Ontario to dedicate &#36;12.5 million to water studies and watershed protection
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TORONTO (CP) - The effects of urban sprawl and industrial development on Ontario's ecologically sensitive watersheds will be more closely examined under a &#36;12.5 million provincial initiative.
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By Journal Record Staff  A five-member committee has been appointed to oversee a new plant science research program approved by the Legislature.  The committee was named by the Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology.
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By James Mayse, Messenger-Inquirer, Owensboro, Ky.  Mar. 9--In 2006, Tradewater/Lower Green River Watershed Watch conducted fewer water tests than usual in the Owensboro region because of limited funds.
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By DIRK MEISSNER  VICTORIA (CP) - The days when Tofino's mayor dispatches two district workers to the community's water reservoir to peer over its edge and give their best guesses on how much water the town has left are almost over.
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KELOWNA, B.C. (CP) - Canada is preparing to contribute &#36;20 million to a peacekeeping effort in violence-ravaged Sudan and will make a final decision on the move within days, The Canadian Press has learned.
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Drought, pollution, mismanagement and politics have made water a precious commodity in much of the world.
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Regional government Metro has put together an oversight committee for its Natural Areas program, an initiative that pays for land acquisition and capital improvement projects to protect water quality and fish and wildlife habitat, trails, and wildlife corridors.
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TORONTO - Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty is reportedly ready to announce that gas sold in the province will have to contain at least five per cent ethanol within three years.
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Ontario industries may tap into $650 million in funds to develop eco-friendly cars and technologies, provincial government leaders said.  But activists said it was unclear what the environmental outcome would be.
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Gov. Jim Doyle announced plans Wednesday to invest nearly &#36;750 million to support human embryonic stem cell research and other medical experiments.
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By Marc Benjamin, The Fresno Bee, Calif.  Dec. 11--With water wells running dry and well contamination reported in some areas, Fresno County is working to secure rights to 5,000 acre-feet of water each year.
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A low pressure system over central Canada will bring showers to the Great Lakes region on Saturday.
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By Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif.  Feb. 19--FOR A QUARTER OF A CENTURY, government officials, farmers and environmentalists have been trying to find a way of prevent dangerous agricultural runoff from polluting the Delta and other state waterways.
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CHICAGO, Sept. 19  /PRNewswire/ -- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will participate in a water quality monitoring demonstration on the west branch of the DuPage River in Naperville on Wednesday, Sept. 20, to highlight the importance of clean water.
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By Lee Bergquist, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel  Jun. 6--The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources' approach to cover some of the polluted sediments in the $400 million cleanup of the Fox River in northeastern Wisconsin got support Tuesday from a national, non-partisan scientific panel.
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MONTREAL (CP) - Prime Minister Stephen Harper will announce today that Ottawa is giving Quebec close to $400 million to fight climate change.  Harper and Premier Jean Charest are scheduled to annonce the deal Monday in Sherbrooke.
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By David Sneed, The Tribune, San Luis Obispo, Calif.  Feb. 8--Cal Poly has agreed to pay for the rehabilitation of nearly half an acre along Stenner Creek as part of a settlement announced this week for violating clean-water rules last year.