This Earth Day, the theme of "Planet vs Plastics" took centre stage, shining a spotlight on the ubiquitous issue of plastic pollution. Against the backdrop of the INC-4 international plastics treaty negotiations in Ottawa, Ottawa Riverkeeper was deeply engaged in both local and global efforts to address this pressing environmental challenge.

Ottawa Riverkeeper’s road salt monitoring initiative has uncovered alarming levels of chloride in local creeks for the past 4 years. We explore what the program is finding this year, and how we continue to evolve our monitoring to make it faster, easier, and cheaper to keep tabs on our local freshwater ecosystems.

Government regulators have approved the construction of a Near Surface Disposal Facility at Chalk River. We explore the ongoing technical and procedural concerns with the project, what this decision means, and where this leaves us.