Aggregate & Mining (545 articles) The aggregate industry is one of the largest resource-based industries in the Province of Ontario. By some estimates, Ontarians consume 170-million tonnes of aggregates each year, creating roads and buildings. This billion-dollar industry also excavates and devastates many of our most precious natural areas. In southern Ontario, the Niagara Escarpment is dramatically impacted by aggregate excavation – many of these stories are filed in the Hamilton Region.
|  | Comment Period: 47 days: submissions may be made between November 30, 2011 and January 16, 2012. Please note that if you object to this proposal, you must submit your objection in accordance with the Aggregate Resources Act. Submissions made via the Environmental Registry will not count as ARA objections.Lafarge Canada Inc. have applied for a Category 2 Class “A”... (more) | | (0 comments) Aggregate & Mining Development & Land Use Environmental Law Kingston and Region |
|  | Ms. Sylvia Jones: Speaker, my question is for the Premier. During this past election, a number of Liberal members made statements that your government intends to stop the Highland Companies from opening a quarry in Melancthon township.Can the Premier please explain how you plan to prevent this quarry from being approved?Hon. Dalton McGuinty: To the Minister of the... (more) | | (0 comments) Aggregate & Mining Development & Land Use Drink Environmental Law Fish Ontario |
| | | Mr. François Pilon (Laval—Les Îles, NDP):Mr. Speaker, it is time for this government to agree to study hydraulic fracturing. The problem, however, is that this practice is already taking place. Communities have good reason to be worried about the chemicals being used and the groundwater being contaminated.Will the minister respect the government's mandate, which is... (more) | | (0 comments) Aggregate & Mining Canada Drink Environmental Law Fish |
|  | The Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa is applying to set water-quality standards that could affect permitting of an iron ore mine outside its boundaries.Bad River submitted its water quality standards to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in late July. Tribal Chairman Mike Wiggins said a proposed Penokee Range mine gives them a sense of urgency.“I’d be... (more) | | (0 comments) Aggregate & Mining Drink Environmental Law Fish Great Lakes-Basin Swim U.S.A. |
| | | Can you put a dollar value on the benefits the Niagara Escarpment’s ecosystem provides?The Stop Escarpment Highway Coalition says you can and has released a report in support of this.The coalition, which consists of 12 local environmental and citizen organizations with more than 7,000 members, recently released a report called Flamborough-Burlington Natural Capital:... (more) | | (0 comments) Aggregate & Mining Development & Land Use Drink Fish Hamilton and Region |
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