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NDACT Press release- review will draw on 2010 State of the Aggregate Resource in Ontario Study (SAROS) research and stakeholder consultation
ATTENTION:
Conservation, Ecology, Environment, Green, Politics, Pollution, Recycling, Sustainable
SOURCE:
North Dufferin Agricultural Community Task Force (“NDACT”)
David Suzuki Foundation
For further information:
Carl Michener
Outwrite Communications
416 476 7484
carl@outwrite.ca
Mega-Quarry Proposal Triggers Review of Act
Ontario Liberals commit to review of Aggregate Resources Act
September 20th, 2011
Toronto, ON – Following months of heated controversy regarding a mega-quarry proposal for Melancthon Township south of Collingwood, Lori Holloway, the Ontario Liberal candidate for Dufferin-Caledon, confirmed today that the
Protection of aquifer should be election priority
There is much local interest in the Melancthon Township Mega Quarry, and there are many protests planned to put an end to this insane idea.
However, one issue that is not receiving enough attention in this provincial election in Guelph is the threat to the safety of our own water supply. One of the biggest threats to our pristine groundwater is from the Dolime quarry. This quarry’s current licence allows its owners to extract material to a prescribed legal depth limit, and therein lies the problem.
Guelph relies almost 100 per cent on ground water, as opposed to… Read the rest
RELEASE: Maude Barlow calls mega-quarry announcement a good start
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
The Council of Canadians asks all candidates to commit to protecting Ontario water
Barlow calls MOE announcement on proposed mega-quarry a good start
September 2, 2011- The Council of Canadians is cautiously optimistic about the announcement by Ontario’s Minister of the Environment, John Wilkinson, that a proposed mega-quarry in Melancthon Township will be required to submit an Environmental Assessment. “More than 130,000 people have called on this government to reject the mega-quarry outright but Minister Wilkinson’s decision is the next best thing” said Maude Barlow, Chair of the Board of the Council of Canadians. “The… Read the rest
H2O Now! Biennial Meeting Detroit 2011
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NDACT Press release- NDACT will present local government reps with petitions for a Federal and Provincial Environmental Joint panel mega quarry review, First Nations join
For Imediate release
Attention: No Mega Quarry, Environment, Water, Food, Sustainable, First Nations
Petitions calling for environmental assessments to be presented to Governments of Ontario and Canada
When: 10:00 am, Monday August 29
Where: Monora Park, Orangeville
Guelph granted extension for quarry comments
Mon Aug 15 2011
http://www.guelphmercury.com/news/local/article/578784–guelph-granted-extension-for-quarry-comments
GUELPH — The City of Guelph has been granted extra time to comment on an application to double the extraction rate at a local quarry.
The city had asked the province to extend the commenting period on the four-year-old application in a July 26 letter alleging the license represents an “assault on the safety of Guelph’s drinking water.”
A subsequent letter from the Ministry of Natural Resources seemed to suggest the extension would not be granted.
But on Monday, the office of MPP Liz Sandals circulated a press release in which Sandals was given
Our letter to the editor in response to the mercury article on Dolime
City has water worries at quarry
By Jessica Lovell
Guelph Tribune
http://www.guelphtribune.ca/news/city-has-water-worries-at-quarry/
Guelph’s mayor has been in touch with the Ministry of Natural Resources over concerns that the city’s water supply is being threatened by an application to double extraction limits at the DoLime Quarry.
“Operation of the quarry under the proposed Management Plan would present a threat to the city’s water supply and therefore a threat to the health of Guelph citizens and visitors,” said Mayor Karen Farbridge in a recent letter to the ministry.
The letter was in regards to a July 2007 application to amend the licence
Council of Canadaians Guelph Update
Thanks to all who attended the AGM . A full house heard an excellent presentation on the Melancthon Mega-Quarry by Carl Cosack. Please check out information at our Guelph chapter website www.coc-guelph.ca for followup actions on the Mega-Quarry and for notes on Carl Cosack’s excellent presentation on the quarry.
In Ontario, the Council of Canadians is opposing the gravel quarry proposed in Melancthon (about 100 kilometres north of Toronto), http://www.canadians.org/campaignblog/?p=7944. We have also expressed concern about the Wawa gravel quarry on Lake Superior, http://www.canadians.org/campaignblog/?p=1544 and the proposed Nelson Aggregates gravel quarry at Mount Nemo… Read the rest
Chong Opposes Mega-Quarry in House of Commons
Hon. Michael Chong, P.C., M.P.
Wellington-Halton Hills News Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 15th, 2011
Chong Opposes Mega-Quarry in House of Commons
Chong requests a Federal Environmental Assessment and a Panel Review
OTTAWA – Michael Chong, M.P. for Wellington-Halton Hills, voiced opposition to the
Highland Companies’ mega-quarry in the House of Commons today. At 2,500 acres, the
proposed mega-quarry in Dufferin County would be one of the largest open-pit mines in
Canada, destroying prime farmland and natural habitat for local flora and fauna. By delving
more than 200 feet below the surface, it… Read the rest
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