Fighting Dirty tells the story of how one small group of farmers, small-town residents, and Indigenous people fought the world’s largest waste disposal company to stop them from expanding a local dumpsite into a massive land fill. As one of the experts brought in to assess the impact the toxic waste would have on the community, Poh-Gek Forkert was part... Read more
Posts Tagged ‘Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte’
Coming Soon! A new book documents our stand to protect our community
August 12 | Posted by Jeff | The Leaky Land Blog
ERT Decision Supports Concerned Citizens vs Waste Management
January 6 | Posted by Jeff | The Leaky Land BlogIn its detailed decision dated December 24, 2015, the Environmental Review Tribunal (ERT) has ordered the Ontario Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change (MOECC) to impose significant improvements to Waste Management’s (WM) Environmental Monitoring Plan (EMP) for the now-closed Richmond Landfill located in Greater Napanee, Ontario. The ERT has also ordered a much stricter leachate detection regime. Full text... Read more
Environmental Review Tribunal – Final Argument – MBQ
June 22 | Posted by Jeff | The Leaky Land Blog, UncategorizedThis link is to the Final Submission of the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte (MBQ) to the Environmental Review Tribunal on June 22, 2015 MBQ – CLOSING SUBMISSIONS – FINAL – 150612 FINAL SUBMISSIONS OF THE APPELLANT (FINAL)
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