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Farming
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"Farming" is a broad topic, that includes both agriculture and aquaculture. Agriculture is one of the dominant land uses along the south shores of Lake Ontario, as well as in the Bay of Quinte region. While not all farming has negative impacts on Lake Ontario, factory farms – hogs in Ontario, cattle in New York State – have taken their toll in recent years. Aquaculture – fish farming – is more common in other areas of the Great Lakes but is a growing practice.
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The Ontario Pork Producers Marketing Board has registered lobbyists to lobby the Ontario government regarding the following matters:
Clean Water Act; Dead Animal Disposal Act; Species at Risk Act. Support for Ontario Pork Sector. Source Water Protection.
See full details on the Ontario Lobbyist Registry via Registration #: OL0213-20050107160140. (more)
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Drink
Environmental Law
Farming
Fish
Ontario
Swim
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When I started writing stories about Great Lakes ecology in the late 1980s, an activist said something that sounded profound. Thinking back to the earlier, algae-choked days on Lake Erie, she said: "Today there's less sewage, but more poison."
By poison, she meant synthetic chemicals with long, unpronounceable names, known by their initials (DDT, PCBs) or short forms... (more)
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Development & Land Use
Drink
Farming
Fish
Ontario
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Councillors here are dredging up ways to remove unwanted silt from Brighton's bay.
Council received a presentation on the issue at Monday's committee-of-the-whole meeting from Genivar Consultants, a company based out of Markham.
John Himanen of Genivar said the silt in the bay should be removed.
"The sediment in this wetland can be removed and used in industrial and... (more)
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Development & Land Use
Farming
Fish
Quinte Region
Shipping, boating & navigation
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AMENDMENT ACT
(SEWAGE SLUDGE), 2010 /
LOI DE 2010 MODIFIANT
LA LOI SUR LA PROTECTION
DE L'ENVIRONNEMENT
(BOUES D'ÉPURATION)
Mr. O'Toole moved first reading of the following bill:
Bill 91, An Act to regulate the spreading and storage of sewage sludge and biosolids / Projet de loi 91, Loi réglementant l'épandage et le stockage des boues... (more)
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Drink
Environmental Law
Farming
Fish
Ontario
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Davis LLP has registered six provincial lobbyists on behalf of:
Runnymede Development Corporation Limited,
Tribute Communities,
Silver Chung Trading Ltd.,
Roehampton Farms Inc., and
Vesta Farms Inc.
The six lobbyists work for StrategyCorp Inc.:
Katie Telford
Dave McCleary
Craig Carter-Edwards
John Matheson
David MacNaughton
John Duffy
They will be... (more)
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Development & Land Use
Drink
Environmental Law
Farming
Ontario
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Tweed – Council will not adopt any measures to control the spreading of sludge on local farmland, even though Reeve Jo-Anne Albert pushed for a moratorium.
The subject was raised in an e-mail to council by Crookston Road residents Gary and Lynda Akey who asked what could be done to prevent the land application of possibly toxic treated waste, especially from... (more)
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Development & Land Use
Drink
Environmental Law
Farming
Fish
Quinte Region
Sewers & Urban Runoff
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Warkworth – The composting facility proposed at the edge of Warkworth has been put on hold by an interim control bylaw approved unanimously by Trent Hills council last week.
The municipality will use the year it has given itself to review land use policies governing "any proposed use and the finishing and packaging of composted fertilizer in Trent Hills."
The bylaw and... (more)
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Development & Land Use
Drink
Environmental Law
Farming
Fish
Quinte Region
Sewers & Urban Runoff
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Trent Hills – Empire Cheese and Butter Co-op will use $187,000 in provincial funding to upgrade its infrastructure to protect local drinking water. By the time the project is completed, the Campbellford-area business will surpass current environmental standards that have been the bane of small cheese makers.
The matching funding being provided by the Ministry of... (more)
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Drink
Environmental Law
Farming
Quinte Region
Sewers & Urban Runoff
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Warkworth – An information evening held by Bio Balance turned into a heated question-and-answer session as concerned citizens filled the Warkworth Legion Feb. 9 to find out more about the company's proposed organic fertilizer facility.
"I knew there were members of the community not receptive to this," Bio Balance president Don Carr said the next day. "We are the new kid... (more)
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Environmental Law
Farming
Nuclear Industry
Quinte Region
Sewers & Urban Runoff
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A new Certificate of Approval (Air) was issued to permit Lafarge Canada Inc.'s Energy Farm Demonstration Project at their portland cement manufacturing plant located in Bath, Ontario. The project is to test a variety of biomass fuel crops in a cement kiln for a period of 60 days.
Read the original posting here.
Public Consultation on the proposal for this decision was... (more)
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Environmental Law
Farming
Industrial Emissions
Kingston and Region
Other
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