en-us Copyright Sightline Daily - all rights reserved newsfeeds@sightline.org newsfeeds@sightline.org Most recent Canada headlines from Sightline Daily, the Northwest news that matters http://daily.sightline.org Plone http://daily.sightline.org/logo.gif 427 69 Ocean acidification could cause fish to become "fatally attracted" to their predators, according to scientists. A team studying the effects of acidification - caused by dissolved carbon dioxide - on ocean reefs found that it leaves fish unable to smell danger. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8369453.stm Climate Environment Pollution & Toxics Water Wildlife Canada United States 11/22/2009 BBC News Since the 1997 Kyoto international accord to fight global warming, climate change has worsened and accelerated - beyond some of the grimmest warnings made back then. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2010334012_climatechange23.html?syndication=rss Climate Environment Pollution & Toxics Canada United States 11/23/2009 Seattle Times Acting on climate change is urgent, but Canada needs 40 years to succeed in its own part of a global plan to stabilize the emissions that are warming the atmosphere, the country's top environment official said. http://www.kelowna.com/2009/11/20/canada-needs-40-years-to-stabilize-greenhouse-emissions-environment-minister-jim-prentice-says/ Cap and Trade Climate Energy Environment Pollution & Toxics Canada 11/22/2009 Kelowna.com The federal environment minister says it may be a few years before Canada tables regulations to cut greenhouse gas emissions. Jim Prentice said the world has to first negotiate a new climate change treaty and Canada and the United States must finish their continental agreement on the same issue. http://www.cbc.ca/politics/story/2009/11/17/greenhouse-gases-prentice.html?ref=rss Cap and Trade Climate Economy Environment Pollution & Toxics British Columbia Canada 11/17/2009 CBC BC A carbon tariff is an indispensable component of any economically viable carbon policy that Western economies must ultimately adopt. A carbon tariff is an indispensable component of any economically viable carbon policy that Western economies must ultimately adopt. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/blogs/jeff-rubins-smaller-world/we-need-another-carbon-tariff/article1365078/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheGlobeAndMail-Front+%28The+Globe+and+Mail+-+Latest+News%29&utm_content=Google+Reader Cap and Trade Climate Economy Environment Pollution & Toxics Canada United States 11/18/2009 Toronto Globe and Mail An allegedly broken promise from 160 years ago will be tested by a lawsuit filed against the federal and provincial governments. The Songhees First Nation is claiming a large swath of land that takes in part of the Uplands, the Royal Victoria Yacht Club, Cadboro Bay village, Gyro Park and a ribbon stretching across to Telegraph Cove. http://www.vancouversun.com/news/First+Nation+sues+government+over+1851+promise/2230061/story.html Native Peoples British Columbia Canada 11/17/2009 Vancouver Sun Hobbling BC Hydro so private firms can profit big is bad public policy. http://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2009/11/16/MairBCHydro/ Energy Environment British Columbia Canada 11/17/2009 The Tyee High school junior Patricia Billette wants to take what she recently learned studying polar bears in Canada and teach people in Oregon how they can make small changes to combat global warming. http://www.oregonlive.com/tigard/index.ssf/2009/11/studying_polar_bears_gives_southridge_student_a_lesson_on_global_warming.html Climate Canada Oregon 11/12/2009 Oregonian The boreal forest stores more carbon than any land-based ecosystem on the planet, according to a new report that says the Amazon is no match for Canada's boggy bush. http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Canada+boreal+forest+rated+carbon+warehouse/2212507/story.html Climate Forests British Columbia Canada 11/12/2009 Vancouver Sun