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Grand Riverkeeper Labrador Call for Board Members

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Are you passionate about Labrador, environmental stewardship, water protection, research, education, or community leadership? We would love to have you join us!  Grand Riverkeeper Labrador (GRKL) is seeking dedicated and community-minded individuals to join its Board of Directors. GRKL is a Labrador-based environmental non-profit organization committed to protecting the Grand (Churchill) River watershed and advancing […]

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Muskrat Falls Pre-development

Summary of the Grand RiverKeeper Labrador Submission on the  Proposed Federal–Provincial Co-operation Agreement on Impact Assessment (Newfoundland and Labrador)

General, Impact Assessments / /

Grand Riverkeeper Labrador’s comment regarding the co-operation agreement on impact assessments between the Government of Canada and Newfoundland and Labrador, and to outline key risks and recommended conditions for proceeding. Key Message While coordination between federal and provincial assessment processes is desirable, the proposed agreement risks weakening environmental oversight, limiting meaningful public participation, and increasing

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Grand River Keeper Response to the Proposed MOU between NL Hydro and Hydro Quebec

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GRK has serious concerns about the MOU between Hydro Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro (Newfoundland and Labrador and Quebec) and would like to make this submission to the Independent Panel. We do understand from our review of the Committee’s mandate issued by the Province on December 15, 2025 that according to Premier Tony Wakeham, it is being established as a “public inquiry” under Part 11 of the Public Inquiries Act which grants the Committee broad authority to access information they deem necessary for determining their review.  We also believe that The Act and the instructions from your mandate quoted below, give you the authority to consider any and all impacts and determine whether they are in the “best long-term interest of the people of the province”…   as Premier Wakeham stated at the announcement of the Independent Review.

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Wind Power – Yes, but Not Mega-Wind

Wind Power / /

The public must come to understand the urgent need to reduce the demand for energy and for non-essential industrial products. Although the arguments can be expressed less harshly, the reality itself is harsh, and it is essential that our societies grapple with it. Only with severely reduced demand can renewables or any of the other elements of a solution offer hope for a transition to some degree of sustainability. 

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Streamflow Simulations of the Terrestrial Arctic Regime

Arctic / /

Grand River Keeper Labrador has been keeping a keen eye on the weather patterns and hydrology of the Artic regions for several years given our proximity in Canada’s north. This region, often considered as sub-arctic has several common characteristics pertaining to climate, ecological features, and proximity to oceans The Arctic Ocean flow into the Atlantic

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Negative Impacts of Damming Rivers

Hydro Dams / /

Rivers act as reactive conduits connecting the continental and oceanic carbon (C) cycles, and all the available evidence suggests that river damming significantly changes the export of organic carbon (OC) to the ocean. Dam construction and closure modify the downstream transfer of OC and essential nutrients, and thus the trophic state of the river system and that of receiving water bodies, including lakes and nearshore marine environments.

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White Papers From a Workshop on Arctic System Hydrology

Arctic / /

n September 2000, a workshop was convened to identify several notable gaps in our current level of understanding of arctic hydrological systems. The primary goal of this workshop was to assess the current state of the art in arctic systems hydrology and identify the appropriate roles that NSF-ARCSS could play in supporting the relevant science.

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Labrador group signs declaration to UN to stop hydroelectricity from being marketed as green energy

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Grand Riverkeeper Labrador, Inc. (GRL) was one of 340 organizations from 78 countries that called upon the UNFCCC to agree that “Climate mitigation efforts must reject so-called ‘sustainable hydropower”’ as a solution to combat climate change.”

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