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London, Ontario is going to ban bottled water!

August 19, 2008 by Michael Zimmermann 1 Comment

Although I’m not a fan of banning everything for our own good, this makes me smile. I’d have preferred if they just levied an environmental impact fee on buyers, but hey. Read the article on the London’s plans to phase out bottled water.

Filed Under: Conservation, News Tagged With: bottled water, environment, London Ontario, politics, water

Ontario takes a good step to preserve boreal forests

August 16, 2008 by Michael Zimmermann Leave a Comment

There’s a good writeup CPAWs site about how our Boreal forests are going to be given a bit more protection when industrial development decisions get made. With any new policy or announcement that involves big business and the environment, I’m always a bit skeptical, but this seems like a great start. Continued conservation of Boreal…

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Filed Under: Conservation Tagged With: boreal forest, Conservation, CPAWS, environment, government, ontario, politics, species at risk, woodland caribou

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