2005
(News releases and Statements issued this year)

News releases and Statements - Archives
(12 months old +)

December

• Government of Canada Hails Agreement on Montreal Action Plan at UN Climate Change Conference [2005-12-10]
  
  
• Canada Joins Arctic Nations in Statement on Climate Change in the Arctic [2005-12-09]
  
  
• Canada-Mexico Sign Joint Statement on Climate Change Cooperation During The United Nations Climate Change Conference in Canada [2005-12-08]
  
  
• Canada and Indonesia sign Letter of Intent on Clean Development Mechanism Initiatives [2005-12-08]
  
  
• Canada and Ukraine sign Memorandum of Understanding on Clean Development Mechanism Initiatives [2005-12-08]
  
  
• Canada and India sign Memorandum of Understanding on Clean Development Mechanism Initiatives [2005-12-08]
  
  
• Canada and Morocco sign Memorandum of Understanding on Clean Development Mechanism Initiatives [2005-12-08]
  
  
• Canada and the Republic of Korea sign Memorandum of Understanding on Clean Development Mechanism Initiatives [2005-12-07]

November

• Government of Canada Makes Steady Progress Toward the Implementation of Its Climate Change Plan [2005-11-28]
  
  
• Minister Dion Announces United Nations Climate Change Conference will be Carbon Neutral [2005-11-27]
  
  
• Gala for Youth Excellence in Climate Change: Environment Canada Awards Merit Scholarships to 10 Young Canadians [2005-11-26]
  
  
• Canada and Saskatchewan are Working Together to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions [2005-11-24]
  
  
• The Government of Canada, Nova Scotia and Halifax Regional Municipality Cooperating to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
  [2005-11-24]
  
  
• Minister Dion Opens International Youth Summit on Climate Change
  [2005-11-24]
  
  
• The Government of Canada Takes a Significant Step to Implement Its Climate Change Plan and Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
  [2005-11-22]
  
  
• Government of Canada Provides Funding for Prairie Climate Change Research [2005-11-21]
  
  
• Fall “Border Blitz” Results in Numerous Charges Under Fish and Wildlife Legislation [2005-11-21]
  
  
• Government of Canada and Prince Edward Island are Working With Partners to Reduce GHGs [2005-11-18]
  
  
• Government of Canada affirms commitment to investing in international efforts to address climate change [2005-11-17]
  
  
• Minister Dion Addresses CORIM Twelve Days Before the Montréal 2005 Climate Change Conference [2005-11-16]
  
  
• Canada and U.S. Formalize Joint Plan to Respond to Pollution Incidents along the Canada/US Border [2005-11-16]
  
  
• Appointment of Climate Fund President Designate Marks Launch of New Agency [2005-11-10]
  
  
• Minister Dion to visit Spain to talk climate change [2005-11-08]
  
  
• Minister Dion to visit China before Montréal 2005 [2005-11-08]
  
  
• Oldest Known Female Whooping Crane Dies at 28 [2005-11-01]
  
  

October

• Charges Laid in Toxic Toy Case - Environment Canada Lays Charges Against Dynamic Toy Importers Ltd. [2005-10-31]
  
  
• Environment Minister Calls for More Sources of Renewable Energy to Meet Canada’s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Target [2005-10-28]
  
  
• Saskatchewan men fined $30,000 for wildlife violations [2005-10-25]
  
  
• Government of Canada Responds to IJC’s Recommendations On Great Lakes Water Quality [2005-10-21]
  
  
• Project Green Initiative Will Significantly Reduce Air Pollution From Off-Road, Rail and Marine Diesel Equipment [2005-10-19]
  
  
• Minister Dion Launches WindScope to Support Government's Wind Energy Commitment [2005-10-18]
  
  
• Ontario Company Fined For Illegally Importing Traditional Chinese Medicines [2005-10-17]
  
  
• Minister Dion Announces the 10^th Anniversary of Canada’s Ecological Gifts Program, another initiative under the Government of Canada’s Project Green [2005-10-13]
  
  
• Government of Canada Announces $6.7 Million in Funding For Sustainable Development Research [2005-10-13]
  
  
• Ministers Review Progress on the Conservation of Canada’s Biodiversity and Recovery of Species at Risk [2005-10-05]
  
  

