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Dofasco deal cuts pollution and controls.
Dofasco Inc's signing of voluntary agreement to manage toxic substances effectively Dofasco Inc has signed a voluntary agreement to develop and implement industry control options for managing toxic substances. Environmental advocates predict that the move will reduce pollution, but critics argue that it could lead to lowered public accountability and weaker regulations.
Earth for Sale: Reclaiming Ecology in the Age of Corporate Greenwash.
Eco-City Dimensions: Healthy Communities, Healthy Planet.
Electricity competition plans err on air pollution.
Ontario Hydro to be divided into three Ontario's plans to split Ontario Hydro into three divisions will end the public utility's monopoly. Though the move will promote more competition in the electricity market, environmentalists fear that health and environmental problems may occur in the absence of new environmental protection measures.
Factor Four: Doubling Wealth, Halving Resource Use.
Canada's fishery-dependent communities strive to gain control over fishing resources Canadian fishery-dependent communities have lost control over their livelihoods due to the introduction of federal fishing policies which favor large fishing firms. In response, various groups, such as the 'Communities Set the Agenda!', are thus striving for community-based resource management.
Hydro-Quebec's plans to divert more rivers to generate electricity Environmentalists and aboriginals strongly oppose Crown-owned utility Hydro-Quebec's plans to dam and divert more rivers to generate more electricity for US. HQ has a strategic plan to accomplish diversion projects in the James Bay region such as redirection of the Rupert River northwards.
Dispute between Lubicon Cree tribe and Unocal Canada natural gas industry The Lubicon-Unocal sour gas plant dispute occurred when the Lubicon Cree tribe opposed Unocal Canada's construction of a sour gas plant on their land, fearing that the plant could cause environmental risks. Unocal saw the plant as just another routine development, failing to consider the natives' worldviews.
Accelerated Reduction/Elimination of Toxics multistakeholder process' lack of support from non-governmental organizations - Cover Story A number of NGOs walked out of the Accelerated Reduction/Elimination of Toxics multistakeholder process, leaving Canada's anti-toxic substance use and emission movement with weak public support. This incidence shows that voluntary pollution prevention may fail without adequate public involvement.
The Earthscan Reader in Business and the Environment.
France's left-green coalition government to shorten work week from 39 to 35 hours France's left-green coalition government will cut the work week from 39 to 35 hours by year 2000 with the aim of providing jobs for the unemployed and giving job holders more time off. The French Green Party predicts that the shortened work week will unite labor activists and environmentalists.
Voluntary initiatives' effect on environmental improvement - Editorial Business enterprises worldwide are turning to voluntary initiatives as a means to encourage corporations to adhere to profitable environmental initiatives. So-called voluntary initiatives can be created to concentrate various pressures for the improvement of corporate behavior.
Voluntary corporate initiatives for environmental improvement.
Six categories of voluntary initiatives Governments and private firms have turned to voluntary initiatives as a means to improve corporate environmental performance. The six categories of voluntary initiatives are presented. These include individual firms' adoption of voluntary pollution control measures and industry sector codes.
Canadian Industry Packaging Stewardship Initiative The CIPSI program was halted following six industry associations' writing of a letter which stated that the program had been developed without considering its effect on other sectors. These firms, who were politically stronger than CIPSI supporters, influenced the Ontario government to drop the program.
