Job Posting – Fraser Basin Council
Program Coordinator, Climate Change and Air Quality Program
Location: Prince George or Vancouver, BC
The Program Coordinator, Climate Change and Air Quality Program will coordinate the BC Community Adaptation initiative, which assists local governments and First Nations access climate change adaptation tools, information and expertise. BC communities participating in this program will [...]

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A new report by the National Climatic Data Centre (NCDC) has reported that “the combined global land and ocean average surface temperature for June 2010 was the warmest on record at 16.2°C (61.1°F), which is 0.68°C (1.22°F) above the 20th century average of 15.5°C (59.9°F).” The previous record for June was set in 2005.
The UK, [...]

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Analysis by The Canadian Press has shown that far more sewage has been spilled in Canadian urban centres over the last six years than any other harmful contaminant. CP obtained the newly released figures after a two-year battle and a complaint to the information commissioner to pry the data from Environment Canada under the Access [...]

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Environmental and economic disaster loom over the Shatt al Arab river in Iraq, and there is very little the government can do about it. For many years, Turkey, Syria and Iran have all been using the headwaters that make up the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, which eventually confluence to make up the Shatt al Arab. [...]

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PICS Presents: New Approaches to Mobilizing Climate Action
Tuesday June 8, 2010
7pm – 9pm
Bob Wright Centre
Room B150
University of Victoria

Explore climate change issues through a new lens. This event will include skits by Spilt Milk Comedy Theater, presentations by local experts on the following themes, and an audience question period:
- Sustainable energy: Dr. Lawrence Pitt, Pacific [...]

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About the Foundation: Wilburforce Foundation protects wildlife habitat in Western North America by actively supporting organizations and leaders advancing conservation solutions. We are a private, philanthropic foundation that supports efforts to create a network of protected core reserves, corridors and buffer zones across Western North America that will support ecologically effective landscapes and viable wildlife [...]

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New legislation could mean tougher measures to protect Canada’s massive stores of fresh water, particularly for prohibitions on bulk water removal on rivers that cross into the United States. If passed, the law would create new powers of inspection and introduce fines of up to $6 million CDN for companies that try to export and [...]

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The metal dome hasn’t worked. What do we do to stop the oil now? That’ the question BP executives are desperately mulling over as hundreds of thousands of barrels of oil are being leaked into the ocean following the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion last month.
New York Times Op-Ed editors asked five different experts what they [...]

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Presented by: Dr. Tim Garrett, University of Utah
Date & Time: Monday, May 31 2010| 10:30 am – 11:30 am
Location: Social Sciences & Mathematics Bldg. Room A110, University of Victoria
Live Web Stream: http://www.pics.uvic.ca/broadcast.php
Where does money get its value? What physically is economic value? For climate studies, this is a highly relevant question. As the economy [...]

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A potentially deadly strain of fungus is spreading among animals and people in the northwestern United States and here in British Columbia, report Reuters. “Cryptococcus gattii” usually only effects those with compromised immune systems, such as transplant and AIDS patients, however the newly-identified strain is different, according to researchers.
Findings presented in a new document indicate [...]

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