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Waterkeeper submits comments on the latest Source Water Protection Plan Development on Lake Ontario.
August 11th, 2010 
   
The Ontario government enacted the Clean Water Act [CWA] in 2006. The CWA establishes forty Source Protection Areas grouped into eleven Source Protection Regions. One such region is the Credit Valley, Toronto and Region, and Central Lake Ontario Source Protection Region [CTC Region] which consists of three source protection areas: Credit Valley, Toronto and Region, and Central... (more)
(1 comments) Drink Durham Region Environmental Law Research
Lake Ontario Waterkeeper Response to Bruce Power Application for a Licence to Ship Radioactive Steam Generators on the Great Lakes
July 29th, 2010 
   
Lake Ontario Waterkeeper [LOW] is writing in response to Bruce Power’s application for a licence to ship 16 decommissioned steam generators from its plant on Lake Huron to Sweden via the Great Lakes. LOW has serious substantive and procedural concerns regarding this proposal. We recommend that this decision be made by the Commission itself, and ask that the Commission hold a... (more)
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Darlington New Nuclear Power Plant Project – Suggested Interrogatories for Ontario Power Generation
July 22nd, 2010 
   
Lake Ontario Waterkeeper has submitted a list of suggested Interrogatories for Ontario Power Generation (OPG) with regard to the proposed Darlington New Nuclear Power Plant Project. Lake Ontario Waterkeeper has identified gaps in the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and Technical Support Documents (TSDs) provided by OPG with the assistance of our retained subject matter... (more)
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Waterkeeper makes recommendations to the Trent Source Water Protection Committee
July 13th, 2010 
   
In response to the Walkerton Inquiry, the Ontario government enacted the Clean Water Act [CWA] in 2006 to protect existing and future drinking water sources throughout the province. The CWA establishes forty Source Protection Areas grouped into eleven Source Protection Regions. One such region is the Trent Conservation Coalition Source Protection Region [the Trent Region]... (more)
(0 comments) Drink Environmental Law Groundwater Peterborough & Region Port Hope, Cobourg, and Region Quinte Region Research
Waterkeeper endorses CELA’s review of proposed Environmental Review Tribunal Rule Change
June 15th, 2010 
   
Lake Ontario Waterkeeper submitted a brief comment yesterday on the proposed changes to the Environmental Review Tribunal’s Rules of Practice and the accompanying, “Guide to Appeals by Members of the Public regarding Renewable Energy Approvals under section 142.1 of the Environmental Protection Act”. We endorsed the submissions provided by the Canadian Environmental Law... (more)
(0 comments) Energy & Fossil Fuels Environmental Law Fish Ontario Research
Waterkeeper submits Interrogatories to the Joint Review Panel for the Darlington New Nuclear Power Plant Project
June 15th, 2010 
   
Lake Ontario Waterkeeper has submitted a list of 34 suggested Interrogatories, or technical questions, for Ontario Power Generation (OPG) with regard to the proposed Darlington New Nuclear Power Plant Project. LOW identified gaps in the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and Technical Support Documents (TSDs) provided by OPG with the assistance of our retained experts,... (more)
(0 comments) Canada Durham Region Energy & Fossil Fuels Fish Nuclear Industry Ontario Research
Federal Government moves to decriminalize sewage pollution
May 25th, 2010 
   
Environment Canada has proposed the enactment of a Wastewater Systems Effluent Regulation to address the ongoing and serious problems caused by sewage pollution in Canadian waters. The most significant aspect of the proposed change is that the regulation would decriminalize sewage discharges that are currently illegal under the Fisheries Act. The regulation would allow... (more)
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Canadian Waterkeepers submit joint comments on proposed changes to the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act
May 4th, 2010 
   
Lake Ontario Waterkeeper, Ottawa Riverkeeper, Petitcodiac Riverkeeper, Fraser Riverkeeper, and Georgian Baykeeper submitted a joint comment to the federal Standing Committee on Finance today. We wrote to express our grave concerns about amendments to the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act (“CEAA”) contained within Bill C-9. This legislation is currently being... (more)
(0 comments) Canada Environmental Law Fish Research
Workshop: Waterkeeper and law students team up (Show 15 – 2010)
May 2nd, 2010 
   
To mark the end of the Clean Water Workshop, the Waterkeeper staff chat with our Toronto law students about their work during the 2009-2010 school year. In partnership with Pro Bono Students Canada, U of T, Osgoode, and Queen's law students work on files for Waterkeeper throughout the school year. Our Toronto students talk about their review of the way the Ontario government... (more)
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Gone with the wind power
April 23rd, 2010 
   
I have a purpose. As the Lake Ontario Waterkeeper, I protect and celebrate Lake Ontario. It’s something I enjoy doing, and most of the time it’s incredibly rewarding. However, when wind towers were proposed and built in the Thousand Islands, my job became much more complicated. Asking questions about siting and scaling wind towers (determining where the individual... (more)
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