Confusion still surrounds who will spearhead Thunder Bay harbour cleanup
After going largely dormant in 2014, Thunder Bay is looking to rebuild a steering committee dedicated to remediating an estimated 400,000 m3 of mercury-contaminated...
Yukon nears end of public consult for Faro mine remediation
Remediation of Faro Mine in the Yukon, once the largest open pit lead-zinc mine in the world, is estimated to take 15-years and $590-million.
Freshwater oil spill study underway at Ontario’s Experimental Lakes facility
As part of a study, scientists are deliberately spilling oil to determine the impacts of diluted bitumen on freshwater systems.
BC park on former paint site to be remediated by city next to federal...
The British Columbia city of Victoria has approved $3.1 million towards the remediation of Laurel Point Park, where soil and groundwater were contaminated by...
Nova Scotia’s Boat Harbour cleanup plan getting clearer
A provincial plan is slowly being unveiled for Nova Scotia’s largest contaminated site, known as Boat Harbour, where a 140-hectare collection of settling ponds,...
Small Quebec town fined $100K for PCB violation
The small northwestern Quebec Town of Amos has been fined $100,000 and entered into the federal Environmental Offenders Registry after town officials pleaded guilty...
New proposed regulations on excess soil management
On April 16, the Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change (MOECC) posted brand new proposed regulations to address the management of excess soils...
Phase 2 underway for massive Randle Reef remediation
At Randle Reef in Ontario’s Hamilton Harbour, one of the most contaminated underwater sites on the Canadian side of the Great Lakes, construction of...
Latest spill shows North still struggling to prevent and control oil events
The Qulliq Energy Corporation (QEC), based in Nunavut, says a faulty automated valve and loose plug were the likely culprits in a March diesel...
Port Hope’s $1.28B radioactive waste removal underway in Ontario
Beginning in April 2018, and continuing through the summer, the first loads of an estimated 1.2 million cubic metres of historic low-level radioactive waste...
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Stormwater ponds not a major source of greenhouse gas emissions, study...
Stormwater ponds, a ubiquitous feature in developed landscapes worldwide, are not a significant source of climate-warming nitrous oxide, a new study finds.
