Environmental Topics

Environment: Canadian Government Sites

• Canadian Environmental Solutions (CES)
  Currently addresses problems related to water, air, soil, research and development, and energy. CES contains 1 500 environmental problems, 2 000 solutions and their descriptions, along with the 775 companies that can provide the solutions. All are accessible using full-text search.
• Environment Canada — Green Lane

Associations, Institutes and Research

• Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
• Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal
• Canadian Lightweight Materials Research Initiative (CLiMRI)
  The Canadian Lightweight Materials Research Initiative (CLiMRI) coordinates research and development of materials and processes for weight reduction in transportation applications.

Climate Change

• Natural Resources Canada: EcoAction
  Follow the links to find climate change information related to energy, forestry, earth sciences, and minerals and metals. Additional links have been provided to other sites on climate change.
• Canadian Institute for Climate Studies
• David Suzuki Foundation — Global Climate Change
• Environment Canada — Global Climate Change

Other Environmental Information

• Enviro–Access
• Metal Finishing Pollution Prevention Opportunities Checklist
  This checklist includes: material handling and storage; chemical dragout; rinsing; material recycle, reuse and recovery; and process modification, operation and maintenance. Use this checklist to evaluate your pollution prevention opportunities in each of these areas.
• International Council on Metals and the Environment
• Pollution Solutions: Metal Finishing Fact Sheet
• United Nations Environment Programme Geneva Executive Center Switzerland