ADAMS MINE: AN EXAMPLE OF SUCCESSFUL CITIZEN OPPOSITION TO THE DUMPING OF TOXIC WASTE

• The Adams Mine proposal was a long battle that would have seen Toronto's trash being sent up into a small Northern Ontario town's abandoned mine near Kirkland Lake, Ontario.  The provincial government of Ontario at the time was fully in support of it and so was Toronto city council initially.  There was growing opposition by the town folk, many environmental groups claiming that the toxic waste could seep into the water resources and contaminate the whole area.  It was a 8 year process that was eventually defeated by the McGuinty government in 2003.  I look at it as a successful story of grassroots opposition coming together to fight obvious political strength.  Unfortunately there are not many documented sources on this topic as many events occurred just before the revolution in digital technology.  Here is a link to the wikipedia article on it that gives a concise and great description of the process, along with a few other related links.  Many of the opponents to the mine proposal went on to become big political figures themselves.  - Matthew Tonks - 
  

Adams Mine - From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adams_Mine>

Encyclopedia > Adams Mine

<http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Adams-Mine>

Adams Mine Chronology

<http://www.web.net/nwatch/garbage/CHRONOLOGYofADAMSMINE.htm>

STOP DUMP SITE 41 - WASTE DISPOSAL IN NORTH SIMCOE : A CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS 1965-Today

<http://www.stopdumpsite41.ca/1965.html>

Adams Mine/Toronto Garbage

<http://www.northernontario.ca/speaker/content/archives/adams/2001.html>

Environmental Bill of Rights - Ontario

The Adams Mine Landfill Project: How Does the EBR Fit In?

<http://www.eco.on.ca/english/publicat/adamsm01.pdf>