| Environment and Climate Change Canada | news releases
To mark World Environment Day, the Minister of Environment and Climate Change, the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, today announced over 60 conservation projects under development across Canada.
| Environment and Climate Change Canada | news releases
This week, the Minister of Environment and Climate Change, the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, commemorated the 2020 edition of Canadian Environment Week by participating in various virtual events.
| Environment and Climate Change Canada | news releases
Tomorrow is Clean Air Day, an annual event dedicated to the importance of good air quality in Canada. While fighting the COVID-19 pandemic is the Government of Canada’s top priority, protecting our air quality and ensuring Canadians have healthy communities in which to live and raise their families remain important long-standing commitments.
| Environment and Climate Change Canada | news releases
Canadians value accurate and timely information when hurricanes threaten our lands and waters. Environment and Climate Change Canada’s meteorologists and scientists work around the clock, even during the COVID-19 pandemic, to provide accurate forecasts that help people and weather-sensitive businesses and industry be prepared when a tropical storm is on its way.
| Environment and Climate Change Canada | statements
“Today, the world marks International Day for Biological Diversity, and this year’s theme is ‘Our Solutions Are in Nature.’
| Environment and Climate Change Canada | media advisories
Media representatives are advised that Bob Robichaud, Warning Preparedness Meteorologist with the Canadian Hurricane Centre, will discuss the general outlook for the upcoming hurricane season and the steps Canadians can take to be prepared.
| Environment and Climate Change Canada | statements
Today, families across Canada mark Earth Day. Normally, this is a day spent with community members doing such things as participating in park clean-ups, taking group hikes, or planting trees.
| Environment and Climate Change Canada | news releases
Today, the Government of Canada announced its support for an important Indigenous conservation initiative in the Northwest Territories. Through the Canada Nature Fund, the Government is contributing $2 million to help conserve more than 22,000 km2 of land between Great Slave Lake and Great Bear Lake. Once complete, these two protected spaces—Gowhadõ Yek’e t’ii k’e and Tłı̨chǫ Nawoo Ké Dét’ahot’ìı —will be approximately twice the size of Cape Breton.
| Environment and Climate Change Canada | news releases
A growing number of Canadians are choosing clean transportation. This choice saves energy and money while protecting the environment. And building clean transportation networks brings good jobs and economic growth. That’s why the Government of Canada is focusing on finding faster, cheaper, cleaner ways to get Canadians where they are going.
| Environment and Climate Change Canada | news releases
The Member of Parliament for Saint John-Rothesay, Wayne Long, on behalf of the Minister of Environment and Climate Change, the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, today announced up to $4 million in funding for the City of Saint John, New Brunswick.
