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Industrial Emissions (2054 articles)

This is the kind of pollution we most commonly associate with pollution – waste water and smokestacks releasing contaminants into the natural environment. On Lake Ontario, major industrial emissions are regulated by provincial (MISA) and state (Clean Water Act) rules. These laws give citizens the opportunity to comment on licences and to hold polluters accountable when they break the rules.

Parties keep quiet on Ontario’s nuclear future – thestar.com

September 20th, 2011

Ontario is on the verge of a multi-billion-dollar leap into a renewed nuclear future.But despite the industry’s history of huge cost over-runs, and the shadow of the Fukushima nuclear disaster, the issue has sparked almost no debate in the current election campaign.While noisy demonstrations and debates occur regularly about wind power, nuclear has slid beneath the... (more)

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Mississauga Article: Power plant fight wages on

September 16th, 2011

If tonight's rally against a power plant being built in the city's east end is any indication of the battle that lies ahead, it will be a good fight.A standing room only crowd of Mississauga and Etobicoke residents packed into Le Treport Wedding & Convention Centre to send a clear message to Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty.Waving signs that read, "Stop the Sherway... (more)

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The waterfront’s sad history of errors – thestar.com

September 15th, 2011

Toronto’s waterfront is at a pivotal historical moment. For a decade, the city’s long legacy of unfulfilled waterfront plans and cantankerous relationships among government agencies, development organizations and the general public has been resolved. But Mayor Rob Ford’s recently announced “vision” has created a crisis by destabilizing this hard-won accord.His... (more)

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ENVIRONMENT: Ballast water brouhaha – News Blog – Rochester City Newspaper

September 15th, 2011

Three governors in the Midwest want New York to loosen its new boat-ballast water regulations because, they say, it could cut-off shipping to the other Great Lakes.A story on the Watertown Daily Times website says Ohio Governor John Kasich, Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels, and Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker wrote New York Governor Andrew Cuomo last week. It includes this... (more)

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Darlington nuclear panel conclusions a stab in the dark

September 13th, 2011

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE67 unaddressed issues threaten people, the environment, and Ontario’s economyTORONTO (September 13, 2011) – Greenpeace and Lake Ontario Waterkeeper have asked federal environment minister Peter Kent to reconvene the panel responsible for reviewing Ontario Power Generation's proposal to build new reactors at the Darlington nuclear site. The panel... (more)

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OPG cleared for up to four new reactors

September 8th, 2011

Darlington’s new nuclear project recently received the all clear for up to four new reactors to be added to the current site, pending approval from the feds.The joint review panel for the nuclear power plant project, which had been tasked with investigating any adverse environmental effects caused by the project, announced that it has submitted its report to the federal... (more)

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Toronto News: We can pay for Port Lands plan, Waterfront Toronto says – thestar.com

September 8th, 2011

In a challenge to Mayor Rob Ford, Waterfront Toronto’s board chair says the agency will have no problem coming up with the money for flood protection in the Port Lands.Ford cited Waterfront Toronto’s supposed inability to fund the $634 million flood protection project as a main reason council should dismiss its plans for a Port Lands neighbourhood and put the city-owned... (more)

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Doug Ford’s waterfront fantasy meets numbers and facts | Ford Focus | torontolife.com

September 8th, 2011

The buzz-kills over at the Globe and Mail have thrown cold water all over Doug Ford’s plans for the Port Lands. Chief among the paper’s not-so-surprising revelations is that Ford’s plans could very well require “a significantly revised environmental assessment,” which would amount to a major speed bump (read: millions of dollars) for the project. In other words, if... (more)

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New Toronto Port Lands strategy involved private talks with mall operator – The Globe and Mail

September 8th, 2011

Toronto Councillor Doug Ford held private talks with real estate and business leaders and one of the world’s largest mall operators to produce a proposal that will fundamentally change the publicly approved strategy for the eastern Port Lands and put a large retail centre where the mouth of the Don River was supposed to flow. Councillor Ford, the brother of Mayor Rob Ford... (more)

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Doug Ford’s Ferris Wheel idea not so loopy after all – The Globe and Mail

September 8th, 2011

When Doug Ford started talking about a glitzy new project for Toronto’s Port Lands, complete with monorail, mega-mall and giant Ferris Wheel, critics dismissed it as a back-of-the-napkin scheme from a suburban cowboy. It deserves a closer look than that.In the past couple of days, other officials in the administration of Mayor Rob Ford have been fleshing out the... (more)

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