Inside the Environmental Battles Shaping Northern Ontario

About this episode

This episode features Brennain Lloyd discussing the environmental battles in Northern Ontario and the role of Northwatch in advocacy.

On this episode of Backroads Bill, we sit down with Brennain Lloyd from Northwatch, one of Northern Ontario’s longest-running environmental advocacy organizations. For nearly four decades, North Watch has been involved in some of the region’s biggest environmental debates, from forestry and mining to landfill proposals, nuclear waste storage, and land use decisions that affect communities across the North . Brennain takes us through the origins of North Watch in the late 1980s, how the organization grew out of environmental and peace activism, and why public participation in environmental decision-making still matters today. 0:00 – Intro 3:40 – Climate Change & Younger Generations 11:43 – The Nuclear Waste Debate in Northern Ontario 20:30 – Why “NIMBY” Isn’t Fair 25:23 – The Risks of Nuclear Waste Storage 33:52 – The Adams Mine Landfill Controversy 38:07 – Why Environmental Advocacy Never Stops

People in this episode

Host: Backroads Bill

Guest: Brennain Lloyd

Topics covered

• environmental advocacy
• Northern Ontario
• nuclear waste
• public participation
• land use decisions

Keywords

• environmental battles
• Northwatch
• nuclear waste storage
• landfill proposals
• public participation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Northwatch

Places: Northern Ontario

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