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		<title>New Report – Aggregate Extraction in Ontario: A Strategy for the Future</title>
		<link>http://cielap.org/communityforum/?p=118</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[CIELAP&#8217;s new  report Aggregate Extraction in Ontario: A  Strategy for the Future assesses key issues and makes recommendations  that Ontario should address in a long-term management strategy for the  extraction of aggregates (sand, gravel and stone). In 2007, Ontario’s Ministry  of Natural Resources (MNR) told the Environmental Commissioner of Ontario [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New – CIELAP&#8217;s Online Guide to Brownfield Redevelopment</title>
		<link>http://cielap.org/communityforum/?p=108</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 15:16:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[  CIELAP has released its Online  Guide to Brownfield Redevelopment

 What are  brownfields?
 What are the benefits of brownfield redevelopment?
 What are the risks to developing  brownfields?
 What are the barriers to developing brownfields?
 What can be done with brownfield  sites?
 How is brownfield remediation regulated in Ontario?
 How can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Green Economy for Canada?  Contribute to a study and dialogue</title>
		<link>http://cielap.org/communityforum/?p=102</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2010 21:02:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pmisir</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[CIELAP Directions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Research Update]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Green Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rio+20]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[CIELAP is conducting a national research study to seek the perspectives of diverse stakeholders into what a Green Economy could mean for Canada, including how parties can contribute to the international dialogue that will take place at Rio+20 – the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD) to be held in 2012. CIELAP&#8217;s completed research [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CIELAP-edited CSD Policy Concept Paper</title>
		<link>http://cielap.org/communityforum/?p=100</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2010 19:07:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[CIELAP in the Community]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[CIELAP is proud to announce that our Programmes Manager, Carolyn Webb, was recently selected by the Canadian Environmental Network (RCEN) to edit a Policy Concept Paper related to the Commission for Sustainable Development and the Upcoming Rio+20 Conference.
For more background information on the paper please see here, and you can view the finished paper here.
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		<title>Cancellation of Phase 2 of Stewardship Ontario’s MHSW Program a Major Step Backwards for EPR</title>
		<link>http://cielap.org/communityforum/?p=97</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Oct 2010 16:08:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On October 12, Ontario’s Environment Minister John Wilkinson announced that the government was cancelling Phase 2 of Stewardship Ontario’s Municipal Hazardous or Special Waste (MHSW) Program. This means that eco-fees will not be charged on products such as fire extinguishers, rechargeable batteries and compact fluorescent light bulbs. This decision followed several months of consulting with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Clean Water and Sanitation a Human Right: Even in Canada</title>
		<link>http://cielap.org/communityforum/?p=93</link>
		<comments>http://cielap.org/communityforum/?p=93#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 21:36:31 +0000</pubDate>
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Clean Water and Sanitation a Human Right: Even in Canada
In late July 2010 the UN’s general assembly voted in favor of the resolution that recognizes access to clean water and sanitization as a human right. This vote addressed the need for water issues to become the responsibility of governing states and the international community. 122 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Neglected Waste: Is BC really serious about a zero waste future?</title>
		<link>http://cielap.org/communityforum/?p=90</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 21:34:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pmisir</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[CIELAP Volunteers]]></category>
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Neglected Waste: Is BC really serious about a zero waste future?
British Colombia has adopted an overall waste management policy seeking to achieve a zero waste future. For this province to even reach its more modest near-term goal of 70%, it needs to establish policies promoting high levels of diversion for all components of the waste [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is this time for an Oil Intervention?</title>
		<link>http://cielap.org/communityforum/?p=85</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 21:32:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pmisir</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alternative Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BP]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is this time for an Oil Intervention?
Josh Wise CIELAP Intern
June 17, 2010
“People just want to go on doing what they’re doing. They want business as usual. They say, ‘Oh yes, there’s going to be a problem up ahead,’ but they don’t want to change anything”
– James Lovelock (Carbon Shift, 2009)
The disastrous BP Deepwater Horizon oil [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Embracing Change &#8211; Moving Offices in a Digital Age</title>
		<link>http://cielap.org/communityforum/?p=81</link>
		<comments>http://cielap.org/communityforum/?p=81#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 21:20:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pmisir</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[CIELAP Directions]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[going digital]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Moving]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Friends,
While CIELAP is reaching its 40th year this 2010, our organisation continues to believe that age is no barrier to embracing change.
The internet and other technologies have altered the nature of work and for some time now CIELAP&#8217;s researchers have been advising that the quiet of a home office would enhance their work. We&#8217;ve [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Should we drill in the Arctic?</title>
		<link>http://cielap.org/communityforum/?p=75</link>
		<comments>http://cielap.org/communityforum/?p=75#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 20:52:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pmisir</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Climate Change]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Delay Arctic Drilling Hearings, Energy Board Urged
CBC, 4 May 2010
Melting Ice Feeds Warming Trend: Report
Montreal Gazette, 29 April 2010
 
According to an April 29 report published in the journal Nature, as more sea ice melts, more heat is released into the atmosphere, and climate warming is exacerbated. Alarmingly, arctic temperature increases in the last decade [...]]]></description>
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