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Yay! Water quality reporting on Lake Ontario improved in 2015
The results of the 2015 Great Lakes & St. Lawrence Beach Report are in and the results for Lake Ontario are promising.
MEDIA ADVISORY: Public interest groups in court to appeal plan to refurbish aging nuclear reactors
Public interest groups are in the Federal Court of Appeal today to ensure that human health and environmental risks are carefully considered in a plan to refurbish four aging nuclear reactors at the Darlington site on the shores of Lake Ontario. This comes on the heels of the Toronto Executive Committee’s passing of a motion calling for a review of nuclear emergency plans.
30 Reasons Why Torontonians Need Wet Weather Advisories Now
This summer, the Ontario government decided that the City of Toronto must alert the public when there are wet weather water quality concerns. But three months have passed and Toronto residents still don’t receive wet weather advisories. To highlight the importance of these alerts, we’re bringing you a new reason for every day in November – so check back often!
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.
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