With the long weekend approaching, and kids out of school for the summer, it's time to go camping and when it comes to camping, more campers choose Golden Ears over any other provincial park in B.C., but with 155 parks to choose from, there's a lot more to explore, announced Environment Minister Terry Lake today.

From 2007 to 2010, B.C. has reduced greenhouse gas emissions by 4.5 per cent or 2.9 million tonnes, which is the equivalent to eliminating emissions from all the homes in Metro Vancouver (almost three million)

The B.C. government has released its 2010 Community Energy and Emissions Inventory (CEEI) reports for all local governments. These reports assist local governments in monitoring progress toward community-wide GHG emissions reduction targets for their official community plans.

Sensitive alpine areas in the Okanagan Region will benefit from more protection starting July 1, when a new regulation under the Wildlife Act comes into effect prohibiting the use of motor vehicles above 1,700 metres, except on existing roads and trails.

School districts throughout B.C. are receiving their share of $5 million as part of ongoing funding to support their energy efficiency upgrades, Environment Minister Terry Lake and Education Minister George Abbott announced as they released the first of government's carbon neutral capital program (CNCP) cheques.

AltaGas Renewable Energy Inc. has received an environmental assessment (EA) Certificate for the proposed McLymont Creek Hydroelectric Project. AltaGas Renewable Energy Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of AltaGas Ltd.

The Province and partners from the oil and gas industry are embarking on a three-year air monitoring and community engagement program in the Northeast, Environment Minister Terry Lake announced.

Effective at 12 noon on Friday, June 15, 2012, the current open burning ban will be expanded across the entire Kamloops Fire Centre to include the Salmon Arm and Clearwater fire zones, in order to help prevent human-caused wildfires and protect the public.

As Canadian Environment Week kicks off today, more than 5,000 wood-burning stoves have been replaced by cleaner burning models since the Province's successful provincial Wood Stove Exchange Program began five years ago. This equates to a reduction of more than 310 tonnes of particulate matter pumped into the air.