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Jan 21st, 2013
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AWARE Simcoe January 21 2013 Link to video ...
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Jan 20th, 2013
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It was fun for a while to let the apes run the lab - but a bad idea in the end"We have set in motion an industrial machine of such complexity and such dependence on expansion that we do not know how to make do with less or move to a steady state in terms of our demands on nature"By Chris Hedges Natio...
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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 20th, 2013
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Email from Peaceful Parks Coalition January 20 2013A court action has begun against the City of London to halt the construction of a storm sewer pond on a sensitive wetland.The Application filed on December 21, 2012 claims the City of London acted illegally when it failed to disclose and consult with...
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Jan 19th, 2013
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AWARE Simcoe January 19 2013 The Ministry of Natural Resources has extended the deadline for comment on proposed changes to the Endangered Species Act to January 25 2013. Be sure to get your comment in! This earlier posting has links to changes being proposed to four environmental laws, all inviting ...
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Jan 19th, 2013
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Urgent action needed on proposed changes to Ontario's Endangered Species ActAction alert from John Bennett Sierra Club Canada January 19 2012The break is over and we only have a few days to convince the Ontario government not to weaken its already inadequate enforcement of the Endangered Species Act....
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Jan 19th, 2013
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Residents and municipalities urged to rally against changesNews release Assoc. for the Protection of Fur-Bearing Animals January 13, 2013 Sweeping changes to the Ontario Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act could lead to ecological warfare in Ontario communities, the Association for the Protection of F...
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Jan 18th, 2013
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By Cheryl Browne, Barrie Examiner January 17, 2013SPRINGWATER TWP. - No one was idle when the mercury dropped below minus -15 degrees Celsius in the sunshine on Nursery Road, Thursday.More than 50 people stomped their feet and shrugged in their winter coats in an effort to stay warm as they gathered ...
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Jan 17th, 2013
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AWARE Simcoe January 17 2013 UPDATE: Deadline for comment for Endangered Species Act has been extended to January 25.   Currently posted on the EBR registry — with public comment closing January 21 for the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act and the Public Lands Act work permits, and January 18 ...
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Jan 17th, 2013
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By Cheryl Browne, Barrie Examiner January 16, 2013According to an ancient Midewiwin prophecy, the eighth fire has been lit.As told by the forefathers of the Anishinaabe and other First Nations, seven of eight prophecies have been fulfilled and the new awakening of the First Nations people — together ...