September

• Minister Dion welcomes the 2005 Report from the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development [2005-09-29]
  
  
• Guilty Plea in Pennask Creek Pollution Offenses - BC Ministry of Transportation Ordered to Pay More than $46,000 [2005-09-27]
  
  
• The Honourable Stéphane Dion Underlines the Potential of Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage Technology to Help Canada Honour its Kyoto Commitment [2005-09-26]
  
  
• Environment Ministers Hold Preparatory Meeting before the 2005 UN Climate Change Conference in Montreal [2005-09-24]
  
  
• 100 Years of Bird Banding in Canada [2005-09-22]
  
  
• Successful Remediation of Thunder Bay Harbour Contaminated Sediment Site [2005-09-20]
  
  
• The Honourable Stéphane Dion Speaks about Canada's Project Green and Reviews a Year of Environmental Progress [2005-09-19]
  
  
• Milestone achieved in Oceans Observation [2005-09-18]
  
  
• Cutting Megatonnes Of GHGs ; Making Megaprofits [2005-09-15]
  
  
• Leduc Man Charged for Removing Geese From a Leduc Golf Course[2005-09-15]
  
  
• Canada and India Strengthen Environmental Cooperation [2005-09-07]
  
  
• Government of Canada Moves Forward on the Implementation of Its Climate Change Plan [2005-09-02]
  
  
• Atlantic Utility Maintenance Incorporated Guilty of an Environmental Offence[2005-09-01]
  
  

August

• Canada and China Discuss the Future of Global Climate Change Action [2005-08-30]
  
  
• Who Takes the Cake on Weather in Canada? Find Out Which Province or Territory is the Windiest, the Coldest or the Sunniest and More! [2005-08-23]
  
  
• Imports and Exports of Hazardous Wastes Continue to Decline
  [2005-08-17]
  
  
• Environment Canada Announces Investigations into the Wabamun Lake Derailment [2005-08-15]
  
  
• Media Statement for the Honourable Stéphane Dion, P.C., M.P. Minister of the Environment - The Gwich’in, the Porcupine Caribou Herd, and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge [2005-08-12]
  
  
• Government of Canada Moves to Create a Market for Emission Reductions in all Sectors of the Economy [2005-08-11]
  
  
• Joint Canada-U.S. Declaration on the Devils Lake Diversion Project [2005-08-05]
  
  
• Concrete Measures to Remediate 97 Contaminated Federal Sites - The Government of Canada will invest more than $150 million in 2005-06 [2005-08-02]
  
  

July

• First Jail Sentence Under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act [2005-07-27]
  
  
• Environment Minister to Add 39 Species for Protection Under the Species at Risk Act [2005-07-20]
  
  
• Government of Canada Publishes Path Forward on Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Large Industrial Sources
  [2005-07-16]
  
  
• Toronto Man Charged for Selling Endangered Animals on the Internet [2005-07-14]
  
  
• Government of Canada Announces $1,754,205 in Funding for Habitat and Species at Risk in British Columba & Yukon [2005-07-06]
  
  
• Significant Increase in Waterfowl Populations this Spring [2005-07-04]
  
  

June

• Focus on environmental sustainability will increase Canada's competitiveness [2005-06-27]
  
  
• Legislation to Protect Canada’s Marine Environments from Polluters Comes Into Force [2005-06-25]
  
  
• Newfoundland Recycling Sentenced for Federal Fisheries Act Violation [2005-06-14]
  
  
• IJC’s Role Defined In Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement Review [2005-06-11]
  
  
• Governments of Canada and Ontario Report Progress In Restoring the Environmental Health of the Great Lakes Basin [2005-06-11]
  
  
• Madison Imports and its President to Use Environmental Protection Alternative Measures [2005-06-10]
  
  
• The Honourable Stéphane Dion Congratulates Gatineau Students for Their Participation in Greening Their School Ground [2005-06-10]
  
  
• Environment Minister Launches Clean Air Online at the Toronto Smog Summit [2005-06-08]
  
  
• Canada's Federal Marine Protected Areas Strategy [2005-06-08]
  
  
• Government of Canada Announces $9.2 Million to Help Conserve Species at Risk and Their Habitat [2005-06-07]
  
  
• Minister Dion's Statement on the Occasion of Environment Week [2005-06-06]
  
