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|  | The 2012-2013 Canadian budget included dramatic changes to the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act. These changes have been in the works for several years, though environmental law specialists began to fear the worst earlier this winter when a House of Commons committee abruptly terminated its formal, public review the Act.In March 2012, the Canadian Environmental Law... (more) | | Canada Drink Environmental Law Fish Swim |
| | | Did you know that each Niagara resident uses an average of nearly 6,400 litres of water every day?Annually, Canadians’ collective water footprint is roughly equal to the volume of water that flows over Niagara Falls every year.While that amount may seem high — especially since household water use accounts for only 5% of the total — nearly 95% of the water we use... (more) | | Canada Development & Land Use Drink Niagara Region Ontario Swim U.S.A. Waste Management |
|  | Claims by a citizens group that wells in the vicinity of a Napanee-area dump are contaminated are “completely inaccurate,” says the spokesman for the company that operated the landfill.Wes Muir, manager of communications for Waste Management, said a claim by Mike Bossio, chairman of the Concerned Citizens Committee of Tyendinaga and Environs that a hydrogeologist... (more) | | Canada Drink Groundwater Kingston and Region Ontario Waste Management |
| | | Finance Minister Jim Flaherty’s 2012 budget seems to be moving Canada toward a dangerously high-carbon future, say environmental groups."There doesn't appear to be anything in this budget that will move Canada toward the low-carbon clean energy future,” Tides Canada’s Energy Initiative director Merran Smith said in an email to the Observer.“In fact, it does... (more) | | Canada Drink Environmental Law Fish Great Lakes-Basin Swim |
| | | Hints of rollbacks to environmental legislation in today's budget speech:
Streamlining the review process for major economic projectsAs the 21st century unfolds, it is increasingly clear that Canada’s energy and natural resources are massive assets to our country in the global economy. The oil and gas, mining, and forestry sectors directly employ more than three-quarters... (more) | | Canada Drink Environmental Law Fish Swim |
| | | When was the last time you went all day without a drink of water? Humans can't survive one week without water. Or, when was the last time you got sick from drinking water out of your faucet? There are 1.1 billion people on earth who don't have regular access to clean and safe drinking water.If it took you a long time to think about the answers to either of these questions,... (more) | | Canada Drink Sewers & Urban Runoff U.S.A. |
| | | As many Canadians celebrate Canada Water Week this week, a local multi-stakeholder committee has released its plan for the protection of local water sources used for municipal drinking water systems.The Trent Conservation Coalition Source Protection Committee is seeking public input on draft policies that will help protect water sources used for 53 municipal drinking water... (more) | | Canada Drink Groundwater Ontario Quinte Region Sewers & Urban Runoff |
| | | Did you know it takes about 1,500 litres of water to produce one kilogram of wheat, and 10 times that amount — 15,000 litres — to produce the same amount of beef?The United Nations is drawing attention to numbers like these as it marks World Water Day Thursday.As the world’s population grows, so too does the global demand for food and water. This year’s theme,... (more) | | Canada Drink Greater Toronto Region Groundwater Ontario Sewers & Urban Runoff |
| | | A group of environmentalists has gone to court to challenge Ontario’s plan to build new nuclear reactors, arguing the environmental risks and costs involved haven’t been properly assessed.Lawyers for Ecojustice and the Canadian Environmental Law Association have filed arguments in Federal Court on behalf of several green agencies, saying a review panel failed to carry... (more) | | Canada Drink Energy & Fossil Fuels Fish Greater Toronto Region Nuclear Industry Ontario Swim |
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