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US, Canada, Mexico Aim To Coordinate Toxics Databases [1]

The North American Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (NAPRTR) Consultative Group, under the auspices of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation, will meet November 10-11, 2009, in Guadalajara, Mexico to review the programs of the 3 countries.

SEJ Publication Types: 
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Chemicals [3]
Region: 
International [4]
Canada [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Mexico [7]
Visibility: 
Public [8]

"Raising a Stink Over ... The 'BIG PIPE'" [9]

"Ontario's environment ministry has given its blessing to a massive, controversial $550 million sewage line -- known as the "Big Pipe" -- that will open the door to billions of dollars worth of new development in the eastern GTA. However, years after construction started on the project in York Region, politicians are embroiled in in-fighting, as the remainder of the pipeline proposed to run through Pickering faces opposition from residents."

Water & Oceans [10]
Public [8]
Canada [5]
Source: Toronto Sun [11], 10/20/2009

"Controversy Heats up as Cities Look To Incinerators" [12]

"Groups argue over whether benefits of green technology outweigh the possible health effects associated with burning garbage."

Air [13]
Public [8]
Canada [5]
Source: Canwest [14], 10/20/2009

"The Trouble Facing Canadian Rivers" [15]

"Canada's major waterways have suffered significant alterations in their natural flows, a WWF-Canada report contends."
Water & Oceans [10]
Public [8]
Canada [5]
Source: Toronto Globe & Mail [16], 10/15/2009

"Where They Grow Our Junk Food" [17]

To get to the root of the obesity epidemic, one Canadian reporter went in search of a junk food farm. There were no fields of Dorito bags waving in the breeze. "What you do see are vast operations growing the raw materials for junk food: soybeans and corn."
Agriculture [18]
Public [8]
Canada [5]
Source: Toronto Star [19], 10/12/2009

"Oozing with Controversy" [20]

"Leftover sludge from water treatment plants contains human waste, heavy metals, pharmaceuticals and whatever else washes into the sewer system. It's also used as fertilizer - which concerns some experts."
Waste [21]
Public [8]
Canada [5]
Source: Montreal Gazette [22], 10/09/2009

"New Brunswick Power to Close Coal-Fired Plant and Strip Mine" [23]

"New Brunswick Power announced today that the company will close its coal-fired Grand Lake generating station when its operating license expires in June 2010."
Energy & Fuel [24]
Public [8]
Canada [5]
Source: ENS [25], 09/30/2009

"Grizzly Bear Decline Alarms Conservationists in Canada" [26]

"A furious row has erupted in Canada with conservationists desperately lobbying the government to suspend the annual bear-hunting season following reports of a sudden drop in the numbers of wild bears spotted on salmon streams and key coastal areas where they would normally be feeding."
Biodiversity [27]
Public [8]
Canada [5]
Source: Guardian [28], 09/21/2009
April 26, 2010 to April 28, 2010

Third International Invasive Sea Squirt Conference [29]

Coastal Invaders Conference
Professional Meetings [30]
Visibility: 
Public [8]
Topics on the Beat: 
Fish & Fisheries [31]
Water & Oceans [10]
Region: 
Canada [5]
National (U.S.) [6]

"Enviros Greet Canada's PM with Tar Sands Protests Ahead of White House Meeting" [32]

"Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper is getting a chilly reception from environmental groups as he heads to the White House today to talk energy with President Obama."
Activism [33]
Public [8]
Canada [5]
Source: SolveClimate [34], 09/16/2009

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