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Vancouver Olympics win bronze for enviro initiatives
In a lead up to the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games, the David Suzuki Foundation has awarded organizers ...
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Conference Board of Canada says green energy needs better policies
Inappropriate regulation could prevent Canada from keeping pace with other countries in the global renewable...
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Rare OMB ruling turns down gravel pit, sides with residents
Conservationists and locals have won an unusual battle against a paving company in a recent ruling by the On...
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CSR initiatives related to worker engagement, survey finds
Canadian executives believe that the returns on corporate social responsibility (CSR) investment are worth i...
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Broaden carbon tax, Pembina advises BC govt
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TSB update on BC plane crash: aircrew may need more training
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Proper planning may have prevented Que worker from drowning
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Findings from biodiesel research could help blending formulas
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Scientists urge research into technology to reverse climate change
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New research facility could improve aquatic health in Canada
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Companies Test Standards for Measuring Emissions From Products, Supply Chains
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Canadian environment engineer dies in Haiti
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Toronto selects Paradigm Software
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North American Carbon Credit Summit
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Green infrastructure projects for Montreal
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Toronto RFP for mixed waste processing facility
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World disaster management conference
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EPA smog standards
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Ont amends brownfields reg with tougher standards
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Outdated regs allow industry to spew waste into Great Lakes, groups say
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Supreme Court approves BC mine, but faults feds for EA process
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Cdn suppliers, consumers say govt must play role in green energy development
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Ont amends brownfields reg with tougher standards
As of December 29, 2009, there are a lot more brownfields in Ontario.
1/31/2010 | Full Story
Sask moves forward with results-based regulation model
The Saskatchewan government introduced recently a new Environmental Management and Protection Act, 2009, and amendments to two other pieces of environmental legislation - the Environmental Assessment ...
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Proper planning may have prevented Que worker from drowning
Inefficient worksite planning was to blame for the death of a driver whose vehicle plunged through ice, acco...
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QC company facing fines after forklift runs over worker
Poor management of vehicle and pedestrian traffic led to the death of a worker who was struck by a forklift,...
1/28/2010 | Full Story
Legal Commentary
BC reinforces clean power policy objectives
Readers following renewable power development opportunities for independent power producers (IPPs) in Western Canada will know that on July 27, 2009, the British Columbia Utilities Commission (BCUC) r...
11/30/2009 | Full Story
Safety legislation applies in all workplaces
Recently, a trucker operating his own rig in Ontario was pulled over by the Ontario Provincial Police who observed him smoking while driving. He was issued a ticket under the Smoke-Free Ontario Act, w...
10/31/2009 | Full Story
Environmental class actions: importance of class description
On August 26, 2009, the Québec Court of Appeal upheld the Superior Court decision denying the authorization to institute an environmental class action in the Deraspe v. Zinc Électrolytique du Canada L...
10/31/2009 | Full Story
New currency of carbon tonnes in Canada: hints at $100+
The National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy (NRTEE), a federal Crown corporation, recently released a report entitled, "Achieving 2050: A Carbon Pricing Policy for Canada", concluding ...
9/30/2009 | Full Story
Applying solicitor-client and litigation privilege to protect internal investigations
While conducting an internal investigation is laudable and often advisable from the perspective of maintaining a company's due diligence, such investigations can give rise to certain legal risks for the company. (See the December, 2007 issue of...
8/17/2009 | Full Story
Case Studies
Pottersburg PCBs 80 per cent gone
Most of the PCB-laced soil (more than 80 per cent) at Canada’s biggest PCB site in Pottersburg (in east ...
12/30/2009 | Full Story
EcoLog environmental conference hears from experts on the changing brownfields landscape
Michael Billowits says that 2009 was a "dog-eat-dog" year for the remediation industry in Canada.
"With the r...
11/13/2009 | Full Story
QC awards innovations in worker safety
More than 50 organizations in Quebec have been crowned for their innovative improvements to health and safety....
10/30/2009 | Full Story
Case studies: companies cut CO2, save green by greening IT
Organizations without a plan to reduce their computing carbon footprint could get left behind in the dark ag...
10/23/2009 | Full Story
Top eco-retailers reveal bare bottoms, other green practices
When two employees of LUSH Fresh Handmade Cosmetics streaked naked through a senior management board meeting...
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