Tag: Garbage
We Remember Them event aims to honour the dead and aid the afflicted
It’s been six years since Gelja Sheardown’s husband died of a fentanyl overdose in their Owen Sound home. The mother of three children, including young twins, started the city’s We Remember Them event to honour and recognize victims of the opioid crisis a year after her husband, Barrett Warwick, died. On Saturday, the fifth-annual event […]
Trash on ice sparks movement to keep waterways clean
No matter the season, organizations across the Great Lakes region are fighting to keep waterways garbage-free.
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DNR gives tips on interacting with black bears emerging from winter dens
As Michigan’s black bears emerge from their winter dens in search of food, the state is giving tips on how to prevent potential conflicts with the animals.
Burning Plastic Isn’t Renewable: Rethinking Waste & Power In Hawaii
The starting point for evaluating Oʻahu’s waste-to-energy plant is the fully electrified energy system developed earlier in this series. Once overseas aviation fuel, international maritime bunkering, and military energy consumption are removed from the accounting, and once transportation, buildings, and industry are electrified, the island’s civilian electricity demand settles at … [continued]
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Huron-Kinloss under flood warning, residents encouraged to stay home
The Maitland Valley Conservation Authority (MVCA) has issued a flood warning for the Nine Mile River watershed, including Lucknow and surrounding areas, with residents encouraged to stay home. According to a Township of Huron-Kinloss news release, flooding is imminent or already occurring, following a band of heavy thunderstorms early this morning that delivered 40 to […]