About Waterkeeper (668 articles) Since 2001, Lake Ontario Waterkeeper has been patrolling the lake, documenting pollution, and fighting for environmental justice for every community. We are proud members of Waterkeeper Alliance.
|  | A Frontenac County municipality is breaking the law by continuing to allow contaminants to seep from a landfill into an adjacent wetland, said an environmental lawyer and advocate.Mark Mattson, president of Lake Ontario Waterkeeper, said if South Frontenac Township’s Portland landfill near Verona is leaking contaminated surface water into the nearby wetland, the... (more) | | (0 comments) About Waterkeeper Environmental Law Fish Kingston and Region Waste Management |
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Allie@waterkeeper.ca.TORONTO, January 24, 2012 — Two prominent figures from the worlds of art and environment are coming together for the first time to help raise funds for the Toronto-based Lake... (more) | | (0 comments) About Waterkeeper Other Press Releases |
| | | (BANFF) -- Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., president of the world’s fastest-growing environmental movement, returns to Banff, Alberta this month to raise funds for the global Waterkeeper Alliance. Hollywood stars Alec Baldwin, Giancarlo Esposito, Brad Garrett, Marcia Gay Harden, Cheryl Hines, Virginia Madsen, Camryn Manheim, Edward James Olmos, and Alicia Silverstone will join... (more) | | (0 comments) About Waterkeeper Press Releases |
| | | Lake Ontario lost a great friend this week. "Uncle" Eric Mattson passed away in Toronto on December 25, 2011. Uncle Eric was one of Lake Ontario Waterkeeper's earliest supporters and a great inspiration and friend to the staff members who passed through our office over the years. Here is his full obituary:Eric Olaf MattsonBorn April 15, 1938 in Kingston. Educated at... (more) | | (0 comments) About Waterkeeper Features Other |
| | | A system used by 1,769 health care and research workers to measure their workplace radiation exposure may have under-reported radiation levels since 2008, says the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission.The commission says a “calculation error” in the management system used by the devices is responsible for the low readings.The errors led to potential under-reporting of... (more) | | (0 comments) About Waterkeeper Canada Drink Energy & Fossil Fuels Environmental Law Fish Nuclear Industry |
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