Tag: toxic

  • Record Number Of Clean Beach Blue Flags Now Flying

    Record Number Of Clean Beach Blue Flags Now Flying

    More Canadian beaches and marinas awarded Blue Flags 2018 is another record year for Canada’s waterfronts, 27 beaches and nine marinas have been awarded a coveted Blue Flag, including our very first coastal flag at beautiful Aboiteau Beach, NB. The Blue Flag is the internationally recognized symbol of environmental excellence for beaches and marinas. Read…

  • It Will Cost Over $45 Billion To Clean Up Alberta Toxic Tailings Ponds

    It Will Cost Over $45 Billion To Clean Up Alberta Toxic Tailings Ponds

    The numbers are staggering. For over 50 years, the tars sands industry in Alberta has been producing a toxic brew of water, sand, silt and petrochemical waste products and storing them in what the industry refers to as “tailings ponds”.  And, the volumes are only growing – surpassing 1 TRILLION litres, covering an area greater…