Disorder at the Borders: Photographers Aim To Document and Protect Borderland Environments
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Canada Powerless To Recall Toxic Trinkets: Audit
"Tests are turning up dangerous levels of lead in children's jewelry, but the federal government can't compel companies to recall the toxic trinkets, says a new report by Canada's environmental watchdog."
Source: Canadian Press, 11/04/2009
"Multiyear Arctic Ice Is Effectively Gone: Expert"
"The multiyear ice covering the Arctic Ocean has effectively vanished, a startling development that will make it easier to open up polar shipping routes, an Arctic expert said on Thursday."
Source: Reuters, 10/30/2009
Groups Pinpoint Threats to Selected Canadian and US Rivers
The widespread perception of water abundance in Canada is a myth, according to a new report by the World Wildlife Fund-Canada. See details for the 10 selected rivers, most of which cross political boundaries within Canada or between Canada and the United States.
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"Young Musician Dies From Coyote Attack"
"Conservation officers in Cape Breton were still hunting Wednesday for one of the coyotes that took the life of a young Toronto musician who was on an East Coast tour."
Source: Halifax Chronicle Herald, 10/29/2009
US, Canada, Mexico Aim To Coordinate Toxics Databases
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.
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"Raising a Stink Over ... The 'BIG PIPE'"
"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."
Source: Toronto Sun, 10/20/2009
"Controversy Heats up as Cities Look To Incinerators"
"Groups argue over whether benefits of green technology outweigh the possible health effects associated with burning garbage."
Source: Canwest, 10/20/2009
"The Trouble Facing Canadian Rivers"
"Canada's major waterways have suffered significant alterations in their natural flows, a WWF-Canada report contends."
Source: Toronto Globe & Mail, 10/15/2009
"Where They Grow Our Junk Food"
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."
Source: Toronto Star, 10/12/2009
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