Recent scientific evidence (agreed to by the Ministry of Environment) has established that the Richmond Landfill is leaking leachate into the groundwater far off-site. Leachate has contaminated 6 off-site private domestic wells, which together with a significant swath of countryside are contaminated to above limits of the Ministry of the Environment’s Reasonable Use Policy. The contaminated groundwater contains numerous chemicals,... Read more
Posts Tagged ‘fractured bedrock’
Steve Medd on why you should care about the Richmond Landfill and the BREC megadump proposal
May 30 | Posted by Jeff | The Leaky Land Blog
Canadian Environmental Law Association reacts to the MOE decision refusing to review EPA
October 17 | Posted by Jeff | The Leaky Land BlogThe MOE has decided not to review the EPA with regard to the siting of landfills on unsuitable locations like farctured bedrock. The Concerned Citizens and supporting groups have vowed to continue pressing for the change. Read the details and CELA’s reaction in their BLOG by clicking this link:http://www.cela.ca/blog/2013-10-17/how-say-no-unsuitable-landfill-sites-ontario
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Oxford Coalition for Social Justice supports our call to amend regulations for dump siting
September 23 | Posted by Jeff | The Leaky Land BlogThe Concerned Citizens have submitted a request through Ontario’s Environmental Bill of Rights process to have the regulations for siting landfills amended to not allow the siting of new landfills or the expansion of existing landfills on land that is unsuitable for landfilling like fractured bedrock. The Oxford Coalition for Social Justice based in Woodstock Ontario have written the following... Read more
Napanee Beaver July 18 – ‘Groups Seek Law Change’
July 30 | Posted by Jeff | News, The Leaky Land BlogMOE urged to ban new landfills on fractured bedrock by Seth Duchene Opponents of the proposed Beechwood Road Environmental Centre west of Napanee are looking for a legislative solution to their ongoing fight with Waste Management. Last week, the Concerned Citizens of Tyendinaga and Environs along with the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte announced that they would be asking the Ontario... Read more
Residents, Mohawks, Environmentalists Apply for Changes in Ontario’s Landfill Law
July 11 | Posted by Jeff | News, The Leaky Land BlogNo Means No! Residents, Mohawks and Environmentalists Apply for Changes in Ont. Landfill Law (Toronto). Three participants in the long-standing fight against the Richmond Landfill near Napanee... Read more
Concerned Citizens Battle Waste Management on Leaky Land
April 23 | Posted by Heather | The Leaky Land BlogMost of us are happy to put the garbage on the curb and have it magically disappear the next day. Where does it go? Who cares? Once its out of sight, it’s out of mind. Besides, we pay waste management companies big bucks to safely dispose of this stuff. So no worries, right? Wrong. The companies that manage our waste make a healthy profit. In fact,... Read more
Ian Munro supports regulation changes on unsuitable landfill siting and to prevent redundant applications
August 2 | Posted by Jeff | Letters & Comments, The Leaky Land Blog30 July 2013 Mr. Gord Miller Environmental Commissioner of Ontario 1075 Bay Street, Suite 605 Toronto, ON M5S 2B1 Dear Commissioner Miller, I write in support of the application for review of section 27 of the Environmental Protection Act submitted by Concerned Citizens and others. As one of the many citizens who have tracked developments related to the Richmond landfill in Greater Napanee for years I am only... Read more