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Environmental groups to announce legal proceedings to stop new nuclear project in Ontario

September 28th, 2011

Press conference at Sheraton Centre Hotel on September 29, 2011September 29, 2011 (TORONTO) - Environmental groups trying to protect the environment and human health will make a major announcement about legal proceedings to stop the construction of new nuclear reactors by Ontario Power Generation (OPG) at Darlington. If successful, the groups will stop the federal... (more)

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Waterkeeper submits comments on Darlington nuclear station refurbishment

August 23rd, 2011

Lake Ontario Waterkeeper has submitted our official comments regarding the Darlington refurbishment project.Ontario Power Generation [OPG] is seeking approval to refurbish the Darlington Nuclear Power Plant in Clarington, Ontario. Built in the 1980’s, OPG hopes to extend the plant’s life to 2055. OPG notified the CNSC of its intention to refurbish Darlington in April... (more)

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No one has a right to pollute

July 19th, 2011

Imagine this: You're 16 years old again. You've never driven a car before and it's time to get your learner's permit. You head off to the government services building where a big sign proudly proclaims a "two hour service guarantee". The lineup is out the door, but you take a number and you start to wait. And you wait. You wait some more. After three hours, you have not taken... (more)

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Nuclear regulator denied intervenor status in shipping review

June 28th, 2011

Last fall, Bruce Power asked the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission to approve a plan to ship 16 radioactive steam generators across the Great Lakes and over the ocean to Sweden. Despite objections from dozens of non-profit, aboriginal, and local government organizations, the Commission approved Bruce Power's plan. The Commission's decision is now being challenged in Federal... (more)

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For all they talk rock, quarries are about water

June 21st, 2011

The Nelson hearing is a quasi-judicial process, with law and science at the forefront. The story of a new quarry on the Niagara Escarpment runs deeper than the issues before the Joint Board. It is rooted in the people who live and play on the Mount Nemo Plateau, in the frogs, salamanders, and fish that live in its ponds and wetlands, and in the those who put their lives on hold... (more)

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Waterkeeper comments on consultation re: Ontario’s Integrated Power System Plan

June 17th, 2011

Read our full 3-page submission as a PDF here.Since 2007, Lake Ontario Waterkeeper has been actively participating in the development of an Integrated Power System Plan (IPSP) for Ontario. As a funded intervenor in the initial IPSP hearing before the Ontario Energy Board, LOW undertook research, distributed information about the plan to remote communities, and worked with... (more)

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Sewage, a defence of Gord Perks, and why Marcus Gee is wrong

June 1st, 2011

Marcus Gee of the Globe and Mail wrote a passionate column last week about the need to "take a dispassionate look at Toronto's sewage treatment." In his column, Gee describes a recent City of Toronto vote, in which councillors approved a shiny new ultra-violet light treatment system for the Ashbridges Bay Sewage Treatment Plant.City staff and two consulting firms... (more)

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Ramble on: Great Lakes Shoreline Right of Passage Act

May 17th, 2011

Imagine kicking off the summer beach season by exercising your new-found "freedom to roam". It could happen. Earlier this month, the Ontario legislature referred a private member's bill to the Justice Policy committee. If passed, the bill will restore your right to walk freely on the shoreline of the Great Lakes in this province (that'd be every shoreline of every Great Lake,... (more)

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Swimmable Lake Ontario: we’re getting closer in Toronto

May 9th, 2011

One week ago, Waterkeeper Mark Mattson spent the day with a group of journalists who were touring Lake Ontario. In this newsletter, Mark recounts his day with the fifteen fellows from the Institute for Journalism and Natural Resources.The writers came to Toronto with a singular purpose: observe, listen and imagine better ways to tell environmental stories about Lake... (more)

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Lobbying works, just not for you

April 26th, 2011

Would it surprise you to learn that the "effective" new air quality regulations Ontario introduced have been rolled back - weakened - not once, but twice in the five years that they've been in force? It's true.The latest round of rollbacks comes at the behest of Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters, an industry and trade lobby group. It is a case study in why lobbying works... (more)

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