# Inside the Environmental Battles Shaping Northern Ontario

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Podcast: [The Backroads Bill Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-backroads-bill-podcast-6610086)
Published: 2026-05-13T13:21:30+00:00
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## Resource

On this episode of Backroads Bill, we sit down with Brennain Lloyd from Northwatch, one of Northern Ontario’s longest-running environmental advocacy organizations. For nearly four decades, North Watch has been involved in some of the region’s biggest environmental debates, from forestry and mining to landfill proposals, nuclear waste storage, and land use decisions that affect communities across the North . Brennain takes us through the origins of North Watch in the late 1980s, how the organization grew out of environmental and peace activism, and why public participation in environmental decision-making still matters today. 0:00 – Intro 3:40 – Climate Change & Younger Generations 11:43 – The Nuclear Waste Debate in Northern Ontario 20:30 – Why “NIMBY” Isn’t Fair 25:23 – The Risks of Nuclear Waste Storage 33:52 – The Adams Mine Landfill Controversy 38:07 – Why Environmental Advocacy Never Stops

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