Reducing pollution from Canada's farms
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Soil and water pollution increased rapidly in eastern Canada due to the adoption of high-technology agriculture in the 1960s. Several harmful cropping techniques, such as monocultural corn production and short-rotation potato production, destroyed over 5 million acres of farmland in Canada. Thus, the country's 10 provinces independently established legislation in the early 1990s to save the environment from point-source pollution. The main components of Canada's environmental legislation include The Water Resources Act of Ontario and The Ontario Act Respecting Environmental Rights.
Publication Name: Forum for Applied Research and Public Policy
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0887-8218
Year: 1997
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Minnesota makes strides in controlling pollution
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The partnership between the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and local governments is instrumental in controlling the complex pollution problems the Agency currently faces. The Agency provides technical assistance to various trade unions and business organizations to help them conform to environmental rules. It also undertakes the investigation of pollution-prevention opportunities in defined areas of Minnesota. While the Agency has increased its manpower to effectively assist people, it emphasizes compliance and cost effectiveness to gauge its success in pollution control.
Publication Name: Forum for Applied Research and Public Policy
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0887-8218
Year: 1996
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Cleaning up ag water: California's Central Valley farmers meet the nonpoint source pollution challenge
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The agricultural and environmental communities in California have given a great deal of attention to the problem of how to drain the fields in the San Joaquin Valley safely. In particular, it has been necessary to consider how to avoid nonpoint source pollution, or polluted runoff, which is a leading cause of pollution to lakes, streams, groundwater, marine waters, estuaries and wetlands in California. This work has included the Grassland Bypass Project, which makes effective use of scarce resources by using information collected by several agencies.
Publication Name: Forum for Applied Research and Public Policy
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0887-8218
Year: 1999
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