Passing the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Act of 2024 is urgently needed to maintain the successful work helping restore and protect the Great Lakes – work that is benefiting the […]
The University of Wisconsin-Superior is getting a new 65-foot lakegoing vessel, the Sadie Ann, described as a floating classroom. The ship was designed as a scientific research vessel and a […]
The Ontario Ministry of Environment, Climate and Parks charged the City of Hamilton, Ontario, with two counts of discharging sanitary sewage in water. The two sewage spills that began decades […]
The Nuclear Waste Management Organization has selected Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation and the Township of Ignace as the future site for Canada’s deep geological repository for used nuclear fuel. South Bruce, the only other site under consideration for the underground nuclear vault, recently signaled its willingness in a narrowly won referendum. But the approval of […]
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The Township of Huron-Kinloss is hosting a Water Stewardship Day on July 23, 2016 at the Point Clark Community Centre between 10 AM and 1:30. The event will highlight water stewardship initiatives in the Township, and features a talk by Ted Briggs, a Great Lakes Advisor from the Ministry of Environment Climate Change, and an ‘Open Well’ event hosted by Veolia and the local Source Water Protection staff. I have attached the invite poster to this email and more information is available at http://waterstewardshipevent.blogspot.ca
June 3, 2015 — The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency is undertaking a public comment period for the last phase of the environmental assessment process for the proposed Deep Geologic Repository (DGR) Project for Low and Intermediate Level Radioactive Waste in Ontario.
The Minister of the Environment released the Environmental Assessment Report containing the Joint Review Panel’s conclusions, rationale and recommendations regarding the potential environmental effects of the proposed project.
The link is to the full 432 page PDF report.
Watch the full "Big Wind" documentary on-line from TVO and watch the discussion about it on the Agenda.
From: Minister, MOECC (MOECC) [mailto:Minister.MOECC@ontario.ca]
Sent: February-18-15 5:42 PM
To: Undisclosed recipients:
Subject: Great Lakes Protection Act
Crying Over Spilled Oil
Oil disasters like the Exxon Valdez and Deep Water Horizon are nightmares that we on the Great Lakes have not had to worry about. At least not yet.
But recent developments in the oil transportation industry compel us to pay attention to proposed and existing oil routes in the Great Lakes region.