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What you need to know about the Port Hope Area radioactive waste cleanup
The Port Hope Area Initiative is the largest environmental cleanup effort in Canadian history. Ottawa is spending $1.28-billion to contain 1.7-million cubic metres (m³) of low-level radioactive waste in Port Hope and Port Granby. But why does the project cost so much money? Just how much waste is 1.7-million m³? Where did all this waste come from? Where is it going? The answers to those questions start back in 1932.
Waterkeeper's comments on the review of Ontario’s Environmental Bill of Rights and Regulations
Today, Lake Ontario Waterkeeper submitted comments to the Environmental Commissioner of Ontario regarding the review of Ontario's Environmental Bill of Rights. The EBR is a powerful piece of legislation that has been the cornerstone of Waterkeeper's provincial work to protect swimmable drinkable fishable water for over a decade. It is also a key tool for Ontarians to participate in environmental decision-making processes. Read our complete submission here.
Did you know this is a monumental week for your swimmable drinkable fishable water?
Today, I am sharing something I have never shared outside our office before. Why? Because events are unfolding this week that will affect millions of Canadians for years to come. And I thought you’d want to know.
Water Literacy Tour: Addressing Canada’s lack of water leadership
Over half of young Canadians don’t know the basics of our most treasured resource – water. Yet, these same Canadians are desperately needed in the movement to protect it. This is why Waterkeeper Mark Mattson is on tour to campuses across the province to fill that gap, and improve Canada's Water Literacy.
At the Great Lakes World Series with Dave Bidini - Part 3
Tonight could be the last game in the Great Lakes World Series. The last time two Great Lakes teams played each other at the World Series was in 1945. It's with great pleasure to have none other than long-time Waterkeeper friend and supporter, Dave Bidini write for us as this exciting Great Lakes series unfolds. Here is his third segment in this very special collection.
Environmental Commissioner reports: It’s time for Toronto to notify the public of sewage discharges
Earlier this week, the Environmental Commissioner of Ontario released her annual report and agreed with Waterkeeper and the MOECC: The City of Toronto should give the public immediate notifications when sewage is released into waterways. But it's been over a year since the MOECC made this decision. What is it going to take? Mark weighs in.
Waterkeeper voices concerns at the Great Lakes Public Forum
Hosted by the International Joint Commission (IJC), the Great Lakes Public Forum is a binational event between Canada and the United States where the public can share their ideas and concerns, and speak to their vision for the future of the Great Lakes. There were so many highlights during the Great Lakes Public Forum. Here are a few from Waterkeeper’s presentations (in case you missed them).
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