In 2006, the U.S. EPA banned the agricultural use of lindane, linked to anemia, lung cancer, and lymphoma. In 2010, it began to phase out endosulfan, which experts say may damage the liver and kidneys.
Remnants of two banned insecticides nearly eliminated in Great Lakes region Read more
The ban will cover a range of products, including make-up, perfume, body lotion, hair-styling products, shaving foam and nail polish. It would extend to cosmetics that contain animal-tested ingredients.
Canada to ban cosmetic testing on animals Read more
The federal carbon price floor was a charge of CAN$40 per ton on carbon emissions in 2021, and this fee will rise to CAN$170 per ton by 2030.
Canada expands its pollution pricing rules Read more
These massive conservation efforts will not only serve to preserve ancestral Indigenous lands and ways of life, but ecosystems that promote biodiversity, help sequester carbon, and keep polluting resources out of the air.
Regulations prohibiting the sale, purchase or transfer of handguns within Canada have now taken effect, building on earlier efforts banning handgun imports.
Canada bans new handgun sales Read more
A grassroots organization based in the United States and Canada that advocates for environmental protection.
The new law will remove an estimated 33 billion units of single-use plastics from entering the oceans each year.Â
Canada’s ban on single-use plastics to begin this year Read more
The ban includes checkout bags, cutlery, straws and food-service ware made from or containing plastics that are hard to recycle, and will come into effect by the end of 2022.
Canada bans manufacture and import of single-use plastics Read more
The total value of the Fund was an estimated $420 million at December 31, 2021, with fossil fuel investments accounting for four per cent of its portfolio.
University of Montreal to divest from fossil fuels by end of 2025 Read more
Environmentalists say the mix of traditional knowledge from Indigenous elders, hands-on community engagement, and Western science offer a model for improved conservation.
Caribou herds in British Columbia have tripled in less than a decade Read more
