June 21, 2011

Government of Canada and Nature Conservancy of Canada conserve valuable habitat in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia

June 21, 2011 No Comments

Canada’s Minister of the Environment, the Honourable Peter Kent, today announced the Nature Conservancy of Canada’s successful acquisition of 29 hectares of land near the Village of Pugwash, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia. This project was secured in part with funding from Environment Canada’s Natural Areas Conservation Program.
“This acquisition marks another achievement under our government’s Natural Areas Conservation Program. With this investment, we are taking real action to protect and conserve our ecosystems and sensitive species for present and future generations,” said Minister Kent. “Your actions today will help to protect the abundance and variety of life that will constitute an integral part of our natural heritage tomorrow.”
This property is comprised of 22 hectares of mixed forest along with seven hectares of coastal habitat, including a salt marsh, tidal flats and one kilometre of shoreline, on the Pugwash River.

“There’s Nothing Radical about Protecting Public Health and the Environment”

June 21, 2011 No Comments

Posted June 21, 2011
When President Obama nominated John Bryson for Secretary of Commerce a few weeks ago, a handful of conservative lawmakers made much of Bryson’s role in founding NRDC. They claimed that because Bryson helped launch an environmental organization, he must be some kind of radical.
The history of John Bryson’s career and NRDC’s track record prove otherwise. John can speak for himself—and will today at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Commerce Committee. As for NRDC, where to begin?
For more than four decades, NRDC has played a vital role in developing and implementing our nation’s bedrock environmental and health protections, including the Clean Air Act, signed by President Nixon; the Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments, signed by President Reagan; and the Clean Air Act Amendments, signed by President George. H. W. Bush.