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|  | Ontario's Environment Minister responds to agriculture federation's criticisms of windpower:
Despite a high-profile farm lobby group joining a growing movement pushing for a moratorium on wind power development, the province will not reverse course on the controversial plan.So says St. Catharines MPP and Minister of the Environment Jim Bradley. Late last week, the Ontario... (more) | | (0 comments) Energy & Fossil Fuels Environmental Law Farming Ontario Other |
| | | Jim Merriam in the Belleville Intelligencer on January 27, 2012 writes about the Ontario Federation of Agriculture's stance on wind power:
When it came to government relations, Ontario’s largest farm organization, the Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA), often seemed to adopt the philosophy “go along to get along.”Certainly, at times, the OFA found itself in... (more) | | (0 comments) Development & Land Use Energy & Fossil Fuels Farming Ontario Other |
| | | For interview opportunities with hosts, supporters, and artists, please contact:
Allie Kosela at Lake Ontario Waterkeeper
t) 416.861.1237 (after hours, call 416.579.1731)
Allie@waterkeeper.ca.TORONTO, January 24, 2012 — Two prominent figures from the worlds of art and environment are coming together for the first time to help raise funds for the Toronto-based Lake... (more) | | (0 comments) About Waterkeeper Other Press Releases |
| | | Lake Ontario lost a great friend this week. "Uncle" Eric Mattson passed away in Toronto on December 25, 2011. Uncle Eric was one of Lake Ontario Waterkeeper's earliest supporters and a great inspiration and friend to the staff members who passed through our office over the years. Here is his full obituary:Eric Olaf MattsonBorn April 15, 1938 in Kingston. Educated at... (more) | | (0 comments) About Waterkeeper Features Other |
| | | 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 |
| | | Comment Period: 60 days: submissions may be made between November 30, 2011 and January 29, 2012.This posting is for a proposed Renewable Energy Approval for Gilead Power, proposed to be located in Prince Edward County. This is a Class 4 Wind Facility with a total expected generation capacity of 22.5 megawatts (MW).The proposed facility is considered to be a Class 4 Wind... (more) | | (0 comments) Development & Land Use Energy & Fossil Fuels Environmental Law Other Quinte Region |
| | | Curious to know more about the future of Toronto's waterfront? Alex Newman in the National Post on November 19, 2011 provides a detailed description of what the area will look like in a few years:
But the lake belongs to everyone. To ensure a feeling of comfort, Waterfront Toronto requires all developers to create public space on the ground floor of a project if it’s at the... (more) | | (0 comments) Development & Land Use Greater Toronto Region Other |
| | | John Spears in the Toronto Star on November 18, 2011 writes about dwindling value of Ontario Power Generation's nuclear cleanup funds:
One more risk of nuclear power: Ontario Power Generation recorded a third-quarter loss because of a sharp decline in the value of funds set aside for nuclear clean-ups.The provincially-owned utility saw higher production from nuclear and... (more) | | (0 comments) Environmental Law Nuclear Industry Ontario Other |
| | | An interesting piece by Thomas Walkom in the Toronto Star on November 9, 2011 examines the changing powers behind Ontario electricity generation:
Ontario is quietly privatizing its electricity system. Unlike former Tory premier Mike Harris, Dalton McGuinty is not advertising this fact. But slowly and inexorably, his Liberal government is squeezing out public power.The... (more) | | (0 comments) Energy & Fossil Fuels Ontario Other |
| | | Steve Orr in the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle writes about the growing number of connections between fracking and earthquakes, November 16, 2011:
The surge in hydrofracking has meant a surge in injection wells to dispose of drilling wastewater — and those disposal wells are increasingly being linked to small earthquakes. Clusters of "induced" quakes in the Dallas-Fort... (more) | | (0 comments) Energy & Fossil Fuels New York State Other |
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