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Tourism operators pleased Northern Pulp will reduce their stink
Mar 3, 2010 | In Environmental News | Send feedback »
Northern Pulp in Nova Scotia has decided to invest $5 million in new equipment that reduce their pulp mill smell from impacting the tourism operators in the town of Pictou.The new equipment will capture the sulphur gas component of emissions, and inc… more »
Chemical clean up is almost complete in Marathon
Feb 26, 2010 | In Environmental News | Send feedback »
Tembec officials, as the former operators of the Marathon Pulp mill in Ontario, say their winter contingency plans are reaching their final stages.1.4 million litres of black liquor have been moved by truck from on-site storage tanks to the AbitibiBo… more »
Restructuring of AbitibiBowater could be hampered by environmental claims in Newfoundland & Labrador
Feb 23, 2010 | In Environmental News, Financial News | 1 feedback »
The province of Newfoundland and Labrador has issued 5 ministerial environmental claims that order AbitibiBowater to clean several sites.
Some of these sites are still owned by AbitibiBowater but are not in operation, and some of them have been expr… more »
Ball Packaging must help cover costs at Marathon Pulp
Feb 22, 2010 | In Environmental News | Send feedback »
As a former owner of Marathon Pulp, Ball Packaging is now among the companies that will share responsibility for the environment clean up in Marathon, Ontario.
The Ministry of the Environment (MOE) has found Ball Packaging was responsible for discharg… more »
Chemicals have congealed at Marathon Pulp
Feb 6, 2010 | In Environmental News | Send feedback »
The clean-up at Marathon Pulp in Ontario will now have to wait until the spring.
1.4 million litres have been trucked to AbitibiBowater's mill in Fort Frances, and to the Clean Harbour Hazardous Waste facility in Sarnia.
However, 270,000 litres of… more »
Fort Frances mill restarts operations
Jan 23, 2010 | In Environmental News | Send feedback »
AbitibiBowater was able to resume operations at its Fort Frances, Ontario mill this weekend after the problems with the effluent system was corrected.
The mill was shut down indefinitely on Tuesday when the mill's effluent treatment system exceeded it… more »
Chemical plume spotted on Lake Superior
Jan 22, 2010 | In Environmental News | 1 feedback »
A 50 metre long plume was spotted on Lake Superior near Marathon, Ontario - close to where pump and chemical trucks have been cleaning up after black liquor leaked from a section of a five-kilometre effluent pipe about 10 days ago.
There are currentl… more »
AbitibiBowater in Fort Frances shut down indefinitely due to effluent problem
Jan 19, 2010 | In Mill Closures & Layoffs, Environmental News | 1 feedback »
The AbitibiBowater mill in Fort Frances, Ontario was shut down indefinitely this morning due to a problem with the mill's effluent treatment system.Jean-Philippe Cote, spokesman from AbitibiBowater, said the mill’s effluent treatment system exceeded… more »
Another set back in the Marathon Pulp cleanup
Jan 17, 2010 | In Environmental News | Send feedback »
The chemical clean-up crews in Marathon, Ontario hit another snag this week when a leak was found in the seam on an indoor holding tank containing the black liquor.
The black liquor was removed from the holding tank and transferred to a tank outside.… more »
NewPage establishes buffer to protect rare lichen discovered in Cape Breton.
Jan 14, 2010 | In Environmental News, Woodlands | Send feedback »
NewPage Port Hawkesbury has established buffer zones in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia to protect a large quantity of rare and endangered lichen.
Tom Neily, a botanist with the Mersey Tobeatic Research Institute based in Kempt, Queens County, Nova Scotia, f… more »
Emergency situation in Marathon - Yet another chemical spill
Jan 12, 2010 | In Environmental News | 1 feedback »
A third chemical spill since December occured in Marathon, Ontario on Sunday, and is continuing to leak at the rate of 1,200 litres per hour.
The pipeline being used to transfer the black liquor chemical from the bankrupt Marathon Pulp mill to a spill… more »
Dispute over chemical cleanup in Marathon continues
Jan 7, 2010 | In Environmental News | Send feedback »
In Marathon, the former owner of the bankrupt Marathon Pulp mill, Tembec, was ordered to clean up the chemicals left in the mill.
The order, issued on Dec. 17, deals with winter contingency plans for the on-site storage of the black liquors.
Tembec… more »
Blockade in Marathon stops transport of chemicals
Dec 10, 2009 | In Environmental News, Protest | Send feedback »
After the chemical spill earlier this week, Tembec has moved to trucking 1.5 million litres of waste chemicals from the Marathon Pulp mill to the spill basin.
Today, protesters from the neighbouring Pic River First Nation, along with about 40 people f… more »
Chemical spill at Marathon Pulp
Dec 8, 2009 | In Environmental News | Send feedback »
Despite all the time spent at a hearing in Toronto to come up with a safe environmental disposal plan for the chemicals at the bankrupt Marathon Pulp mill, a chemical spill as occurred at the site.
About 12,000 litres of diluted pulping liquors leaked… more »
Failed audits, destruction of intact forests: Report reveals AbibitiBowater's miserable logging record in Ontario
Dec 3, 2009 | In Environmental News | 1 feedback »
A new Greenpeace report shows, that despite receiving advice to not extend the company's licence, the Ontario government allowed AbitibiBowater to clearcut thousands of hectares of vital woodland caribou habitat in northwestern Ontario, increasing the th… more »
