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In Waste
Nov 3rd, 2011
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Guests given miniature spades as mementoes By CAROLA VYHNAK TORONTO STAR November 3 2011 Durham residents who opposed a controversial garbage incinerator may now add pocketbook injury to insult with the news that the groundbreaking ceremony cost more than $75,000. Read more ...
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In Lakes
Nov 1st, 2011
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Sewage, agricultural runoff cause blue-green algae to “explode” and a listener ask why migrating birds are the ones dying Zoomer Radio October 31 2011  Mark Mattson President & Waterkeeper with Lake Ontario Waterkeeper, helps Zoomers understand why there is a large amount of dead bir...
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Oct 31st, 2011
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Water levels? Radiation? A storm?  Letters to the Toronto Star nOctober 31 2011 The fact is that water levels are declining in Georgian Bay and no one is acting to remediate this problem… Al Truscott, Collingwood The more likely and probable cause of the deaths of these birds and fish in Nottaw...
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Oct 31st, 2011
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A victory for Canadians’ right to speak up for environment By Jennifer Agnolin EcoJustice OCT 12, 2011 Ecojustice scored another win in the battle to protect Canadians’ right to speak up for the environment.  Read more ...
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Oct 31st, 2011
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TVO – October 27 2011 Citizens, farmers, environmentalists and chefs are raising concerns about a proposed mega-quarry in Ontario’s Melancthon Township. The Agenda examines the competing claims in the Melancthon mega-quarry fight. Link...
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In Energy
Oct 29th, 2011
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By Tyler Hamilton Toronto Star October 28 2011 Ontario’s new Energy Minister Chris Bentley has much to learn over the coming weeks about the province’s complex energy file, and hopefully with that learning will come some genuine listening. Read more ...
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In Lakes
Oct 25th, 2011
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This was a beach full of hundreds and hundreds of dead birds and fish By Jennifer Howard Nature Works Photography October 24 2011 “The bird could not get up nor did it try. It couldn’t. It did however try to grab the apple and water. It was clearly hungry. But could not move. It’s e...
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Oct 23rd, 2011
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By Stephen Leahy Inter Press Service CHANGWON, South Korea , Oct 23, 2011 (IPS) – The window to limit global warming to less than two degrees C is closing so fast it can be measured in months, a new scientific analysis revealed Sunday. Read more  Big Businesses’ Call for Climate Action: Strong ...
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Oct 23rd, 2011
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The Canadian Press: Oct 23, 2011 As many as 6,000 dead birds have washed up on the shores of Georgian Bay in Ontario, say authorities, who believe botulism may be to blame. Read more...
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Oct 20th, 2011
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Jeff Lehman of Barrie one of the speakers at free public forum  News release from University of Toronto’s Cities Centre October 20 2011 TORONTO – A coalition of academics, decision makers, community action groups and city planners is preparing for one of the largest public forums on trans...