Kingston and Region (928 articles) The City of Kingston, Wolfe Island, and Bath are just a few of the communities that make up the easternmost part of Lake Ontario. This area supports many of the lake’s remaining natural areas and a small commercial fishery. Chronic sewage problems are some of the most persistent environmental issues in the region.
|  | A Frontenac County municipality is breaking the law by continuing to allow contaminants to seep from a landfill into an adjacent wetland, said an environmental lawyer and advocate.Mark Mattson, president of Lake Ontario Waterkeeper, said if South Frontenac Township’s Portland landfill near Verona is leaking contaminated surface water into the nearby wetland, the... (more) | | (0 comments) About Waterkeeper Environmental Law Fish Kingston and Region Waste Management |
|  | The old adage 'waste not, want not,' might as well be the motto for one of the proposed residual waste processing systems for the City of Kingston.Currently seeking public input, the city is in Phase B of its four-part development of an integrated waste management plan. Last week, the city hosted a public information session on the proposed ideas to deal with solid waste in... (more) | | (0 comments) Energy & Fossil Fuels Kingston and Region Other Waste Management |
| | | Big Island's Ian Hanna is pretty sure having both federal and provincial politicians involved will help slow down wind turbine developments in Ontario — at least until more studies are completed.
Bob Runciman, the senator for Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes, presented a motion in Senate earlier this week calling for a moratorium on wind energy projects in the area... (more) | | (0 comments) Energy & Fossil Fuels Environmental Law Kingston and 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 |
| | | Ontario bureaucrats have been given “no firm deadline” for reporting on the possible health effects of offshore wind turbines, says the Ministry of Natural Resources.But it says one of the studies will take up to three years.The province is facing a $2.25 billion lawsuit from a wind power developer after it slapped an indefinite moratorium on offshore wind power... (more) | | (0 comments) Energy & Fossil Fuels Environmental Law Fish Great Lakes-Basin Kingston and Region Ontario |
| | | The one company that holds a signed contract to build a wind farm in the Great Lakes is going ahead with plans for the project, despite the ban on offshore wind development put in place by the Ontario government earlier this year.Windstream Energy Inc. says it could begin construction at a proposed wind farm in Lake Ontario near Kingston as early as 2014, if the province... (more) | | (0 comments) Energy & Fossil Fuels Environmental Law Fish Kingston and Region Ontario |
|  | This story is the first in a series about swimming in Lake Ontario. For more about the author, Dr. Ingrid Mattson, please take a look at her bio below. We hope you enjoyed this year’s swimming season!Spring at the cottage was mostly a mess. The window sills were piled high with dead ladybugs and mice lay moldering under dressers and beds. If your elbow knocked the wall... (more) | | (0 comments) Features Kingston and Region Ontario Original Articles Swim Waterkeeper.ca Weekly |
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