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About Waterkeeper
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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.
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About fifty times a year, Lake Ontario Waterkeeper researches, writes, and delivers to you this e-newsletter. Most of the time, our articles summarize the important decisions and activities that threaten a swimmable, drinkable, fishable future in our watershed. This week, we encourage you to celebrate clean water and help us continue with our work.
We've written once before... (more)
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Waterkeeper.ca Weekly
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Provincial government is currently working on standards for offshore wind projects
Kingston was approved for Ontario's first offshore wind power project last week, yet no regulations exist governing where turbines can be installed or how far they must be from shorelines.
"The government is now working on establishing those standards. It's a very new field," said Ben Chin... (more)
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Energy & Fossil Fuels
Environmental Law
Fish
Kingston and Region
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Are you an outgoing, motivated and enthusiastic person who is interested in music and environmental issues? Lake Ontario Waterkeeper (LOW) is hiring a part-time Swim Drink Fish Music Team Captain for the summer of 2010! This exciting position is perfect for someone who enjoys talking to others, going to music festivals and wants to break into the not-for-profit sector. The SDFM... (more)
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Lake Ontario Waterkeeper (LOW) is a registered charity (#86262 2750 RR0001) working to restore swimmability, drinkability and fishability to Lake Ontario. LOW fulfills its mission by educating the public about Lake Ontario and the Great Lakes Basin and by conducting research and public education activities on behalf of the watershed.
Our goal is to restore and protect Lake... (more)
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Lake Ontario Waterkeeper (LOW) is looking for a volunteer who can assist with our brief services program. This is the program that handles questions from the public about pollution or other environmental concerns and collects information about new government policies and permits.
Your responsibilities in this role include:
(i) File and maintain filing system for LOWʼs... (more)
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Lake Ontario Waterkeeper (LOW) is looking for a volunteer with a background in chemistry to help us create an information database on common environmental contaminants. This information will help us when commenting on various applications to provincial or federal governments requesting permission to discharge contaminants into the environment.
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Lake Ontario Waterkeeper (LOW) is looking for a volunteer to do science or policy-based research. Your responsibilities in this role include:
(i) Conduct scientific-, legal- or policy-based research as directed.
(ii) Compile research in an intuitive and easily accessible way for our staff and
the public using proper citation methods.
(iii) Utilize both online and offline... (more)
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Long Lake project to draw 17,000 cubic metres a day
The operator of the Long Lake oilsands project in northern Alberta has a plan to tap up to 17,000 cubic metres per day from the Clearwater River, a proposal that has outraged environmentalists and could embarrass the province.
The steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) project south of Fort McMurray, which began steaming... (more)
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