Canadians protest over rare species bill
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Scientists have expressed concern that the Canadian government has omitted habitat protection and the exclusive right of scientists to identify and list endangered species from its planned legislation on the protection of endangered species. They fear that political considerations will affect the listing process if the cabinet is permitted to override scientific decisions about species that should be listed. They believe that the new legislation must improve on Bill C-65, a previous draft bill which would have protected the habitats of less than half of Canada's endangered species.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1999
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Physics and family values
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Chemistry professor Gordon Freeman published an article attributing the moral decay of students to their upbringing by neglectful working mothers, in a journal otherwise devoted to physics. His views have been attacked by professional social scientists as naive and his article criticized by at least one scientific editor as inappropriate for a scientific journal. An apology has already been published, and a special issue of the journal, the Canadian Journal of Physics, will be devoted to rebuttals from critics. It will be sent to subscribers in Feb 1992.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1992
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Canada's environment act under attack ...
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Government modifications to Canada's Environmental Protection Act will not help to protect the environment, according to critics. The legislative changes, which includes a National Accord on Environmental Harmonization, will take power away from central state bodies, say environmentalists. Canada's environment minister Christine Stewart believes the act will be prevent pollution, however.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1998
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