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Feb 23rd, 2013
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Meaford Express by Chris Fell Febraru 23 2013 Grey Bruce Medical Officer of Health Dr. Hazel Lynn has reviewed the available literature and concluded that industrial wind turbines are affecting people.Dr. Lynn presented her long-anticipated review of available literature about wind turbines and how t...
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Feb 14th, 2013
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By Brent Patterson Council of Canadians February 13, 2013The Ottawa Citizen reports, “Highly radioactive nuclear reactor fuel rods are to be clandestinely shipped by road from Chalk River to the United States under a non-proliferation effort to rid the Upper Ottawa Valley site of bomb-grade uranium. ...
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Feb 10th, 2013
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Better understanding needed of chemicals in process, report saysBy Max Paris, Environment Unit, CBC News Posted: Feb 5, 2013Chemicals used in the hydraulic fracturing process — commonly called fracking — were of particular concern to Environment Commissioner Scott Vaughan in his last report as audito...
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Feb 2nd, 2013
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Rules for fracking—a controversial technique used to extract oil and gas—will be reviewed by the Ontario governmentBy John Spears Toronto Star January 30 2013 Environmental rules for fracking – a controversial technique used to recover oil and gas from some rock formations – will be reviewed by the O...
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Jan 20th, 2013
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News release from Ontario Clean Air Alliance January 19 2012With the government’s announcement that all coal burning will cease at the Nanticoke and Lambton plants by the end of 2013, the dirty coal era is ending in Ontario.  This represents a huge environmental and health victory for all Ontarians a...
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Jan 9th, 2013
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ECO news release January 8, 2013Ontario’s Environmental Commissioner, Gord Miller, says uncertainty about the future of electricity conservation programs is discouraging further energy savings in Ontario. ...
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Jan 8th, 2013
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Simcoe County School Board approves contract for solar panels for 105 schools,by Mariane McLeod Bayshore Broadcasting January 8, 2013Get ready to see your kids' school outfitted with solar panels on the roof.As many as 105 schools across the Simcoe County public school board are about to have panels ...
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Jan 6th, 2013
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One of the saddest things that I have witnessed in a long timeMiddlesex-Lambton Wind Action Group email January 6 2013Nextera, wind corporation planning to invade a number of our communities, removed an eagle's nest yesterday with the blessing of the Ministry of Natural Resources. The habitat destruc...
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Nov 24th, 2012
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By Thomas Walkom Toronto Star November 22, 2012 Say goodbye to Dalton McGuinty’s green industry strategy for jobs and manufacturing. The World Trade Organization may have put the boots to it. But the Ontario premier and his government were unwitting accomplices.Critics are already denouncing the trad...
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Nov 21st, 2012
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Council of Canadians news release November 16, 2012 Ottawa – The Council of Canadians is renewing calls that the Harper government tear up its recently concluded investment treaty with China, and that it cease negotiating excessive corporate rights into the Canada-EU free trade deal, in light of a ne...