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 Items tagged: Great Lakes UnitedItems Found: 7IJC Recommends Focus on Human Health Concerns for Great LakesMarch 9, 2011 - 12:25 pm The International Joint Commission provided 32 recommendations for action at the federal, state, provincial and local levels of government in its 15th biennial report, released today (find it here). In particular, the recommendations focus on the need for the United States and Canada to approve a... Categories: International, National, News, Ontario, Quebec Ship WreckedJuly 18, 2010 - 9:45 am It’s a cool, wet morning in late April 2008. Somewhere in the islands near Put-in-Bay, Ohio, Jeff Reutter, director of the Stone Lab, has just hauled in the net from a five-minute trawl. The good news is that there are plenty of fish. “More than I’d expected at this time of year,” says Reutter... Categories: Features Public Campaign Promotes ConservationApril 14, 2010 - 12:22 pm A coalition of environmental, industry, labour and community organizations as well as individual Ontarians launched a public campaign today to advocate that the provincial government includes a strong conservation and efficiency theme in the proposed Water Opportunities Act. The Ontario Water Conservation... Groups Respond to Proposed Water Opportunities ActMarch 9, 2010 - 8:09 am With the announcement of the proposed Water Opportunities Act in yesterday's Speech from the Throne, the Ontario government is setting the province on a path to become a global leader in water technology. At the same time, the environmental community is urging the government to include commitments to... Categories: International, National, News, Ontario Boundary Waters Stamp ReleasedJune 12, 2009 - 11:03 am As the Boundary Waters Treaty celebrates its hundredth anniversary with a week of celebrations in Niagara Falls, we've reported on expert groups Great Lakes United and the newly-formed Forum for Leadership on Water (FLOW—formerly Gordon Water Group) using the occasion to voice their concerns about... Categories: Blog More Experts Call for Great Lakes AmendmentsJune 8, 2009 - 9:24 am Another group is campaigning for renegotiation of the "outdated" Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement. Great Lakes United, a cross-border group of 38 leading Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River experts, is urging the U.S. and Canadian federal governments to use this week's 100th anniversary celebrations... Categories: International, National, News Federal Court Orders Mining Pollution DataApril 27, 2009 - 1:00 pm The Federal Court of Canada has ordered the federal government to provide data on one of Canada's largest sources of pollution—mine tailings and waste rock from mining operations throughout the country. The government must immediately begin publicly reporting mining pollution data from 2006 onward... Advertisement
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