Environmental Topics

Environment: Canadian Government Sites

• Canadian Environmental Solutions (CES)
  Currently addresses problems related to water, air, soil, research and development, and energy. CES contains 1500 environmental problems, 2000 solutions and their descriptions, along with the 775 companies that can provide the solutions. All are accessible using full-text search.
• Environment Canada - Green Lane

Associations, Institutes & Research

• Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
• Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal
• Canadian Lightweight Materials Research Initiative (CLiMRI)
  The Canadian Lightweight Materials Research Initiative (CLiMRI) coordinates research and development of materials and processes for weight reduction in transportation applications.

Environmental Assessments

• Canadian Environmental Assessment Act

Other Information

• Enviro-Access
• Enviro$en$e
• Metal Finishing Pollution Prevention Opportunities Checklist:
  This checklist includes: material handling and storage; chemical dragout; rinsing; material recycle, reuse and recovery; and process modification, operation and maintenance. Use this checklist to evaluate your pollution prevention opportunities in each of these areas.
• International Council on Metals and the Environment
• Pollution Solutions: Metal Finishing Fact Sheet
• United Nations Environment Programme Geneva Executive Center Switzerland

Climate Change:

• Canada's National Climate Change Secretariat
  This site has been developed to inform Canadians about the process of developing a national implementation strategy on climate change.
• Canadian Lightweight Materials Research Initiative (CLiMRI)
  The Canadian Lightweight Materials Research Initiative (CLiMRI) coordinates research and development of materials and processes for weight reduction in transportation applications.
• Natural Resources Canada: Climate Change
  Follow the links to find climate change information related to energy, forestry, earth sciences, and minerals and metals. Additional links have been provided to other sites on climate change.
• Canadian Institute for Climate Studies
• David Suzuki Foundation - Global Climate Change
• Environment Canada- Global Climate Change