  
• Environment Canada Publishes Final Regulations for the Export and Import of Hazardous Wastes [2005-06-06]
  
  
• Nine Individuals Face 67 Charges Following Migratory Bird Enforcement Action [2005-06-03]
  
  
• Minister Dion Announces Science Symposium On Lead Fishing Tackle
  [2005-06-03]
  
  

May

• “Be Prepared”: 20th Anniversary of the Barrie Tornado [2005-05-27]
  
  
• Government of Canada Announces $1.1 Million Annually to Improve Monitoring of Lake Winnipeg's Water Quality [2005-05-27]
  
  
• Health of Great Lakes Addressed in New Government Report
  [2005-05-26]
  
  
• North American Pollution Report Shows Pollution is Decreasing in Canada [2005-05-24]
  
  
• Toronto Man Arrested in United States for Trafficking in Endangered Animal Products [2005-05-24]
  
  
• Environment Canada Granting $350,000 for Research Projects to Benefit Cree and Naskapi Communities [2005-05-20]
  
  
• Legislation to Protect Canada’s Marine Environments From Polluters Receives Royal Assent [2005-05-19]
  
  
• Environment Minister Proposes to Add 43 Species to the Species at Risk Act [2005-05-16]
  
  
• Environment Minister Stéphane Dion Announces $3.5 Million for Community Environmental Projects Throughout Canada [2005-05-13]
  
  
• 500 species now considered to be at risk by COSEWIC [2005-05-06]
  
  
• City of Trail Company Faces Federal Hazardous Waste Charges [2005-05-06]
  
  
• Handee Products and Its President Accused of Contravening to the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 [2005-05-05]
  
  

April

• Climate Change Agreement Signed by Newfoundland and Labrador and Government of Canada [2005-04-29]
  
  
• Canada Launches Project Green by Releasing a Plan to Honour its Climate Change Commitment [2005-04-13]
  
  
• Government of Canada Supports Great Lakes Restoration
  [2005-04-12]
  
  

March

• Akzo Nobel Chemicals Ltd. Pleads Guilty to Fisheries Act Violation for Chemical Spill [2005-03-23]
  
  
• Canada Joins International Climate Change Partnerships [2005-03-16]
  
  
• Saskatchewan Men Plead Guilty to Wildlife Violations [2005-03-15]
  
  
• Lévis resident sentenced to $47,456 in fines for poaching activities involving the purchase, selling and illegal possession of black bear gall bladders [2005-03-14]
  
  
• Budget 2005 - Competitiveness in a Sustainable Economy
  [2005-03-02]
  
  
• Government of Canada Announces Budget 2005 Benefits for the Great Lakes Region [2005-03-01]
  
  

February

• Government of Canada Highlights Budget 2005 Green Technology Investments [2005-02-28]
  
  
• Country Statement by Dr. Marc Garneau, President, Canadian Space Agency - Third Earth Observation Summit, Brussels, Belgium
  [2005-02-16]
  
  
• Canada to Host Next Major International Meeting Setting Global Course on Climate Change Beyond Kyoto [2005-02-16]
  
  
• Achieving Our Kyoto Targets – A First Step Toward a Greener Canada [2005-02-15]
  
  

January

• Federal Government Announces Steps to Ensure the Protection of Sable Island into the Future [2005-01-31]
  
  
• New Projects Set Stage for Brighter Future for Banff [2005-01-29]
  
  
• International Graphite Inc. Convicted for Failing to Comply With the Fisheries Act [2005-01-27]
  
  
• Environment Canada Grants $1.1 Million to Protect the Appalachian Corridor in Mount Sutton Area [2005-01-24]
  
  
• 73 new species protected under the Species at Risk Act [2005-01-21]
  
  
• Atlantic Utility Maintenance Inc, Christiansen and Greencorn Charged With Violations of the Fisheries Act [2005-01-20]
  
  
• Ministers Dion and Lapierre Meet With California’s Governor to Discuss Environmental and Transport Policy Issues [2005-01-18]
  
  
• Federal Government Promotes Strong Protection for Water in the Great Lakes / St. Lawrence Basin [2005-01-11]
  
  
• Environment Canada to use latest supercomputer technology to improve weather and environmental forecasting [2005-01-10]