Lake Ontario Waterkeeper » Podcast
1) Free: Petitcodiac River flows again (Show 16 – 2010)
In our final full-length episode of the Winter 2010 broadcast season, Waterkeeper takes you to Moncton, New Brunswick. We celebrate the opening of the causeway gates on the famed Petitcodiac Riverkeep...Show More
2) Workshop: Waterkeeper and law students team up (Show 15 – 2010)
To mark the end of the Clean Water Workshop, the Waterkeeper staff chat with our Toronto law students about their work during the 2009-2010 school year. In partnership with Pro Bono Students Canada, U...Show More
3) Antiquated: Ontario’s “modern” law means dark ages for environment (Show 14 – 2010)
Ontario’s new “modernization” law will amend the province’s most important environmental legislation. And, in the process, it will send the province back to the Dark Ages of en...Show More
4) Edwards v DTE: Case Closed (Show 13 – 2010)
Edwards vs. DTE Energy was one of the most groundbreaking private prosecutions in environmental law. The case against one American coal-fired power plant operator is now closed. We helped to investiga...Show More
5) The taking of the Clearwater River (Show 12 – 2010)
The Clearwater River is one of Canada’s remaining pristine wilderness rivers. Few places on earth have such historical, cultural, navigable, and ecological value. So why is a Canadian oil compan...Show More
6) Wind Re-Wind (Show 11 – 2010)
It is the year 2040. You are in the middle of Lake Ontario, floating towards the Thousand Islands. What do you see? Miles and miles of uninterrupted shoreline? Or row upon row of white wind turbines? ...Show More
7) Stalled: The Hamilton Harbour Cleanup (Show 10 – 2010)
Deep at the bottom of Hamilton Harbour, there is a creeping menace. It is a “spill in slow motion”, a toxic cocktail of coal tar, metals, and man-made chemicals. Formally known as “R...Show More
8) Environmental Prosecutions (Show 9 – 2010)
Environmental prosecutions are making headlines again as Syncrude finds itself in court in Alberta. The company has contaminated ponds at its tar sands site in Alberta and is facing charges from both ...Show More
9) Sewage Mistreatment (Episode 8 – 2010)
Wet weather means massive amounts of sewage pouring into Lake Ontario. Fraser Riverkeeper still seeks an end to sewage pollution in Vancouver. The feds are forging new rules for wastewater treatment p...Show More
10) Signs (Episode 7 – 2010 feat. Fraser Riverkeeper)
Last December, Fraser Riverkeeper discovered toxic sediment in Vancouver’s False Creek. With the Olympic Games just a few weeks away, and False Creek running right past the Athlete’s Villa...Show More
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