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Federal government open to CEPA, 1999 reform
Legislative reform to the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA, 1999) won’t happen in the current Parliamentary session, but it will happen according to the federal government’s “Follow-Up Report to the House of...
7/27/2018 | Full Story

BC's clean growth strategy: no new gasoline vehicles by 2040?
British Columbia (B.C.) is developing a long-term ‘clean growth’ strategy that it hopes will be out by the fall of 2018.
7/27/2018 | Full Story

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Universal Structural Restoration Ltd (USRL) fined $125,000 after boom tips over, kills worker
Universal Structural Restoration Ltd. (USRL) in Concord, Ontario was fined $125,000, plus a 25% victim surcharge, after a worker on the platform of a boom was killed when the boom tipped over.
7/27/2018 | Full Story

COMPANIES in the news...
Nexen Energy ULC in Alberta was fined $460,000 after pleading guilty to one count of releasing or permitting the release into the environment, on or between June 13, 2015 and July 15, 2015, of a substance in an amount, concentration or level or...
7/27/2018 | Full Story

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Changes on the horizon: Alberta introduces amendments to its remediation certificate program
On June 1, 2018, the government of Alberta filed the Remediation Certificate Amendment Regulation (Alta. Reg. 97/2018), which will update the current Remediation Certificate Regulation (Alta. Reg. 154/2009) and will re-name it the Remediation...
7/27/2018 | Full Story

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

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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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