HELP SUPPORT BILL C-311:
THE CLIMATE CHANGE ACCOUNTABILITY ACT!
After four years of the federal NDP building and working to get this bill through Parliament, the final Committee Report will hopefully, at long last, be coming before the House of Commons this Spring (tentatively March 31st.) This House of Commons Environment Committee Report will be tabled and [...]
Archive for the ‘Environment’ Category
Climate Change Accountability Act
Wednesday, March 17th, 2010The World Wants a Real Deal! Vigil in Nelson
Saturday, December 12th, 2009It was a very cold evening in Nelson, BC (Canada) on Dec. 12, but despite the weather 300+ residents created a candle light spiral, a symbol of solidarity with peoples most imminently threatened by climate change. Women’s choir Shenango opened the event, followed by speakers Hillary Vipond of the West Kootenay Ecosociety, MLA Michelle Mungall, [...]
Commit to Climate Change Action!
Tuesday, December 8th, 2009This December the world will gather at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP15) in Copenhagen to discuss our children’s future on this planet, and the affect that Climate Change will have upon it. Campaigns have been mounting, coincidentally timed, to discredit climate change scientists and their science.
It is important to remember [...]
Atamanenko Disappointed with Vote on Climate Change
Thursday, October 22nd, 2009OTTAWA – Today, BC Southern Interior NDP MP Alex Atamanenko slammed Liberal and Conservative MPs for passing a motion that will further delay Bill C-311, the Climate Change Accountability Act, from passing in the House of Commons.
“A similar NDP bill was passed in Parliament in 2008, but Mr. Harper killed the Bill before it could [...]
Atamanenko Nominated as Federal NDP Candidate
Friday, October 2nd, 2009Federal Environment Critic Duncan slams Harper
Castlegar – MP Alex Atamanenko was acclaimed Saturday September 26th as the NDP candidate for the federal riding of BC Southern Interior in the next federal election, at a Nomination and Annual General Meeting in Castlegar.
Back from a series of public MP Community Forums across the Similkameen and South [...]
Glacier Howser and Other BC IPP Projects
Friday, July 31st, 2009Letter to Premier Campbell
Dear Premier Campbell:
On 24 July 2009 I submitted a letter to the Environmental Assessment Office, expressing concerns with the proposed Glacier Howser Private Hydroelectric Project. Attached please find a copy of this submission.
An overwhelming majority of people in our area are against this project as evidenced by over 1100 people who showed [...]
MP Atamanenko Throws Support Behind Community Opposition to Kootenay IPP
Friday, June 26th, 2009“Where is the benefit to the people of BC?”
Castlegar, BC – Before a public meeting in Kaslo on Wednesday that drew 1100 citizens from the town and other Kootenay communities, MP Alex Atamanenko (BC Southern Interior) told one of the largest crowds ever assembled against a proposed Independent Power Project (IPP) “This Glacier-Howser IPP must [...]
NDP MP Renews Stand Against Unethical Weapons
Monday, March 30th, 2009BC Southern Interior MP re-introduces his motion on abolishing depleted uranium arms
OTTAWA – NDP MP Alex Atamanenko (BC Southern Interior) – re-introduced his motion from the 39th parliament on Thursday, calling once again for the government to take a leading role in helping to abolish the use of depleted uranium (DU) in armaments and munitions. [...]
NDP Climate Change Bill to be Voted On
Saturday, March 28th, 2009OTTAWA – According to Alex Atamanenko, Member of Parliament for BC Southern Interior, Bill C-311, (An Act to Ensure Canada Assumes its Responsibilities in Preventing Dangerous Climate Change) will establish long-term targets to reduce Canadian greenhouse gas emissions below the 1990 level by 80% by year 2050, and by 25% by 2020.
“It is important that [...]
New Democrats Press Harper to Reassess GMO Regulations
Wednesday, March 25th, 2009Government should stop relying on industry self regulation
OTTAWA-New Democrat Leader Jack Layton and Agriculture Critic Alex Atamanenko are calling on the Prime Minister to reassess government regulations around genetically modified foods. At issue are concerns regarding the advisability of relying on the biotech industry’s own science to determine the way in which genetically [...]