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In our final full-length episode of the Winter 2010 broadcast season, Waterkeeper takes you to Moncton, New Brunswick. We celebrate the opening of the causeway gates on the famed Petitcodiac Riverkeeper with our friends. The show is packed full of interviews, sounds, speeches, and audio from the causeway celebration.
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Ontario's new "modernization" law will amend the province's most important environmental legislation. And, in the process, it will send the province back to the Dark Ages of environmental regulation. Mark and Krystyn review the Ontario government's proposal and talk about what it means for the future of clean air and water in our province.
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The Clearwater River is one of Canada's remaining pristine wilderness rivers. Few places on earth have such historical, cultural, navigable, and ecological value. So why is a Canadian oil company trying to take 17,000 cubic metres of water a day from this precious river? Mark and Krystyn learn more about the taking of the Clearwater River today, with guests Andrew Nikiforuk and... (more)
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It is the year 2040. You are in the middle of Lake Ontario, floating towards the Thousand Islands. What do you see? Miles and miles of uninterrupted shoreline? Or row upon row of white wind turbines? We will know the answer to that question before this year is out. It is 2010. The face of Lake Ontario is changing. We find out how and where and why, today on the show about water... (more)
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Deep at the bottom of Hamilton Harbour, there is a creeping menace. It is a "spill in slow motion", a toxic cocktail of coal tar, metals, and man-made chemicals. Formally known as "Randle Reef", this slowly spreading stew of pollution has been a blight on Hamilton Harbour for a generation. Clean-up should have started in 2008, but it did not. Now residents, environmentalists,... (more)
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Environmental prosecutions are making headlines again as Syncrude finds itself in court in Alberta. The company has contaminated ponds at its tar sands site in Alberta and is facing charges from both the provincial and federal governments after 1600 migratory birds died there in 2008. We talk about public and private environmental prosecutions today. Our guests are Adam... (more)
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Wet weather means massive amounts of sewage pouring into Lake Ontario. Fraser Riverkeeper still seeks an end to sewage pollution in Vancouver. The feds are forging new rules for wastewater treatment plants in Canada. We talk about Kingston’s ongoing sewage problems, prosecutions in Vancouver, and new regulations under the Fisheries Act. Our guests are Colin Mosier and Doug... (more)
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Last December, Fraser Riverkeeper discovered toxic sediment in Vancouver's False Creek. With the Olympic Games just a few weeks away, and False Creek running right past the Athlete's Village, the group had to make some tough decisions: Should they go public? If so, what what should they say? Mark and Krystyn talk about the dilemma on this episode of Living at the Barricades.... (more)
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