U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow, co-chair of the U.S. Senate Great Lakes Task Force, and Gary Peters applauded the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works passage of its bipartisan Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Act of 2024. The legislation would extend the program for another five years through 2031 and increase annual funding authorization from $475…
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The disappearance of wolves from a large island on Lake Superior means the timing is good for restoring its caribou herd. The Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks says plans are underway to transport a dozen boreal caribou to Lake Superior’s Michipicoten Island. Read the full story by SN News Watch. Read the full…
SARNIA – Ineos Styrolution issued a notice Monday morning “as a proactive precaution” about benzene emissions detected at its Sarnia chemical plant, which is the subject of a suspension order by Ontario’s Environment Ministry. The company announced that hourly benzene emissions at its site have been detected above 0.021 parts-per million as a nearby Indigenous […]
Further Recovery for The Freshwater Filter Feeding Saginaw Bay dlamberty Fri, 05/03/2024 – 8:52 am A wood duck drake at the Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge. (Credit: Mike Budd, USFWS) A wood duck drake at the Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge. (Credit: Mike Budd, USFWS) Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge has undergone a dramatic transformation over the past…
Ontario’s Ministry of the Environment has ordered a petrochemical facility in Sarnia to suspend its production operations after high benzene emissions, first flagged by a neighbouring First Nation. Aamjiwnaang First Nation, which is surrounded by industrial facilities and monitors air quality readings, recently said citizens fell ill and there were high emissions of the cancer-causing […]
A small contingent of youth from two area schools descended on the woods near Sauble Beach on Wednesday where their knowledge and skills on the local environment were put to the test. The teams from St. Mary’s High School and Bruce Peninsula District School were participating in what organizers are hoping is the beginning of […]
A “once in a lifetime” plan for a subdivision of nearly 1,100 homes in northeast London next to a conservation area was praised Tuesday by city councillors but faces pushback from the Upper Thames River Conservation Authority. In a unanimous vote Tuesday, city council’s planning and environment committee gave the nod to the proposed 1,079-home […]
The Sydenham Sportsmen Association’s work for conservation and the environment is year-round, but this weekend was an especially busy one for the organization. On Saturday, the club was back along the shores of the Sydenham River and the Owen Sound harbour for their annual Earth Day Cleanup, while on Sunday they gathered at Montessori School […]
Aamjiwnaang First Nation officials kept pushing Thursday for government action after high readings of benzene were recorded earlier in the week at an air monitoring station near its Sarnia-area office.
A week of have-it-all weather in the London region will take a decidedly chilly mid-April turn this weekend when sub-zero temperatures return, Environment Canada predicts.
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