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Leaking landfill illegal: lawyer – The Whig Standard – Ontario, CA

January 28th, 2012

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)

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Hope for Port Hope?

January 18th, 2012

Port Hope will benefit from a $1.28-billion injection of cash from the Government of Canada to help the Ontario town cleanup 1.2-million cubic metres of low level radioactive waste over the next decade.Canada has dramatically increased the amount of money it will invest in a long-awaited cleanup program on the north shore of Lake Ontario. The previous cleanup cost estimate... (more)

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Toronto News: Port Hope radioactive cleanup gets $1.28B federal funding – thestar.com

January 14th, 2012

Ottawa has pledged a whopping $1.28 billion to the biggest radioactive waste cleanup in Canadian history.Minister of Natural Resources Joe Oliver made the announcement in Port Hope on Friday morning.Experts had long predicted the cost of the cleanup, earlier pegged at about $260 million, would balloon. Cleanup of low-level radioactive waste scattered through the... (more)

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Wetlands preservation will benefit residents and visitors – Community Press – Ontario, CA

January 14th, 2012

Marmora and Lake — The municipality has devised a plan to preserve local wetlands for future generations.Council here recently approved the Naylor's Common Wetland and Trails Long-range Plan. Put together by the municipality's environmental advisory committee and economic development committees, in partnership with the parks and recreation department, the plan sets goals to... (more)

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Cameco’s lenient licence standards threaten water quality

January 6th, 2012

Cameco Corporation has applied for a renewed five-year licence for its uranium conversion facility in Port Hope, Ontario. The plant is located at the heart of one of Lake Ontario’s most historic and environmentally vulnerable harbours. For decades, nuclear-related industrial pollution has affected water quality and the natural environment in and around Port... (more)

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Controversial nuclear shipping plan remains on hold

December 28th, 2011

This December 20, 2011 story by LINDA NGUYEN appeared in POSTMEDIA NEWS: A controversial plan to ship 16 decommissioned nuclear steam generators across Ontario's Great Lakes and eventually to Sweden for recycling continues to remain on hold, nearly two years after it was first proposed.This week, Bruce Power, Canada's only private nuclear power operator, said there was... (more)

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We need your help, a letter from Waterkeeper Mark Mattson

December 20th, 2011

I first swam as a child in the waves at the eastern shore of Lake Ontario. Here, I learned to catch wild, wriggling fish with my brothers and sisters and cousins and friends. I quenched my thirst with the cold blue water of this Great Lake.My lifelong love of water and my personal connection to Lake Ontario inspired me to become your Waterkeeper ten years ago. With your... (more)

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Canada under investigation for failure to enforce environmental laws

December 16th, 2011

Help for Fraser River Sockeye: Environmental Watchdog to Investigate Metro’s Sewage Treatment RecordVancouver: The Commission on Environmental Co-operation announced today that it will investigate allegations regarding Metro Vancouver’s Iona sewage treatment facility, at the request of environmental groups across North America, who were asking that body to investigate... (more)

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Are you ready for a new Environmental Assessment Act in Canada?

December 6th, 2011

As you read this, the House of Commons Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development is locked in an in camera meeting on Parliament Hill. The Committee has one agenda item: review a draft report on the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act. It's highly unlikely that the report will contain good news for Canadians who care about clean air and water.The... (more)

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Waterkeeper comments on proposed exemption to Fisheries Act for fish farms

December 5th, 2011

The federal government is considering a new regulation under the Fisheries Act that would allow aquaculture facilities (mainly fish farms) to add deleterious substances to water frequented by fish. In the letter below, Waterkeeper objects to the proposed regulation.BY EMAIL: fpptr-rtppp@dfo-mpo.gc.caDecember 5, 2011Manager, Aquaculture Management... (more)

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