Ballard Announces Sale-Leaseback for Cash Proceeds of C$20.8 Million

VANCOUVER, Feb. 8 /CNW/ – Ballard Power Systems (TSX: BLD; NASDAQ: BLDP) announced that it has entered into a sale-and-leaseback agreement with Madison Pacific Properties Inc. (TSX: MPC) (www.madisonpacific.ca). Ballard will sell its head office building site in Burnaby, British Columbia in

Don’t neglect natural solutions to climate change crisis, experts tell Canada

More and larger protected areas are needed in addition to emissions cuts TORONTO, Feb. 8 /CNW/ – Today international experts are urging all governments in Canada to not to neglect the role of ‘natural solutions’ to

Sino-Forest completes acquisition of Mandra Forestry

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A Green Budget for Canada? – Ottawa – In light of Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s invitation for input on the upcom… http://ow.ly/16wtwi

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A Green Budget for Canada?

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CPCHE launches new Checklist tool for advancing environmental health in child care settings http://ow.ly/16vHQ0

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links for 2010-02-05

• DSF – Olympic Freeway = Greenest Games?
  Strange math from the David Suzuki Foundation. They state that 2010 "will likely be remembered as among the greenest and most climate-friendly Olympics held so far." But the previous winter games included a pledge not to expand roadways for the games – so 2010 is a significant step backwards.

  Greenest Games?

  (tags: olympics BC)
• The new language of the oil sands – The Globe and Mail
  It's time to update your oil sands vocabulary.
  (tags: ab oilsands)

Where Is the Hope after Copenhagen?

Mardi Tindal, the Moderator of Canada’s largest Protestant denomination, The United Church of Canada, issued an open letter to Canadians calling on them to consider climate change a crisis of conscience.

First Bottled Water Free Day

Canada’s first Bottled Water Free Day will occur on campuses and communities across Canada March 11, 2010. The Polaris Institute, Canadian Federation of Students and the Sierra Youth Coalition are spearheading the day, hoping it will encourage Canadians to ban plastic water bottles and use public water.

Tembec Requests Twenty Year Licence

The Tembec thermal mechanic pulp mill (TMP) in Pine Falls Manitoba is closed. It was purchased from employees and transformed into a new TMP mill over a period of time starting in the mid 1990s. During fall 2009 staff were locked out during a contract dispute, and then a Manitoba Labour Board decision resulted in lay offs for the staff. Tembec announced it wishes to sell the new mill during the lockout. This winter there is no woodlands operation.