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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCollaborationFeature HomepageIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLake HuronLake OntarioLatest NewsNewsOntarioPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeThe ProvincesTorontoU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsMissed calls, forgotten instructions: Inside an oil spill cleanup on Toronto waterways
-A provincial spill report details a list of issues that arose as crews responded to an oil spill in two Toronto creeks that eventually made its way to Lake Ontario.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCollaborationIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLake OntarioLatest NewsNewsOntarioPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeTorontoU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsWater Quality and Restoration Efforts‘Containment breached’: How an oil spill in northwest Toronto made its way to Lake Ontario
-Last summer, contaminated sludge from a fire at a chemical plant reached Lake Ontario. The spill report raises questions about what the province told the public.
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APBudgetClimate ChangeEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature HomepageIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeScience, Technology, ResearchU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsEPA head Regan defends $20B green bank: ‘I feel really good about this program’
-The head of the Environmental Protection Agency defended a new $20 billion federal “green bank” program, saying it will finance a variety of projects to create low-carbon solutions to combat climate change.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipLatest NewsNewsOntarioPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsWater Quality and Restoration Efforts‘You start with us’: Conservation authority head has parting message for Ontario government
-Outgoing CEO of Conservation Halton reflects on government cuts and how to enable development while protecting nature and future generations.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipFeature HomepageLatest NewsNewsOntarioPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeTorontoU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsOntario weakens watershed protections (again) as natural resources minister gets new powers
-New rules reduce buffer zones between development and wetlands and empower Doug Ford’s cabinet to issue permits without their say.
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APFeature HomepageLatest NewsLeadNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsHarris announces $5.8 billion for water infrastructure projects, says clean water is a right
-The Biden administration announced that states will share $5.8 billion in federal funds for water infrastructure projects around the country.
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APFeature HomepageIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsThe Supreme Court wrestles with major challenges to the power of federal regulators
-The court heard arguments in two challenges brought by commercial fishermen to a fee requirement, though the facts of their cases were barely discussed in the courtroom.
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APForests and PlantsLatest NewsNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeScience, Technology, ResearchU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsBiden administration moves to protect old-growth forests as climate change brings fires, pests
-The Biden administration moved to conserve groves of old-growth trees on national forests across the U.S. and limit logging as climate change amplifies the threats they face from wildfires, insects and disease.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCollaborationEnbridge Line 5 and Other PipelinesIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsEnbridge: Federal review of Line 5 tunnel permit is ‘inexplicably lethargic’
-The Canadian energy giant pleads with Michigan officials to intervene, saying federal authorities are slow-walking their review of a key permit needed to build a tunnel in a pipeline under the Straits of Mackinac.
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AuthorsFeature HomepageJohn HartigLatest NewsNewsOntarioPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchTorontoU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsGreat Lakes Moment: University of Windsor to build capacity for Canada’s national urban parks
-Canada is creating a network of urban parks not only to conserve nature, but to connect people and advance reconciliation with Indigenous peoples.
