April 26, 2013
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Hubert Chathi: interesting article about different varieties of apples (and one man's quest to save them) #
Link: http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2013/04/heritage-apples-john-bunker-maine
Via: reddit
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November 20, 2012
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15:52 -0500
Hubert Chathi: "If children lose contact with nature, they won't fight for it" #
Link: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/nov/19/children-lose-contact-with-nature?cat=commentisfree&type=article
Via: reddit
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September 21, 2012
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16:17 -0400
Hubert Chathi: Elderly on "Being Green" #
Link: http://www.reddit.com/r/environment/comments/zocxo/elderly_on_being_green/
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June 5, 2012
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11:51 -0400
Hubert Chathi: "5 ways Canadians are protesting the budget bill" # #
Link: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2012/06/04/pol-list-five-ways-protest-budget-bill.html
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June 3, 2012
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Hubert Chathi: I'm speaking out in defence of nature and democracy # # #
Link: http://blackoutspeakout.ca
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June 2, 2011
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12:19 -0400
Hubert Chathi: green energy and energy storage research. I like this. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/story/2011/06/02/pei-wind-energy-storage-584.html #
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December 8, 2009
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Hubert Chathi: US rules greenhouse gases 'hazards' http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2009/12/200912723433211121.html # #
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October 17, 2009
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Hubert Chathi: learned a lot at the Waterloo Region's # workshop today # #
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May 14, 2009
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Hubert Chathi: is hopeful about the Region of Waterloo's rapid transit plan http://rapidtransit.region.waterloo.on.ca/ # #
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April 1, 2009
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Hubert Chathi: congratulates Waterloo region for approving the expansion of the green bin program #
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June 17, 2008

16 Canadian Lakes scheduled to become toxic waste sites

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URL:
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2008/06/16/condemned-lakes.html

(see also: Globe and Mail)

From the article:

CBC News has learned that 16 Canadian lakes are slated to be officially but quietly "reclassified" as toxic dump sites for mines. The lakes include prime wilderness fishing lakes from B.C. to Newfoundland.

Environmentalists say the process amounts to a "hidden subsidy" to mining companies, allowing them to get around laws against the destruction of fish habitat.

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A local environmentalist who attended the Long Harbour meeting, Chad Griffiths, said of Sandy Pond: “It's easy enough to consider just one lake as just one lake, as a needed sacrifice, right? But it's not one lake … It's a trend. It's an open season on Canadian water.”

Blegh. Stupid government.

Read the article.

I have nothing more to add.

Update: CBC followup story: Fisheries minister defends the move. I like the reader's comment on the story that says:

I can remember back when the Fisheries Minister's job was to protect fish habitat, not peddle it to the highest bidder

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