News Releases and Advisories
The Yukon could be a national leader in conservation
Conservation foot-dragging by provinces and territories was the main reason behind Canada’s failure to meet its international promise to protect at least 17% of its land by 2020. While the Northwest Territories, Quebec and federal government earned the highest grades for their efforts to meet the target (A- to B), the Yukon was not far behind with a score of B-, according to a new Report Card by the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS). [Learn more]
CPAWS Yukon’s Commitment to Reconciliation
For many years, CPAWS Yukon has been working hard to act in the spirit of reconciliation. What you see here is the result of many, many hours of work. With that, I present to you: CPAWS Yukon’s Commitment on Reconciliation. [Learn more]
$10,000 award recognizes Netro’s 22 years of extraordinary contributions to conservation
Old Crow, Yukon, May 18th, 2021 – WWF-Canada and the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) are honored to announce the remarkable conservation efforts and achievements of Vuntut Gwitchin elder Lorraine Netro, the winner of the fifth and final Glen Davis Conservation Leadership Prize. About the winner Since 1999, Lorraine Netro has dedicated herself to protecting [Learn more]
New poll affirms Yukoners want strong environmental protection
Yukoners overwhelmingly support ambitious conservation measures, according to a new DataPath poll. The results affirm Yukoners’ concern for the environment, and are a reminder to the territory’s next government that issues like climate change, conservation, and mining reform must be priorities. [Learn more]
CPAWS Yukon pleased to see nature investments as key part of Budget 2021
Whitehorse, Yukon – The Yukon Chapter of the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS Yukon) is pleased to see the federal government provide historic investments in nature conservation; announced today by the federal government as part of Budget 2021. Budget 2021 proposes to provide the Yukon Government with $25 million in 2021-2022 to support climate change [Learn more]
Making Mining Make Sense with CPAWS Yukon
CPAWS Yukon hosted its first in-person event in over a year this past Sunday, at the Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre (KDCC), screening the film The Shadow of Gold, along with an info session about the Yukon Mineral Development Strategy (YMDS) and its current public comment period. Sunday’s event kicked off three consecutive film events organized by [Learn more]
New Scotiabank policy means all “Big Five” Canadian banks won’t fund Arctic Refuge drilling.
Scotiabank pledged today to withhold financing for oil and gas extraction in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Scotiabank’s announcement means that all of Canada’s “Big Five” banks now have policies prohibiting funding for Arctic Refuge drilling. [Learn more]
U.S. Government announces Arctic Refuge lease sale in reckless push for drilling
The U.S. Government announced today that it will hold a lease sale in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge on January 6th. The Arctic Refuge is sacred land to the Gwich’in, and the birthplace of the Porcupine caribou herd, which is a lifeblood for Gwich’in communities across the Yukon, Northwest Territories and Alaska. [Learn more]
Yukon Government rejects ATAC’s proposed road in Beaver River Watershed
Whitehorse, Yukon – Last week, the Government of Yukon advised ATAC Resources Ltd’s that it has rejected their proposed 65 km exploration road that would cut through the Beaver River Watershed. This comes after years of opposition from citizens of the First Nation of Na-Cho Nyäk Dun, Yukoners, and CPAWS Yukon together with other conservation [Learn more]
TD’s new climate policy rules out funds for oil and gas development in the Arctic Refuge; Arctic as a whole.
TD’s new climate policy rules out funds for oil and gas development in the Arctic Refuge; Arctic as a whole.The Toronto-Dominion bank (TD) unveiled its new Climate Action Plan today, including a pledge to withhold financing for oil and gas extraction in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge—and the Arctic as a whole. TD is the [Learn more]