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Ontario, Manitoba meeting waste challenges their own way
Call2Recycle Canada is licking its wounds and deciding what to do next following rejection of its Industry Stewardship Plan for single-use consumer batteries in Ontario. The wounds run deep.
12/23/2014 | Full Story

Success of first joint auction of GHG emissions may attract others
With the exception of one hiccup, the first-ever joint auction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by California and Quebec, the two surviving jurisdictions in the Western Climate Initiative (WCI), went off smoothly. The auction, originally...
12/23/2014 | Full Story

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Lloydminster company fined $2,000 after worker seriously injured in fall
Frontier Glass & Door (Lloydminster) Ltd. in Saskatchewan was fined $2,000, plus a surcharge of $800, after a worker on a portable ladder slipped and fell, suffering serious injuries.
12/23/2014 | Full Story

Gate Gourmet Canada Inc fined $58,000 after worker's fingers amputated
Gate Gourmet Canada Inc., headquartered in Switzerland, was fined $58,000, plus a 25% victim surcharge, after a worker’s fingers were amputated while performing routine maintenance.
12/23/2014 | Full Story

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GHG emitters to pay for climate change costs?
Canada’s top greenhouse gas emitters (GHG) could find themselves picking up the tab for the costs of climate change if current legal trends are any indication, according to a provocative new paper from West Coast Environmental Law and the...
10/17/2014 | Full Story

Tsilhqot'in Aboriginal title decision: implications
The recent Supreme Court of Canada decision in Tsilhqot’in Nation v. British Columbia, 2014 SCC 44 (Tsilhqot’in) determined that a wide tract of land in central British Columbia is owned by the plaintiff First Nation holding...
9/30/2014 | Full Story

EDITOR's PICK: Negligence claim proceeds against XCG consultant
Negligence claims continue to multiply against environmental consultants accused of failing to clean up contaminated sites. The Ontario Superior Court recently allowed a professional negligence lawsuit to go ahead against an Ontario...
7/31/2014 | Full Story

City of Toronto defers decision on streamlined risk assessments
Environmental consultants will have to wait another month for a decision from Toronto city council about rejecting modified generic risk assessments (MGRA) for contaminated lands, as recommended by the City’s Public Works and...
7/25/2014 | Full Story

Proposed rules for exploration work on Anticosti Island
On June 9, 2014, the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources published in the Gazette officielle du Québec a draft Minister’s Order setting out the conditions on which exploration work for petroleum and natural gas may be...
6/30/2014 | 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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