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Conservative Agenda: Anticipating Canada's new environmental policies
With Conservatives in power for the first time in thirteen years, Lake Ontario Waterkeeper thought it would be interesting to make a few predictions about the government's new environmental agenda.
Closing Ontario's coal plants
Political success, environmental failure: What started out as a noble effort – protecting citizens from air pollution – has turned into a free for all for energy lobbyists and industry heavyweights. This article appears in the most recent edition of Waterkeeper Magazine. Email us and we'll send you a free preview edition.
Charges follow Red Hill Valley investigation
The Ministry of Environment has charged Consbec Inc. after blasting in the Red Hill Valley sent debris flying through the air. Neighbours reported seeing "softball sized rocks" soaring over residential streets, resulting in significant property damage and sparking fears among residents that, "my kids ... could have been hit in the head." The rocks were launched after the Niagara Escarpment was blasted to make way for the Red Hill Creek Expressway.
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