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Your Great Lakes Climate Change Primer
Headed to Paris or watching from home, here are some great primer reports to help explain why climate change is a Great Lakes concern.
Plastic pollution
Plastics are plaguing rivers, lakes, and oceans around the world. And it doesn't appear to be slowing down. This is the first of Waterkeeper's six-part series on protecting waters, originally featured in Canadian Yachting's October 2015 issue.
It’s 2015: Why is raw sewage floating through Montreal?
Sewage is a major focus of Waterkeeper's work. With sewage bypasses happening regularly in Toronto, Waterkeeper has been watching the news surrounding Montreal's 8 billion litre sewage dump into the St. Lawrence River very closely. To comment on the issue, the organization's President and Vice-President, Mark Mattson and Krystyn Tully, wrote an op-ed for the Globe and Mail. Here is an excerpt from the article.
Waterkeeper's presentation to Toronto's PWI Committee on the Pollution Prevention Program
On November 12, 2015, Lake Ontario Waterkeeper's Public Interest Articling Fellow, Tristan Willis and Legal Practicum Student, Hannah Gladstone presented to the Public Works and Infrastructure Committee at City Hall in Toronto on the proposed change to the Pollution Prevention Program (“P2” Program). This is what we presented.
Waterkeeper Mark Mattson discusses sewage with Global TV
There's a lot of talk about sewage, especially with today's news on Montreal's massive sewage dump. And we love talking about sewage, so Global TV stopped by our office to talk with Waterkeeper Mark Mattson about sewage dumps in Montreal and Toronto.
Inside #DarlingtonNuclear, Part 4: Where do we go from here?
After 4 days and 79 interventions, the Darlington nuclear relicensing hearing came to a close last Thursday. Now able to take a step back from the marathon presentations, Hannah assesses what she witnessed. As an independent governing body, does the CNSC have the expertise and independence to make the necessary decisions?
MEDIA ADVISORY: Supreme Court of Canada asked to weigh in on future of environmental assessment law in Canada
Represented by Ecojustice and Canadian Environmental Law Association (“CELA”) – Greenpeace Canada, Lake Ontario Waterkeeper, CELA, and Northwatch are asking the Supreme Court of Canada to overturn a Federal Court of Appeal ruling that they say sets a damaging precedent for the future of environmental assessment law in Canada.
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