by Brian | Nov 15, 2021 | Canadian Geographic, Conservation
In the summer of 2021, an ambitious wildlife crossing system broke ground in B.C. on a deadly stretch of highway just west of the Alberta border. Here’s how it happened CLAYTON LAMB DOESN’T KNOW exactly how “Fran” died. A wildlife scientist, he’s seen grizzly...
by Brian | Sep 15, 2021 | Conservation, ON Nature, Wildlife
Bird calls and songs are giving scientists new insights into avian behaviour and population patterns. How researchers are gathering information for the third Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas by listening “OH.” A single sharp note of a birdsong stops Mike Cadman...
