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Contends that the release of Canada's 'Green Plan' has generated much criticism of the Canadian government's commitment to protect the environment. Outline of the five-year strategy adopted by the federal government to conserve the country's natural resources and improve global environmental security. INSETS: Canadian Minister of the Environment Robert R. De Cotret's...;Financing the Green Plan..

Discusses several issues related to environmental problems and protection. Issuance of a health standard for airborne lead by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on September 29, 1978; Examination of whether high technologies could solve the energy problem; Comparison of the environmental policies in Quebec and Ontario, Canada.

Reports that the Green Plan that the government of Canada published two years ago has been labeled a myth by many Canadian environmentalists. How only 20 percent of the $3 billion the government promised to spend has been used; Amount charged to the Green Plan's budget to pay for environmental impact assessments of federal projects; More.

Discusses how the United Nation's International Maritime Organization (IMO) has adopted a new convention to regulate ballast water carried by merchant ships. How the treaty will rid of the spread of alien aquatic species which could be potentially harmful; Consideration of how ships discharge water at their arrival point as well as nonnative organisms such as kelp and zebra mushrooms; Efforts of countries such as Australia and Canada to bring their concerns to the attention of IMO's Maritime Environment Protection Agency (MEPC).