Tag: human health
Everything to know about microplastics in the Great Lakes
Shortly after Chelsea Rochman moved to Toronto to start her current faculty job at University of Toronto, she began working with the Government of Canada to sample microplastics in fish from Lake Ontario. What she found, she said, shocked her. They found microplastics in every single fish they tested. Every single fish.
ClimeFi Launches Analyst Rating Coverage On Deep Sky’s Tech-Agnostic DAC Projects
In a step toward scaling direct air capture (DAC) solutions, ClimeFi has announced the initiation of Analyst Rating coverage on Deep Sky, the Canada-based project developer pioneering a technology-agnostic approach to carbon removal. The company’s pilot facility, Deep Sky Alpha, is the first Deep Sky project to receive full coverage … [continued]
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Concerns over Bill 5’s proposed environmental rollbacks raised during keynote talk
Ontario Nature’s former director of conservation and education called the province’s proposed environmental deregulation “painful,” “grim,” and “heartbreaking” at a recent talk in Owen Sound. Dr. Anne Bell gave a keynote speech at the Harmony Centre in Owen Sound on April 27 as part of the Owen Sound Field Naturalists Earth Day celebration. The presentation, Rapture […]
Derelict Petrol Station Transforming Into An EV Charging Hub
Politics and public policy are important but they are not everything. The transition to sustainable transportation and energy continues despite attempts to stop it. The misinformation and disinformation may slow it somewhat, but overall, it simply is too critical for human health and the environment to be shut down. We, … [continued]
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Great Lakes Moment: Government downsizing, defunding and deregulating at what environmental cost?
Great Lakes Moment is a monthly column written by Great Lakes Now Contributor John Hartig. Publishing the author’s views and assertions does not represent endorsement by Great Lakes Now or Detroit PBS.
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