NMG-Pallinghurst mining site (May 2022, COPH credit)

Battery and contaminated water sector: Citizens begin independent environmental monitoring of the NMG-Pallinghurst mining company

June 16, 2022

Press release - Citizens supported by environmental organizations are announcing the start of independent environmental monitoring of the Matawinie project of mining company Nouveau Monde Graphite (NMG-Pallinghurst), which is targeting the battery market. The announcement comes as they attend the company's annual shareholders' meeting today.

Algues à l'effluent - Rivière Bonaventure - CEGS

Wastewater management: Baie-des-Chaleurs in the MELCC’s blind spot

June 1, 2022

Press release - Fondation Rivières and the Conseil de l'Eau Gaspésie Sud (CEGS) have released a study revealing the need for the Ministère de l'Environnement et de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques (MELCC) to devote more means and resources to municipalities on the southern Gaspé Peninsula in the area of wastewater management, in order to preserve the integrity of salmon rivers, breathe new life into shellfish harvesting and guarantee the region's recreational and tourism uses.

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6 shoreline clean-up activities near Montreal

May 5, 2022

If there is one simple and concrete action to take in favor of waterways in spring, it is cleaning the banks. And yes: melting ice often leaves waste appearing, a real visual pollution, as much as for bodies of water!

Report on megapig farms: another agriculture is possible!

March 22, 2022

Press release - To mark World Water Day, the Mégaporcherie, non merci! coalition is releasing a report that presents a historical and critical portrait of the pork industry in Quebec, and suggests possible solutions.

Rivière Batiscan - crédit : Gilles Douaire / CC

River water quality: when megapig farms get involved

February 4, 2022

The proposed construction of a megapiggery in Saint-Adelphe, in Mauricie, raises concerns about the consequences on the water quality of the Batiscan River and surrounding waterways.

Letter to the Ministry of the Environment and the Fight against Climate Change: A BAPE for the project of 3 pigsties in Saint-Adelphe

January 28, 2022

Eau Secours and Fondation Rivières request that the Office of Public Hearings on the Environment (BAPE) be mandated to carry out a complete study as well as a public consultation of the project to construct three piggeries of 3,999 pigs each in the municipality of
Saint Adelphe.