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PGO Webinar: Randle Reef Sediment Remediation Project — Overview and selected Geoscience aspects

Sept. 29, 2021 at 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m. ET Speaker: Matthew Graham, M.Sc., P.Geo. Don’t miss this learning event! Matthew Graham, Senior Sediment Remediation Specialist from Environment and Climate Change...

source: PGO

Natural asset guidelines now available for engineers and geoscientists

Engineers and Geoscientists British Columbia published its Professional Practice Guidelines — Local Government Asset Management to describe expectations and obligations of professional engineers and geoscientists as they practice...

source: Municipal Natural Assets Initiative (MNAI)

Ontario releasing guidance to support proof of vaccination policy

As the province continues to respond to the fourth wave of the pandemic driven by the highly transmissible Delta variant, the government is further protecting Ontarians through continued actions that encourage every eligible person to...

source: Government of Ontario

A recent reversal in the response of western Greenland's ice caps to climate change

Greenland may be best known for its enormous continental scale ice sheet that soars up to 3,000 meters above sea level, whose rapid melting is a leading contributor to global sea level rise. But surrounding this massive ice...

source: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution via Phys.org

Renowned hydrologist speaks in Clayton about state of lake, river water level monitoring

The Great Lakes average water levels can vary widely between seasons and years, but the trends that impact those levels are still not as well understood as experts wish they were. That’s according to Drew Gronewold,...

source: nny360.com

Mount Polley loses appeal of $9,000 penalty for violating new wastewater permit

The company responsible for Canada’s largest tailings spill failed to meet new provincial conditions for a wastewater permit in the wake of a 2014 mining disaster, B.C.’s Environmental Appeal Board has ruled. The...

source: The Narwhal

Water Research Institute director updates WV legislators on rare earth recovery efforts, urges law clarifying ownership

The long-term environmental problem of acid mine drainage in West Virginia could offer a long-term economic solution. West Virginia Water Research Institute Director Paul Ziemkiewicz made that pitch recently...

source: Charleston Gazette-Mail

Ottawa wants public feedback on Larder Lake gold mine project

Agnico Eagle wants to build a gold and copper mine north of Larder Lake, near the Quebec border, and the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada is inviting public feedback. The agency said it has accepted the initial project description for...

source: Northern Ontario Business

Canadian government invests $40 million into CEMI's mining innovation project

On July 13, the Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, minister of innovation, science and industry, announced a $40 million investment into the $112.4 million sustainable mining project from the Centre for Excellence...

source: CIM Magazine

What does a Noront bidding war mean for the Sault's ferrochrome plant?

Ask Alan Coutts what's to become of a proposed ferrochrome processing plant for Sault Ste. Marie and the president of Noront Resources gives a straightaway answer. "That will ultimately be a question that will be answered by the new...

source: Sault Ste. Marie News

Region of 'super corals' discovered

In 2019, a hydrology professor at The University of Texas at Austin set out on a research project to see if he could identify harmful nutrients flowing through groundwater into a delicate coral reef sanctuary in the Philippines. He achieved this goal, but following the long...

source: UT News

How adding rock dust to soil can help get carbon into the ground

On a hot and humid August day near Geneva, NY, Garrett Boudinot stands in a field of hemp, the green stalks towering a foot or more over his 6-foot, 4-inch frame. Today, the mustached Cornell University research assistant will harvest...

source: Yale E360

Efforts underway to recruit hundreds of mine workers in the Timmins area

The Mining Industry Human Resource Council says Canada's mining sector will experience a great need for workers in the next few years, especially those skilled in the trades. In northern Ontario, officials said hundreds of mining...

source: CTV News

First Nation in northwestern Ontario granted temporary injunction to prevent mineral exploration

A First Nation in Treaty 9 in northwestern Ontario is celebrating a legal win that will see a sacred area in its lands temporarily protected from mineral exploration activities. A judge with the Ontario Superior Court...

source: CBC News

What climate change means for southern Ontario and Quebec

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) recently released the first report of the sixth assessment cycle. Three others will follow in 2022. This volume of nearly 4,000 pages has observations on climate change from the past 150 years and projections for climate...

source: The Conversation

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PGO Webinar: Randle Reef Sediment Remediation Project — Overview and selected Geoscience aspects

Natural asset guidelines now available for engineers and geoscientists

Ontario releasing guidance to support proof of vaccination policy

A recent reversal in the response of western Greenland's ice caps to climate change

Renowned hydrologist speaks in Clayton about state of lake, river water level monitoring

Mount Polley loses appeal of $9,000 penalty for violating new wastewater permit

Water Research Institute director updates WV legislators on rare earth recovery efforts, urges law clarifying ownership

Ottawa wants public feedback on Larder Lake gold mine project

Canadian government invests $40 million into CEMI's mining innovation project

What does a Noront bidding war mean for the Sault's ferrochrome plant?

Region of 'super corals' discovered

How adding rock dust to soil can help get carbon into the ground

Efforts underway to recruit hundreds of mine workers in the Timmins area

First Nation in northwestern Ontario granted temporary injunction to prevent mineral exploration

What climate change means for southern Ontario and Quebec

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