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Andrew Reeves is the Editor-in-Chief of Alternatives Journal. Overrun, his book about Asian carp in North America, will be published in Spring 2019 by ECW Press. His work has also appeared in the Globe & Mail, Spacing and Corporate Knights. Follow him on Twitter.

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Ontario MPP Peter Tabuns (NDP) tables climate damages legislation
The Toronto MPP and former Greenpeace head introduced Bill 21 Monday at Queen’s Park, legislation that would  pave the way for individuals, governments and businesses to sue fossil fuel companies...
Algal bloom on Lake Erie

Attack of the Killer Algae
A roving pack of journalists shake off the rain in a squat, one-story federal building in Oak Harbor, Ohio. Hosting us journalists is a troop from the US Department of Agriculture....
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An Ominous Fog
The blooms returned in 2002. Many hoped the toxic sludge of algae that blanketed the western and central basins of Lake Erie was gone for good, yet the volume of...
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The Election Climate
Banking heavily on a belief that you and I are preoccupied with fighting climate change, the front-runners in the federal election have anchored their environmental platforms to the way in...
Plastic particle counts in the Great Lakes

Beads Befoul Great Lakes
CHEMISTRY PROFESSOR Sherri Mason made a splash in 2012 when she and a crew of 20 graduate students from the State University of New York at Fredonia set sail on...
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Research Digest: Focus on Ocean Plastic
Pointing to PollutersUSA After a three-and-a-half-year study, researchers at the University of Georgia determined that between 4.8 and 12.7 million tonnes of plastic trash flowed into the world’s oceans in 2010...
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13 Essential Questions for Election Candidates
This page is available as a shareable, printable PDFIt’s election year in Canada! Get ready for media ads, plastic lawn signs, telephone polls and door knockers! But before those party...
Invasive silver carp in Chain Lake

Carpocalypse Now
This is an excerpt of the cover story from A\J's Water issue. Subscribe or order the issue now for this and more great stories on fresh- and salt-water initiatives that are making waves and...

Authors Blog

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What’s on the Environmental Agenda for 2015
Widespread public debate on building vast networks of snaking energy pipelines throughout Canada dominated the country’s environmental newsreel in 2014, and will continue making headlines in the year ahead. Widespread...
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The Next Line of Defence Against Invasive Carp
The next line of defence against keeping invasive Asian carp out of the Great Lakes will come at an 81-year-old lock and dam in Joliet, Illinois, 65 kilometres south of...
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Loopholes Threaten Ontario Greenbelt
Southern Ontario’s 7,200 square kilometre Greenbelt and the prime farmland and headwaters it contains remain at significant risk from expanding urban development despite protective legislation in place for a decade.Ontario’s...
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New “Tipping Point” Model Could Help Predict Species Extinction
Environmental “tipping points” can provide researchers with valuable clues to detect when species are facing population collapse or extinction. Environmental “tipping points” can provide researchers with valuable clues to detect...
Rouge River Lookout, Toronto, Ontario
Why the NDP is Opposing the Rouge Park Bill
On a media tour this week of the proposed park on Toronto’s eastern boundary, federal NDP environment critic Megan Leslie (Halifax) told reporters she will advise her caucus to oppose...
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Ocean Warming and Acidification will Crash Crabs’ Metabolism
Based on future climate scenarios, researchers believe coastal ecosystems will see increased extremes in low tide temperature fluctuations and drops in pH levels associated with ocean acidification. This particular study...
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Ontario’s Highly Praised Invasive Species Act Gets a Second Chance
Liberal Natural Resource Minister Bill Mauro reintroduced the Invasive Species Act Wednesday, the first standalone legislation in Canada geared towards stopping the spread of invasives into the province Liberal Natural...
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Electric Vehicles Could be Worth $3.6 Billion to the Ontario Economy
The latest report from the Windfall Centre argues Ontario’s economy could benefit from the production of electric vehicles (EVs) to the tune of $3.6 billion by 2025. The latest report...
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Ontario Won’t Hand Over Rouge Park Lands, Citing Weak Federal Protection
A standoff is brewing east of Toronto in the Rouge Valley between Queen’s Park and the federal government over the proposed Rouge National Urban Park.Ontario Infrastructure Minister Brad Duguid made...
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New Evidence of Triclosan Toxicity
Ottawa knows that a common ingredient in antibacterial soaps is posing acute and chronic problems for human health and freshwater ecosystems but has done nothing to ban triclosan, according to...