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This Month: Earth and Environment
April 2015
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To illustrate the breadth and relevance of CEL content, this monthly release provides a small topical selection from the thousands of titles included in Canadian Electronic Library, featuring both new accessions and user favourites.

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This Month's Issue
 

On April 22, Earth Day is celebrated around the world. 

Here we present a few highlights from the wealth of materials on environmental matters provided to subscribers by Canadian Electronic Library. 


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Public Documents
"Water Is a Living Thing": Environmental and Human Health Implications of the Athabasca Oil Sands for the Mikisew Cree First Nation and Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation in Northern Alberta: Phase Two Report
Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation 2014
A Green Industrial Revolution: Climate Justice, Green Jobs and Sustainable Production in Canada
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives 2012
Aboriginal Food Security in Northern Canada: An Assessment of the State of Knowledge
Council of Canadian Academies 2014
Booms, Busts and Bitumen: The Economic Implications of Canadian Oilsands Development
Équiterre 2013
Canada as the Water Solutions Country: Defining the Opportunities
Canadian Water Network 2013
Canada's Nuclear Energy Sector: Where to from Here?
Public Policy Forum 2014
Clean Air Benefits from Electric Vehicles: Potential Impacts of Additional Electric Vehicles in City of Campbell River, the Peace River Region and City of Richmond
Pembina Institute for Appropriate Development 2013
Climate Change 2014: Synthesis Report (Longer Report)
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 2014
Closed Containment Salmon Aquaculture
Canada. Parliament. House of Commons 2013
Community Water Fluoridation in Canada: Trends, Benefits, and Risks
National Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health 2014
Connecting Canadians with Nature: An Investment in the Well-being of Our Citizens
Canadian Parks Council 2014
Doubling down on Disaster: Transporting Tar Sands Bitumen Threatens Lac Saint-Pierre and the St. Lawrence River
Council of Canadians 2015
Failing B.C.'s Grizzlies: Report Card and Recommendations for Ensuring a Future for British Columbia's Grizzly Bears
David Suzuki Foundation 2014
Fall 2014 Report of the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development [The Commissioner's Perspective and Chapters 1-6]
Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development 2014
Fossil Fuel Divestment: Reviewing Arguments, Implications and Policy Opportunities
Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions, University of Victoria 2015
Local Food Policies and Charters in Canada
The Population Health Improvement Research Network 2013
Oil Spills and First Nations: Exploring Environmental and Land Issues Surrounding the Northern Gateway Pipeline
Canadian Energy Research Institute 2012
Out of Control: Nova Scotia's Experience with Fracking for Shale Gas
Nova Scotia Fracking Resource and Action Coalition 2013
Stable Policies - Turbulent Markets: Germany's Green Industrial Policy: The Costs and Benefits of Promoting Solar PV and Wind Energy
International Institute for Sustainable Development 2014
The High Cost of Congestion in Canadian Cities
Council of Ministers Responsible for Transportation and Highway Safety 2012
The Real Truth About Wind Energy: A Literature Based Introduction to Wind Turbines in Ontario
Sierra Club of Canada 2011
The Royal Society of Canada Expert Panel: Sustaining Canada's Marine Biodiversity: Responding to the Challenges Posed by Climate Change, Fisheries, and Aquaculture
Royal Society of Canada 2012
Water and Agriculture in Canada: Towards Sustainable Management of Water Resources: The Expert Panel on Sustainable Management of Water in the Agricultural Landscapes of Canada
Council of Canadian Academies 2013
Books
A Green Reef : The Impact of Climate Change
Stephen Henighan
Linda Leith Publishing 2013
Better World Shopping Guide : Every Dollar Makes a Difference
Ellis Jones
New Society Publishers 2012
Canadian Energy Policy and the Struggle for Sustainable Development

University of Toronto Press 2005
Climate Change - Who's Carrying the Burden? : The Chilly Climates of the Global Environmental Dilemma

Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives 2010
Climate, Culture, Change : Inuit and Western Dialogues with a Warming North
Timothy B Leduc;Timothy B. Leduc
University of Ottawa Press/Les Presses de l'Université d'Ottawa 2011
Coming Back to Life : The Updated Guide to the Work That Reconnects
Joanna Macy;Molly Young Brown
New Society Publishers 2015
Eau Canada : The Future of Canada's Water

UBC Press 2006
Elements of Environmental Management
Werner Antweiler
University of Toronto Press 2014
Everything Under the Sun : Toward a Brighter Future on a Small Blue Planet
David Suzuki;Ian Hanington
Heritage House Publishing 2012
Flood Forecast : Climate Risk and Resiliency in Canada

Heritage House Publishing 2014
Hard Choices : Climate Change in Canada
Harold Coward;Andrew J. Weaver
Wilfrid Laurier University Press 2006
Health and Sustainability in the Canadian Food System : Advocacy and Opportunity for Civil Society

UBC Press 2012
Nature's Revenge : Reclaiming Sustainability in an Age of Corporate Globalization

University of Toronto Press Higher Education 2006
Sacred Acts : How Churches are Working to Protect Earth's Climate
Mallory McDuff
New Society Publishers 2012
Small Stories, Big Changes : Agents of Change on the Frontlines of Sustainability
Lyle Estill
New Society Publishers 2013
Technology and Sustainability
Peter Denton
Heritage House Publishing 2014
The Consumer Guide to Home Energy Savings
Alex Wilson;Jennifer Amann;Katie Ackerly
New Society Publishers 2012
The Emergent Agriculture : Farming, Sustainability and the Return of the Local Economy
Gary Kleppel;Gary S. Kleppel
New Society Publishers 2014
The Five Stages of Collapse : Laying the Groundwork for Social, Political and Economic Revolution
Dmitry Orlov
New Society Publishers 2013
The Nature of Business : Redesign for Resilience
Giles Hutchins
New Society Publishers 2013
The Once and Future Great Lakes Country : An Ecological History
John L. Riley
McGill-Queen's University Press 2013
The Right to a Healthy Environment : Revitalizing Canada's Constitution
David R. Boyd
UBC Press 2012
Toward Sustainable Communities
Mark Roseland
New Society Publishers 2012
Tracking the Great Bear : How Environmentalists Recreated British Columbia's Coastal Rainforest
Justin Page
UBC Press 2014
Underminers : A Guide to Subverting the Machine
Keith Farnish
New Society Publishers 2013
Understanding Climate Change : Science, Policy, and Practice
Sara Harris;Sarah Burch
University of Toronto Press 2014
When Green Growth Is Not Enough : Climate Change, Ecological Modernization, and Sufficiency
Anders Hayden
McGill-Queen's University Press 2014
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