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“It’s like all five of the Great Lakes and the Great Lakes are oil sheen.” — Lisa Jackson, Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, after flying over BP’s oil spill on May 1, 2010.
As the world reacts to BP’s massive oil production disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, it has come to light that the company made efforts last year to, “thwart... (more)
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Have you heard about the Ontario government's "Legislative Framework for Modernizing Environmental Approvals"? This is a policy proposal that would see Ontario's most important environmental laws radically rewritten - and not in the name of clean air and clean water.
Click here to read Waterkeeper's full submission
Click here to listen to Mark and Krystyn discuss the issue... (more)
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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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We are just two months into the year 2010 and the City of Kingston has dumped the equivalent of 58 Olympic-sized swimming pools of sewage into Lake Ontario. The City has bypassed 29,526 m 3 from pumping stations (that's about 11 pools, if you're keeping track) and 118,747 m 3 from combined sewer outfalls (47 pools).
The data is on the City's website if you want to review it.... (more)
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Earlier this month, the public consultation period for the first phase of a Ministry of Natural Resources policy review drew to a close. The Ministry was soliciting comments from the public about four different policies and procedures that outline how the natural resources department should respond to wind energy development proposals: the Windpower Policy, the Windpower... (more)
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