From New Tecumseth Free Press Online Thursday January 22 at 7 pm: Organizing meeting for David Suzuki’s Blue Dot Meeting (blue dot.ca) for people interested in advocating for the right for a healthy environment, takes place in the Dermott Room of St. John’s United Church 56 Victoria Stree...
Ontario municipalities could see ramifications from precedent-setting Superior Court decision over use of road salt By Dan Brown, Barbara Simpson, Sarnia Observer A court ruling that awarded more than $100,000 to a Lambton County farmer who claimed road salt caused crop losses could “open the floodga...
Ontario’s 1st Zero Waste Conference was held at Orillia’s Lakehead University last summer. One of the outcomes from the Conference was a list of action items that attendees requested be forwarded to the province to encourage policy changes that will help reduce waste in Ontario. Gord Joy...
By Bill Shotyk My home I live in one half of a reasonably well-insulated, modest 1960 duplex in Old Strathcona. The attic is well insulated, the exterior has a layer of insulation under the siding, and all the windows and doors are new and energy-efficient. There is one furnace for each level of the...
From Food & Water First The Soil Science Society of America has published an elegant and powerful article about the vital resource we all take for granted and why the Year of Soils is important. Our favourite line: “Soil keeps us from being hungry, thirsty, breathless, naked, and homeless&#...
Earthroots says scientists’ comments in 2010 reveal ‘heated debate’ about the mercury impact of clear-cutting on fish and human health By: Raveena Aulakh Toronto Star Ontario’s fisheries biologists were scathing about a guide approved in 2010 that laid out conditions for controversial clear-cut loggi...
AWARE News Network Gord Miller, Environmental Commissioner of Ontario (ECO) will host a webinar on January 22 at 1:00pm to highlight his report, Managing New Challenges. In this one-hour session, he will present his perspective and his advice to ministries on several issues in the news this past year...
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