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NDP proposes environmental ‘right-to-know’ bill for voters

Globe and Mail – Canada
TORONTO — An NDP government in Ontario would bring in a “right
to know” environmental law to force polluters to disclose the
chemicals they emit and

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Nothing clear cut within environmental movement

Barrie Advance – Ontario, Canada
Gord Miller, Ontario‘s Environmental Commissioner, recently
noted the MOE is usually able to actually monitor only about three to four
per cent of Ontario‘s

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TTC Environmental Assessments Speeded Up By Addition of Transit

Market Wire (press release) – USA
In the fall of 2004, an advisory panel was appointed to assist in finding
ways to improve Ontario’s Environmental Assessment (EA) process
in a number of

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Renewable Energy Harms Environment, Says Leading Environmental

The Heartland Institute – Chicago,IL,USA
For example, if you could collect the average annual rainfall of the 900000
square kilometer Canadian province of Ontario–about 680000 billion
liters of

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Mark Stabile on the policy visions behind the promises

National Post – Canada
Let’s take the environment for example. Ontarians are rightly
challenged to provide a framework for a greener Ontario. All parties
are promising to provide

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Ontario waste company fined for infractions

Solid Waste & Recycling – Toronto,Ontario,Canada
in Stratford, Ontario, has been fined $100000 after
pleading guilty to failing to comply with conditions set by the Ministry of
the Environment.

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Missed energy opportunities

Toronto Star – Ontario, Canada
Third, the plan makes clear that cost (ie investment in nuclear power)
trumps the environment after the minister’s directive has been
met, though it doesn’t

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$3 million for community groups pursuing renewable energy in Ontario

ECO/Huff Strategy (press release) – Toronto,Ontario,Canada
Ms Doncaster, formerly the Executive Director of the Ontario
Sustainable Energy Association, is the driving force behind the creation of
this fund.


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