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PGO's submission to MECP in response to Proposed Amendments to Certain Requirements under the Excess Soil Regulation
PGO
PGO recently made a submission to MECP calling for the ministry to provide educational resources to qualified persons to guide them in the interpretation and implementation of O.Reg.406/19. PGO acknowledges the work of the Environmental Geoscience Subcommittee chaired by Simon Gautrey, P.Geo., FGC for leading the development of a response to the ministry on behalf of PGO. Please click on this link to see PGO’s submission.
The MECP’s proposed amendments, ERO # 019-6240 is open for public comments from Nov. 3, 2022 to Dec. 3, 2022. Click on this link to see the ERO posting.
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Annual workshop for geoscience students returning to Sudbury
Northern Ontario Business
The annual exploration trip to Sudbury for mining students from across Canada is back on for 2023, after a three-year hold because of the pandemic.
The annual event known as S-IMEW, the Student-Industry Mineral Exploration Workshop, will take place in May of 2023.
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Ontario training Indigenous people for well-paying jobs in the skilled trades
Government of Ontario
The Ontario government is investing $1.5 million in three Thunder Bay training projects to make it easier for people in Northern Ontario to start rewarding careers in the skilled trades and address critical labour shortages in forestry and mining. Over 100 Indigenous people will get practical, hands-on training and apprenticeship experience to prepare for well-paying jobs in the North.
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Sudbury company sells wildflower seeds that help with mine reclamation efforts
CTV News
A Sudbury business is growing and distributing perennial wildflower seeds for companies looking for ways to re-green mining sites as part of remediation efforts.
Northern Wildflowers has been in business for 10 years and is steadily growing as a supplier for reclamation efforts and retail sales of seeds that are 100 per cent Canadian.
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Tribunal allows appeals associated with former IMICO lands
Guelph News
Contaminants on the former IMICO foundry property may still pose “significant harm” to the environment, the Ontario Land Tribunal (OLT) recently ruled.
In a decision handed down late last month, the OLT opened the way for two neighbours of the municipally owned property at 200 Beverly St. to appeal a certificate of property use (CPU) issued earlier this year by the Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks.
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The Master of Earth and Energy Resources Leadership at Queen’s University is training future leaders in the natural resource industry. Through part-time delivery and interdisciplinary courses accessed primarily online, you can continue working from anywhere in the world while earning your degree. Visit our website today to learn more.
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Western geologist to lead team developing lunar rover
BlackburnNews.com
Canada’s first lunar rover will have strong ties to Western University.
Western planetary geologist Gordon “Oz” Osinski has been tapped to be the principal investigator and scientific lead on the project, the university announced recently.
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The use of natural outdoor laboratories can reduce threats to freshwater biodiversity
The Conversation
From densely developed cities and geometric agricultural plots to the ubiquitous roadways, pipelines and power grids, an aerial view of the earth reveals our impact on our landscapes. In less populated areas, unprecedented glacial melt and deep craters caused by the thawing of frozen soil and rock called permafrost megaslumps give stark reminders of the ongoing climate crisis.
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The School of Earth, Environment & Society (SEES) at McMaster offers exciting learning opportunities in the earth and environmental sciences, with opportunities for accreditation with the Professional Geoscientists Ontario (PGO). SEES offers world class facilities, a multidisciplinary research environment and field, laboratory and modeling opportunities. Learn more
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Teck Resources, B.C. government pressed Ottawa to resist investigation into coal mine pollution
The Narwhal
Internal documents show the B.C. government and mining giant Teck Resources quietly lobbied senior federal officials to quash a potential Canada-U.S. inquiry into transboundary water pollution from Teck’s coal mines in southeast B.C.
A February 2022 document prepared for senior provincial officials states “B.C. remains opposed” to the possibility of an inquiry into the extensive contamination.
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USU geoscientist says sea-level changes formed Australia's K'gari Sand Island, Great Barrier Reef
Utah State University
How did the world’s largest sand island, K’gari, the indigenous name for eastern Australia’s Fraser Island, along with the Great Barrier Reef, the world’s largest coral reef, come to be? Little is known about the formation of these UNESCO World Heritage-listed sites, which have been influenced by a stable, long-term tectonic history over the Quaternary period that began 2.6 million years ago.
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Desert dust collected from glacier ice helps document climate change
Ohio State News
Researchers from The Ohio State University are using dust trapped in glacier ice in Tibet to document past changes in Earth’s intricate climate system — and maybe one day help predict future changes.
Their findings suggest that the dust composition in samples collected from different areas and depths of the same glacier can vary greatly, a discovery that hints that a complete dust record could offer up more secrets than scientists realize.
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Earth can regulate its own temperature over millennia, new study finds
MIT News
The Earth’s climate has undergone some big changes, from global volcanism to planet-cooling ice ages and dramatic shifts in solar radiation. And yet life, for the last 3.7 billion years, has kept on beating.
Now, a study by MIT researchers in Science Advances confirms that the planet harbors a “stabilizing feedback” mechanism that acts over hundreds of thousands of years to pull the climate back from the brink, keeping global temperatures within a steady, habitable range.
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