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Read the latest updates and news releases about community science, water monitoring, Artists for Water, and more.
Asking Canadian and U.S. federal governments to jointly monitor radionuclides in the Great Lakes
Waterkeeper is one of over 100 organizations from around the Great Lakes who are calling on the Canadian and American governments to list radionuclides as a “chemical of mutual concern” under the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement (2012). A new report by the Canadian Environmental Law Association outlines the shortcomings of current efforts to track radionuclides and explains what changes needs to be done to monitor these radioactive discharges in the Great Lakes.
Memo: Analysis of Minister McKenna’s Decision on the DGR
In 2006, OPG submitted a proposal to store low and intermediate level nuclear waste in a deep geological repository (the ‘DGR’) along the shores of Lake Huron. Recently, the Minister of the Environment, Catherine McKenna rejected the Joint Review Panel's EA Report and requested additional information from OPG. Mark analyzes the situation and highlights the significance behind this telling decision.