Lose Your Illusions (Jan 20, 2008)

Mark and Krystyn are joined this week by Tragically Hip frontman and co-applicant Gord Downie for a look back at the Lafarge Alternative Fuels Project case in Bath, ON.  After being denied leave to appeal,...

Extinguished: Lafarge’s alternative fuel project rejected (Dec. 9, 2008)

Lake Ontario Waterkeeper presents Living at the BarricadesThe Ontario Court of Appeal will not hear an appeal from Lafarge Canada Inc about its alternative fuels application.  The project proposed to burn...

100 Year-old Tortoise acts as Mom to Baby Hippo

"100 Year-old Tortoise acts as Mom to Baby Hippo A baby hippopotamus that survived the tsunami waves on the Kenyan coast has formed a strong bond with a giant male century-old tortoise in an animal facility in...

Cement plant wants tires for fuel

"Lafarge Canada Inc. is proposing to burn some of the 10 million tires thrown away each year in Ontario at its cement plant in Bath, making it the first company in the province to use tires as fuel. Its plans call for the tires to replace some of the coal it now burns at the...

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