How Southwestern Ontario is losing its winter (and why that should worry you)

The London Free Press
Parts of Southwestern Ontario are losing more than two weeks of sub-zero days each winter due to climate change, a new report says. In London and Middlesex County, there are an average of nine additional above-freezing days each December to February, a trend that may lead to more ice storms and flooding, one renowned climate […]
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Invasive species pose risk to Great Lakes, annual report says

Great Lakes Commission

The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy’s annual State of the Great Lakes report highlights issues impacting the various industries and communities that rely on the Great Lakes. […]

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Great Lakes Commission’s Industry Days Conference at Great Wolf Lodge to address commerce, safety & environment

Great Lakes Commission

The Great Lakes Commission is holding its annual Industry Days conference at the Great Wolf Lodge Conference Center from January 7-8. Speakers from the US Coast Guard, National Weather Service, […]

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Tom Thomson gallery exhibition spaces closing for HVAC upgrades

Owen Sound Sun Times

The Tom Thomson Art Gallery exhibition spaces are to close until spring as aging HVAC systems in the facility are replaced.  But while the exhibition rooms will be closed as of Monday, the tourism desk at the gallery will remain open to the public Monday to Friday to purchase merchandise, movie tickets and Supporter’s Circle […]

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Federal Court of Appeals upholds EGLE inspection authority amid ongoing wetlands destruction case

Great Lakes Commission

The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals last week issued an opinion affirming that the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy has the authority to conduct inspections to ensure […]

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Grand Rapids receives EGLE permit for Grand River restoration project

Great Lakes Commission

The city of Grand Rapids has received a permit from the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy for its Grand River restoration project. The project will restore rapids, […]

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OPINION: House needs to pass bill to protect water in Great Lakes. Too much at stake.

Great Lakes Commission

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 […]

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NWMO picks Northern Ontario to store used nuclear fuel

The Lucknow Sentinel

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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Huron-Kinloss Water Stewardship Day

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

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