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Pollution Data Would Help Drinking Water Protection: Report

January 7, 2010 - 10:01 am

Federal pollution data would give valuable additional information to the program created to protect sources of Ontarians' drinking water, says a new report from the Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA) and Environmental Defence. The report tracks and maps pollution from facilities reporting...

Categories: National, News, Ontario

Arctic Waters Further Protected

August 7, 2009 - 8:07 am

To better protect Canadian Arctic waters from ship-source pollution, Transport Minister John Baird today announced that Bill C-3, an Act to amend the Arctic Waters Pollution Prevention Act, came into force on August 1, 2009. The amended Act also allows Canada to exercise greater control over these...

Categories: National, News, Northern Canada

Underground Threats

May 11, 2009 - 9:11 am

If Chicken Little told you the sky was falling, you'd likely take no heed to the warning. However, if a group of accredited professors tell you that Canada's groundwater supplies are threatened, you probably should listen. Sustainable Management on Groundwater in Canada, a report (PDF here) released...

Categories: Blog

Federal Court Orders Mining Pollution Data

April 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...

Categories: National, News

Playground Lessons

March 20, 2009 - 1:21 pm

In some elementary schools, there's a firm rule about littering. If you're caught doing it, you have to spend the next recess picking up garbage in the schoolyard. It's an unglamorous means of teaching kids that their choices have consequences, but it drives the point home. Looks like this basic principle...

Categories: Blog

Marine Polluter Penalized for Oil Spill in P.E.I.

February 13, 2009 - 1:10 pm

A Prince Edward Island provincial court judge has ordered the vessel BBC Nordland to pay a $15,000 penalty for illegally discharging a pollutant in Canadian waters. On February 22, 2008, the BBC Nordland, a Gibraltar-registered General Dry Cargo vessel, that was docked at the Port of Summerside, P.E.I...

Categories: Atlantic Canada, News

US Water Infrastructure Spending Falls: Report

December 12, 2008 - 9:55 am

America's water and wastewater sector looks set to decline further in 2009, as capital expenditure on crucial infrastructure projects is cut back by 12.9 per cent, according to Water Market USA, a new report published Global Water Intelligence. Restraints on borrowing, shrinking tax bases and a drop...

Categories: International, News

Canada Moves to Protect Arctic Waters

December 4, 2008 - 12:52 pm

Transport Minister John Baird has introduced legislation in the House of Commons to enhance Canada's sovereignty over Arctic waters and protect them from pollution. Under the proposed legislation, Canada will have greater and more effective control over marine activity in the Canadian Arctic while enhancing...

Categories: News, Northern Canada

Weekend Water News

September 2, 2008 - 10:19 am

Funds A wastewater treatment plant in Cambridge, Ont. is getting a $21-million upgrade: the aim is to "dewater" the sludge held in its digesters. Meanwhile, Victoria, B.C. water pipes are getting a $10-million upgrade. The watermains, installed in 1927, will ensure quality drinking water and improved...

Categories: Atlantic Canada, International, National, News, Ontario, Quebec

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