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 Items tagged: Jim PrenticeItems Found: 17Canada Signs Environmental Cooperation Agreement with ChinaNovember 3, 2010 - 12:06 pm Canada's Environment Minister, Jim Prentice, and China's Minister of Environmental Protection, Zhou Shengxian, signed a renewed memorandum of understanding (MOU) on environmental cooperation last week in Beijing. The MOU will facilitate collaborative work and the exchange of scientific information... Categories: International, National, News Oilsands Panel UnveiledSeptember 30, 2010 - 7:40 am In response to concerns about industrial pollution in the Athabasca River and connecting waterways, Canada's environment minister, Jim Prentice, has appointed an independent advisory panel of scientists to review the design and management of related environmental systems. "We are determined to develop... Categories: International, National, News, Western Canada Feds Table Bill to Prevent Bulk Water ExportsMay 13, 2010 - 11:43 am Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today tabled a new bill, the Transboundary Waters Protection Act, which proposes protection of Canadian water by strengthening prohibitions on bulk removal of Canada’s water outside the country. “This important legislation makes it clear that we are... Categories: International, National, News The Montreal RundownMarch 31, 2010 - 9:09 am Phew. In just 1.5 days, expert panels at McGill University’s Canadian Water: Towards a New Strategy conference (March 25-26) managed to touch on practically every serious water issue Canada (and in some cases, the world) is facing today. The structure of the sold-out event, which placed some 250... Categories: Blog $3.75M Invested in Water Quality ResearchMarch 22, 2010 - 11:57 am The feds are making an investment in water quality research at the Universities of Lethbridge and Saskatchewan.Today's investment totals $3.75 million and will go towards research projects that will ultimately assist organizations in making environmentally-responsible decisions aimed at preserving... Categories: National, News, Western Canada Proposed Wastewater Regs PublishedMarch 22, 2010 - 8:09 am The proposed Wastewater Systems Effluent Regulations have been published in Canada Gazette, Part I beginning the formal 60-day public comment period. As Environment Minister Jim Prentice announced in February, the feds are proposing regulations for municipal, community, federal and other wastewater... A Picture is Worth 1,000 WordsMarch 17, 2010 - 10:30 am Thanks to Water Canada's attentive associate publisher, Lee Scarlett, I've now seen the latest Economic Action Plan commercial from the federal government. The quick mention of "making water cleaner," dubbed in tandem with a running faucet, caught his eye, and mine, too. Let's examine the potential... Categories: Blog Action Plan on Clean Water is a Priority: PrenticeMarch 4, 2010 - 8:29 am Just days after Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty teased the Heritage Dinner audience with exciting water-related snippets from the upcoming provincial throne speech, Federal Environment Minister Jim Prentice iterated the importance of the Action Plan on Clean Water—which includes facets of the Oceans... Draft National Wastewater Regs Now AvailableFebruary 9, 2010 - 2:07 pm Environment Minister Jim Prentice has announced that a draft of proposed municipal wastewater systems effluent regulations is now available for public consultation. Once in force, these regulations will set standards for the discharge from all wastewater facilities in Canada. Over time, wastewater... Swimming in StormwaterAugust 24, 2009 - 10:08 am Growing up in Nova Scotia, I spent many of my summer days swimming in Canada’s Ocean Playground. At the time, the biggest worries were the occasional jellyfish and the undertow. Thoughts of ear infections or worse (as a result of bacterial contamination) never occurred. And why would they? The water... Categories: Blog |
