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Dirty business: Ont cleans up excess soil standards
Ontario and its construction industry took a big step toward the objective of curbing the landfilling of excess soil with the April 16, 2018 publication of a new proposed On-Site and Excess Soil Management Regulation and standards for public...
4/26/2018 | Full Story

Ont finalizes offset protocols for mine methane, ozone depleting substances
The Ontario Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change has posted the final versions of two new protocols for calculating offset credits under the province’s cap and trade program.
4/26/2018 | Full Story

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AZZ Galvanizing Canada Limited fined $65,000 after steel truss falls on worker, severely injuring the worker
AZZ Galvanizing Canada Limited of Saint John, New Brunswick was fined $65,000, plus a 25% victim surcharge, after a steel truss fell off a forklift on a worker, severely injuring the worker.
4/26/2018 | Full Story

Manotick Concrete Inc fined $70,000 after worker critically injured pouring concrete
Manotick Concrete Inc. of Manotick, Ontario was fined $70,000, plus a 25% victim surcharge, after a worker was critically injured while working as part of a crew pouring concrete into formwork during the construction of walls of a single-family...
4/26/2018 | Full Story

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Everything old is new again: federal government proposes changes to Fisheries Act
In 2016, the federal government launched a review of federal environmental assessment and regulatory processes, including a review of changes made to the Fisheries Act in 2012. On February 6, 2018, the federal government announced amendments to...
3/27/2018 | Full Story

Process matters: Supreme Court of Canada quashes land use plan approval by Yukon government
On December 1, 2017, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) delivered its decision in First Nation of Nacho Nyak Dun v. Yukon, 2017 SCC 58, which overturned the Yukon government’s decision to open the Peel watershed for development and...
12/20/2017 | Full Story

Failure to disclose: BC Supreme Court finds that potential contamination on a property gives rise to stigma
In the recent British Columbia (B.C.) Supreme Court (the court) judgment in Ban v. Keleher (2017 BCSC 1132, 30 June 2017), the purchasers of a residential property in Victoria, B.C. were awarded damages when the court found that the seller made...
10/27/2017 | Full Story

Sitting up and taking notice: mainstream investors now seeking greater disclosure of climate-related risks
2017 has seen a broad push by global institutional investors to encourage governments to fully implement the Paris Agreement.
8/29/2017 | Full Story

To boldly go...California envisions a new approach to its cap-and-trade system
In the ongoing pursuit of a state-of-the-art carbon pricing regime, two California senators introduced amendments to US Senate Bill No. 775 (SB 775), the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006: market-based compliance mechanisms, into...
5/29/2017 | Full Story

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Inadequate Due Diligence Left Bank Liable for $2.3 Million in Damages, Attorney Says
A recent case in California illustrates the importance of banks “fully understanding the costs potentially associated with a property before they either close the loan or take title,” an environmental attorney told Bloomberg BNA...
11/28/2014 | Full Story

STUDY: Canada's drinking water contaminated by excreted drugs

9/22/2014 | Full Story

Small appliance repair beaten down by throwaway culture

8/12/2014 | Full Story

Finnish researcher finds success using fungal remediation
White-rot fungus, mostly known for its ability to decay forest wood, can be used as a low-cost cleanser for contaminated soils, a Finnish researcher has found. 
6/26/2014 | Full Story

VIDEOS: Sneak peek at Toronto's East Bayfront condo remediation

6/25/2014 | Full Story

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