Kingston and Region (937 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.
|  | One of my first serious jobs in life was as an Ontario Hydro clerk, working in the construction drawing office of the Pickering "B" nuclear power plant as it was being built. Like Pickering "A", the operational plant beside it, Pickering "B" would eventually encompass four Candu reactors.A good friend was a quality control tester on the site. Amongst other measures, his... (more) | | Drink Durham Region Energy & Fossil Fuels Fish Kingston and Region Nuclear Industry |
| | | The pro-wind power stance of the Sierra Club Canada environmental group caught its executive director in a political crosswind in Kingston this week.John Bennett had a good day going on Tuesday. In the morning, he announced a joint application to the Federal Court of Canada to fight a shipment of decommissioned nuclear generators through the Great Lakes.By Tuesday... (more) | | Energy & Fossil Fuels Environmental Law Fish Kingston and Region |
| | | You didn't have to be Pythagoras to determine the motivation behind the Liberals' pulling the chute on offshore windfarms was purely political. It had to be the easiest conclusion to draw since Bligh deduced his crew wasn't fond of him.What remains to be seen is whether it was political genius or folly.We might suspect the Liberals have done an incredibly stupid thing.... (more) | | Energy & Fossil Fuels Environmental Law Fish Kingston and Region Ontario |
| | | The abrupt cancellation of the Kingston-area offshore wind turbine project left a 300-megawatt hole in planned generation to the eastern Ontario power grid but officials with the provincial energy ministry aren't saying whether solar projects will be allowed to make up the difference.In fact, ministry spokesman Andrew Block stressed yesterday that the $1.35-billion offshore... (more) | | Energy & Fossil Fuels Environmental Law Fish Kingston and Region Ontario |
|  | The decision by the Ontario government to stall proposed offshore wind projects — including a multi million project off Wolfe and Amherst islands in Kingston — is "troubling," says the CAO of the Kingston Economic Development Commission."The winds have stopped blowing for now," says Jeff Garrah, who says the stop-order means the loss of 1,900 jobs over five years,... (more) | | Development & Land Use Energy & Fossil Fuels Environmental Law Kingston and Region Ontario |
| | | The company that owns and operates the 86 wind turbines on Wolfe Island will take measures to try to reduce the number of raptors killed by the project.A post-construction monitoring report released by TransAlta on Monday revealed that 10 raptor carcasses were recovered between Jan. 1 and June 30, 2010. A dozen were found between July 1 and Dec. 31, 2009.While the... (more) | | Energy & Fossil Fuels Environmental Law Kingston and Region Other |
| | | There were fewer birds and bats killed by wind turbines on Wolfe Island in the first half of 2010 than during the previous six months, but the number of dead raptors is cause for concern, says a bird expert.During the period between Jan. 1 and June 30 of last year, 10 raptor carcasses were recovered, compared to 12 between July 1 and Dec. 31, 2009.Seven red-tailed... (more) | | Energy & Fossil Fuels Environmental Law Kingston and Region Other |
| | | Wolfe Island made a strong argument that it should be this year's Hockeyville on Sunday.Islanders gathered at their outdoor rink in Marysville for a day of skating, hockey, hot dogs and horse-drawn sleigh rides in an attempt to impress judges and viewers of the annual Hockey Night In Canada contest that selects one community in Canada as the nation's most... (more) | | About Waterkeeper Kingston and Region |
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