Tag: Environment Canada
Friend and Foe
Urban roads and expansive highways propel our interconnected economy and mobile lifestyle, but a snowstorm can bring productivity crashing to a halt. Not to...
Holiday News Roundup
Happy New Year! A brief news roundup following a two-week break:
1. Shortly after the Royal Society of Canada released its oil sands report and...
Monitoring Not Adequate: Vaughan
Environment Canada is not adequately monitoring Canada’s fresh water resources, says Scott Vaughan, Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development, in his report tabled today...
North 60° Petro Fined for Hydrocarbon Discharge into Yukon River
North 60° Petro Limited pleaded guilty on November 12, 2010, in Whitehorse Territorial Court for failing to comply with an Environment Canada...
Oilsands Panel Unveiled
In response to concerns about industrial pollution in the Athabasca River and connecting waterways, Canada's environment minister, Jim Prentice, has appointed an independent advisory...
Canada-Manitoba Sign Lake Winnipeg Clean-Up Memorandum
Vic Toews, Minister of Public Safety and Member of Parliament for Provencher, on behalf of Canada's Environment Minister, Jim Prentice, and Manitoba's Minister...
Toronto-Area Rivers High in PCBs: Study
A University of Toronto study of the concentrations of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and other chemicals in the rivers running into Lake Ontario reveals significantly...
$3.75M Invested in Water Quality Research
The feds are making an investment in water quality research at the Universities of Lethbridge and Saskatchewan.Today's investment totals $3.75 million and will go...
Proposed Wastewater Regs Published
The proposed Wastewater Systems Effluent Regulations have been published in Canada Gazette, Part I beginning the formal 60-day public comment period.
As Environment Minister Jim...
Playing Catch Up
In water and wastewater treatment, carbon nanotube technology (CNT) has many advantages, such as reusability and therefore increased efficiency compared to traditional membranes that...
