TORONTO – Il 2024 sarà l’anno decisivo per lo stoccaggio (quasi) definitivo delle scorie nucleari canadesi: verso la fine dell’anno che sta per iniziare, infatti, la Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) prevede di selezionare il sito per il deposito geologico profondo in cui milioni di fasci di combustibile nucleare usato saranno collocati in una rete di stanze collegate da tunnel cavernosi, ad una profondità alta quanto la Cn Tower…
TORONTO – 2024 will be the decisive year for the (almost) definitive storage of Canadian nuclear waste: towards the end of the year that is about to begin, in fact, the Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) plans to select the site for the storage deep geological facility in which millions of used nuclear fuel bundles will be placed in a network of rooms connected by cavernous tunnels, at a depth as deep as the Cn Tower. (more…)
TORONTO – The Ontario government has introduced legislation that will return parcels of land to the Greenbelt (the “green areas” where you cannot build) and codify its boundaries, increasing protection of the Greenbelt itself and the Oak Ridges Moraine areas. (more…)
TORONTO – Un nuovo rapporto commissionato dal governo del premier Doug Ford – ma in qualche modo “insabbiato” dallo stesso esecutivo – avverte che i cambiamenti climatici comportano rischi elevati per l’Ontario, con impatti su tutto, dalla produzione alimentare alle infrastrutture e fino alle imprese…
TORONTO – A new report commissioned by the government of Premier Doug Ford – but somehow “covered up” by the government itself – warns that climate change poses high risks for Ontario, with impacts on everything from food production to infrastructure and businesses. The report – called the Provincial Climate Change Impact Assessment and carried out by a team of researchers from the Sudbury-based Climate Risk Institute – predicts an increasing number of days with extreme heat across Ontario, as well as an increase in flooding and fires. (more…)