Residents are fighting to protect what tests have shown is some of the more pure water in the world. The threat? Aggregate mining.
On January 14, 2021, a permit to take water (PTTW) was granted allowing CRH Canada, and more specifically its subsidiary, Dufferin Aggregates, to take nearly 1.5 million litres of water per day to wash aggregate extracted from their mining operation.
On January 27th Tiny Township Council unanimously voted to appeal the PTTW to the Environmental Review Tribunal.
There has been a long fight to protect what some tests have shown to be some of the most pure water anywhere in the world. The primary threat to this water is aggregate mining.
An application to expand the pit was submitted in 2012. You can see the area proposed for expansion, outlined in yellow, on the image below.
Expansion of the quarry would cause an increase in traffic to and from the mine, with an estimated 40 trucks an hour passing through the area. This is nearly one large truck per minute.
The aggregate industry has a terrible record of rehabilitation.
This is something they are required by law to do, but, for the most part, they don’t, and they get away with it.
In their 2006/2007 report, the Environmental Commissioner of Ontario noted that 100 out of 121 operations surveyed had not done the rehabilitation activities required under the Aggregate Resources Act.
Should Canada revisit the Energy East pipeline proposal to transport Alberta oil to Atlantic tidewater?
This question has reemerged from the dustbin to which it was consigned, due in large part to the unpredictability of the current U.S. administration.
With the advent of an antagonistic, or maybe hostile, administration to the south, and the threats made by Trump to our country, this month we’re asking about the actions you’ve taken in response, and whether there are nice surprises you’ve discovered along the way?
How can something be both a pollutant and, also, not a pollutant? CO₂, it so happens, is a great place to start in understanding this paradoxical situation.
This document responds to claims made by ‘KICLEI’ (Kicking International Council Out of Local Environmental Initiatives), an organization, seemingly led by a single individual, Maggie Braun, that advocates for municipalities to withdraw from global warming initiatives.
The document is lengthy. It does not have to be read in its entirety (indeed, it may be most useful as a reference document to ascertain the validity of different claims on an as-needed basis) to understand that the materials it counters are a grab-bag of claims, many rooted in conspiracy theories, many unsupported by evidence. Where attempts are made to provide sources and supporting facts, it is often in the form of links to Ms. Braun’s own work, or to other materials that remain well within the conspiracy echo chamber.
$42,000 Raised for Greenbelt Expansion in Simcoe County Media Release Barrie, ON On Saturday, November 23, the Simcoe County Greenbelt Coalition (SCGC) hosted its annual
As costs of climate impacts mount, it is becoming increasingly difficult for insurers to make a profit, which means they are both developing new strategies in an effort to make their product profitable, and, in some significant cases, withdrawing their product from certain markets entirely.
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