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Text Box: Last year, Friends of the Earth created the Energy GreenBox program - an innovative project that aims to help low-income families across Ontario tackle climate change while conserving energy, saving money and improving home comfort, particularly over the winter months. After a successful pilot year, we are bringing the Energy GreenBoxes back this winter. 25,000 Energy GreenBoxes, filled with energy conservation items and an offer for even more energy saving items from Enbridge Gas Distribution to qualified applicants, plus a complimentary membership in FOE, are being sent out to various food banks throughout December and January. .

Supporting the

Tse Keh Nay

FOE Canada supports the Tse Keh Nay’s efforts to oppose the BC Mining Industry’s campaign to undermine the recommendations of the Joint Review Panel. According to the Review Panel, the Kemess North Mine project should not be approved.

The Earth needs all the friends it can get!

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Friends of the Earth CANADA E-Newsletter DECEMBER 2007-Issue 21 part II

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Text Box: Canada under fire for flouting federal global warming law Canada is facing a second legal challenge for missing a key deadline under global warming legislation while Canadian Environment Minister John Baird is attending the UN Climate Change Conference in Bali. On November 28, 2007 the government was served with a second Application for Judicial Review for violating the Kyoto Protocol Implementation Act (KPIA), the Canadian federal law that requires reductions in greenhouse gas emissions according to the Kyoto Protocol commitment. The application was filed on behalf of Friends of the Earth Canada by Chris Paliare of the firm Paliare Roland Barristers and Ecojustice (formerly Sierra Legal). The application alleges that the federal Minister of the Environment and the Governor in Council, consisting of federal cabinet ministers, are ignoring the rule of law by failing to comply with yet another requirement of the KPIA. The federal government was legally required to publish draft regulations by October 20, 2007 that would enable Canada to meet the requirements of the Kyoto Protocol. By failing to do so, it is out of compliance with the KPIA, thus triggering the second legal challenge. Missing this deadline demonstrates that Canada continues to be missing in action on global warming. “The Canadian Government is ignoring its obligation to uphold its own laws, while seeking to undermine global negotiations on the defining issue of our lives,” says Friends of the Earth Canada Chief Executive Officer Beatrice Olivastri. “Canadians must insist on enforcement of the KPIA, our domestic law, so that we lead by action, rather than bullying other nations.” For more information on this case, please read the Press Release or download the application at www.ecojustice.ca. To learn how you can help, visit FOE’s Stop Global Warming page by clicking here or help us continue this important action by making a donation to our Legal Fund at Canada Helps

For an update on proceedings at the UN Climate Change Conference in Bali, please visit this

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Gearing up for Round 2 of “Energy GreenBoxes”

Photo from left to right: Peter Love, Ontario’s Chief Energy Conservation Officer; Cheryl Bezanson, Program Manager, Enbridge Gas Distribution; Beatrice Olivastri, Friends of the Earth CEO; and Adam Spence, OAFB Executive Director

This project is carried out in association with the Ontario Association of Food Banks (OAFB) as well

as Project Porch Light and is sponsored by Enbridge Gas Distribution.

For more information, please read the Press Release