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|  | Ms. Joyce Murray (Vancouver Quadra, Lib.):Mr. Speaker, this is an extraordinary moment for our planet. This month the world's seven billionth citizen was born into a population more aware than ever of the challenges of sustaining life on a crowded planet.Between 1960 and 2000, the world's population doubled. During that same period, the world lost 25% of its land... (more) | | (0 comments) Canada Drink Fish Swim |
| | | Heidi Riedner of YorkRegion.com writes about a plan to treat York Region's sewage in its original watershed, rather than pipe it off to Lake Ontario. The story is from November 3, 2011:
The ability of the wastewater treatment plants to remove pharmaceuticals and personal care products that are flushed down drains is one issue for Councillor Craig, who suggested the region go... (more) | | (0 comments) Drink Durham Region Fish Greater Toronto Region Sewers & Urban Runoff Swim |
| | | Nathan Howes, Oakville Beaver writes about sewage treatment upgrades in Oakville on November 3, 2011:
The plant captures all of west Oakville’s wastewater, north to the QEW, and then discharges to Lake Ontario. It will be able to handle up to 45 million litres of wastewater per day and is one of only seven sewage treatment plants in Halton.“This used to be an area... (more) | | (0 comments) Fish Greater Toronto Region Sewers & Urban Runoff Swim |
|  | Mrs. Carol Hughes (Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing, NDP):Mr. Speaker, since March 31, Environment Canada has turned off the tap on funding to the Lake Superior binational program. Not only is this program designed to restore degraded areas and protect this unique headwater from pollution and urbanization but it is also part of long-standing commitments between Canada and... (more) | | (0 comments) Fish Great Lakes-Basin |
|  | BY EMAILCaroline Ducros, Environmental Assessment Specialist
Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
280 Slater Street, P.O. Box 1046, Station B
Ottawa, ON K1P 5S9
Email: caroline.ducros@cnsc-ccsn.gc.caCC: Aldo E. D’Agostino, Project Manager, Vision 2010
Cameco Corporation, Fuel Services Division
1 Eldorado Place, Port Hope, ON L1A 3A1
Email:... (more) | | (0 comments) Energy & Fossil Fuels Fish Nuclear Industry Port Hope, Cobourg, and Region Research |
| | | Mississauga firefighters and the Region of Peel spill coordinators contained what they think is diesel fuel to the Cooksville Creek and have removed most of it by damming and diking it with absorbent materials.Acting Platoon Chief Gary Rollins told The News they had a crew monitoring the water down near the harbour to make sure the spill wasn't making its way into Lake... (more) | | (0 comments) Fish Greater Toronto Region Sewers & Urban Runoff |
| | | A system used by 1,769 health care and research workers to measure their workplace radiation exposure may have under-reported radiation levels since 2008, says the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission.The commission says a “calculation error” in the management system used by the devices is responsible for the low readings.The errors led to potential under-reporting of... (more) | | (0 comments) About Waterkeeper Canada Drink Energy & Fossil Fuels Environmental Law Fish Nuclear Industry |
| | | Hamilton residents should finally learn next month how badly contaminated their airport is with old firefighting foam chemicals and what will be done about it.Private airport operator TradePort began studying the extent of perfluorooctanyl sulfonate (PFOS) pollution at the facility’s old firefighting training pad after tests revealed high levels of the banned synthetic... (more) | | (0 comments) Environmental Law Fish Hamilton and Region |
| | | Environment Hamilton turns 10 this year. The Spectator ran a large feature describing the organization's inspiring history and its founders:
Environment Hamilton came to be after a battle with the city over contamination in Red Hill Creek.But 10 years later, the group isn’t just about saving the city’s polluted waters. It’s about promoting local agriculture and... (more) | | (0 comments) Drink Fish Hamilton and Region Swim |
| | | Shipping and invasive species have been linked to massive bird deaths on the Great Lakes:
Type E botulism killed at least one of the 6,000 birds washed up on the shores of Georgian Bay, officials said.But the naturally occurring bacteria likely caused the death of the rest of the mallards, pintails and loons that littered the beaches last weekend, said Ministry of Natural... (more) | | (1 comments) Fish Great Lakes-Basin Shipping, boating & navigation |
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