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CWA CRIMES
Historic CWA Prosecution:  Fiscal Year 2015; Case ID# CR 2755 
CWA violation with grand jury obstruction brings half a million in fines and restitution

WASTEWATER TREATMENT
Winner of Water Treatment Tech Challenge Aspires to Treat Oil Sands Process Water Safely
Ontario start-up JEOSAL will work on treating contaminants of concern in collaboration with U of A

UN INNOVATOR - AIR TO WATER
Water Source For Arid Regions
UN Top Innovator Kenya start-up, Majik Water, brings safe water to drought-stricken communities with air-to-water technology

UN INNOVATOR - DESALINATION
The Power Of Waves To Desalinate
UN Top Innovator Quebec start-up, Oneka Technologies is the world’s only zero-energy desalination technology

PLASTICS
A Plastic Revolution Sets Sail
Spotlighted by the UN, East African The Flipflopi Project aims to end single-use plastic and ensure all other plastics are part of a circular economy

UN INNOVATOR - WASTERWATER
Decarbonized Energy-Autonomous Wastewater Reuse
UN Top Innovator Portugal start-up ALGAESYS algae-based wastewater treatment system is powered by the sun

MINING
Santa Marta 5 Water Defenders detained in unknown condition in El Salvador, have they been disappeared by the state?

MINING
Arbitrary detention of the Santa Marta 5 Water Defenders in El Salvador
Canadian mining company entangled in Salvadoran mining controversy

RIGHTS OF NATURE
AFNQL leader confers 'personhood' status for St. Lawrence River
Interview with Quebec Grand Chief Ghislain Picard.

SPACE
CSA Announces Finalists in The Deep Space Food Challenge

RENEWABLES
Renewable Heat Solution For Heavy Industry
Calgary start-up SolarSteam uses enclosed concentrated solar technology to reduce industry emissions

UN INNOVATOR - DRINKING WATER
Creating Local Aquapreneurs
Swiss start-up Openversum provides water purification resources and education to marginalized communities

UN-INOVATOR- RAINWATER
The Internet of Things For Rainwater Reuse
Canadian company and UN Top Innovator RainGrid provides a circular solution to protect watersheds

UN INNOVATOR - PORTABLE WATER FILTRATION
UN Top Innovator Wateroam
Singapore's clean water start-up makes a global impact on disaster relief

FOREVER CHEMICALS
PFAS zapped forever
UBC engineers have developed a water treatment that removes forever chemicals safely, efficiently and for good.

PLASTIC SMOG
Research shows plumes of microplastics hovering over the ocean
Lisa M. Erdle, PhD, Director of Science and Innovation, 5 Gyres, and co-lead author of peer reviewed research

FLOOD MAPPING
Why we need a unified view of flood risk
Interview with Slobodan P. Simonovic, Professor Emeritus, Western University

UN INNOVATOR - WASTEWATER
Mumbai Start-Up Top Innovator at UN Water Conference 2023
INDRA Water's decentralized wastewater treatment recovers wastewater for reuse

FLOOD MAPPING
Why we need a unified view of flood risk
Interview with Slobodan P. Simonovic, Professor Emeritus, Western University

CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION
Placing Sustainable Forestry In Everyone's Hands
European start-up EcoTree drives forest restoration with unique incentive model.

RESTORATION
Restoring Degraded Marine Ecosystems
University of Hong Kong spinoff Archireef creates habitat for threatened coral reefs

PFAS and TOILET PAPER
University of Florida research points to toilet paper as a major PFAS contributor to wastewater br>Interview with Jake Thompson, Ph.D., Department of Environmental Engineering Sciences, University of Florida

WATER SECURITY
Is it time to ditch the World Wide Web and return to peer-to-peer intranet?
Interview with Dr. David Murakami Wood, Professor of Critical Surveillance and Security Studies, University of Ottawa

RESEARCH
Biochar and the elimination of PFAS in wastewater
Western University, ON, leads the world in pyrolysis technology

CARBON CAPTURE AWARD
Vancouver’s Svante Inc makes the 2023 Global Clean Tech 100 list
The company makes carbon capture and removal a reality for hard-to-decarbonize industries.

RESEARCH
Endocrine Disruptors & World-Wide Decline in Human Fertility
Alarming new research points to a 2.64% fertility decline.

CLEAN SHIPPING
Earthshot Prize Nomination Shines Light On Canadian
Veer Corporation, a "Clean Shipping Movement", has been nominated in the "Fix Our Climate" category