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REPORT: Ontario's municipal EA process delaying infrastructure upgrades
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PCB dumping plagues Carolinas
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CERCA strengthens emergency response network across Canada
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MOTHER PARKERS: Coffee pod market explores recyclability
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Latest Environmental News
BC LNG exports boosted by recent stretch of licence approvals
British Columbia (B.C.) Member of Parliament (MP) Bob Zimmer says he wants to know if the Canadian government is acting fast enough to meet international demand for Canadian natural gas exports.
4/17/2014 | Full Story
Quebec firm's carbon conversion tech reaches final in CCEMC challenge
Quebec-based waste-to-biofuels and renewable chemicals producer, Enerkem Inc., has announced that its research project to convert carbon from industrial waste carbon dioxide and natural gas into chemicals, has been selected as a...
4/17/2014 | Full Story
BC rescinds new EA reg, apologizes to First Nations for snub
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World needs to divert spending from fossil fuels to renewables, says latest climate change report
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Ontario celebrates two-billionth Beer Store deposit-return, touts Bill 91
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D.C. Circuit Upholds Key EPA Air Rule Setting Mercury Standards for Power Plants
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NEWALTA: New board members, strategic review of industrial division
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New Jersey proposes record dredging of contaminated Passaic River
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California water utility fined $390,000 for improper arsenic disposal
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Explosives and Blasting Technique conference accepting abstracts
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NYC expands composting to 70,000 new households
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Vermont issues e-waste RFP
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Newalta nominates two for Board of Directors
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EduVolks hosts PMP training workshops across Canada
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WDO pursues dispute resolution over Stewardship Ontario-CSSA agreement
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Alberta's CP Rail contamination class action headed to trial
4/11/2014 | Full Story
Canada's remediation costs jump by $2B, says report
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BC moving forward with LNG export projects after gaining First Nations support
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Ontario's waste groups developing battery recycling standard
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Saskatchewan groups rallying for national safe dig system to protect buried infrastructure
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BC introduces new Water Sustainability Act
British Columbia’s Water Act has stood for more than 100 years. Viewed through that lens, four years of consultation to come up with a replacement doesn’t seem so bad.
3/31/2014 | Full Story
Feds to mandate Railway Operating Certificate to improve rail safety
Federally-regulated railway companies and provincially-regulated railway companies that operate on federal tracks will soon face additional operational requirements under tightened safety measures found in the Safer Railways Act.
3/31/2014 | Full Story
Convictions
Worker fined $1,500 for not using fall protection
A Toronto hoist worker, Christopher Schwaemmie, was fined $1,500, plus a 25% victim surcharge, for a violation of Ontario’s health and safety legislation.
3/31/2014 | Full Story
Starland Contracting Ltd, director fined total of $38,000 for h&s violations
Starland Contracting Ltd. in Mississauga, Ontario was fined a total of $29,500 and its director, Murad Ebeid, a total of $8,500, for multiple violations of Ontario’s Occupational Health and Safety Act (OH&S Act).
3/31/2014 | Full Story
Legal Commentary
Quebec court approves fracking permit, despite municipal bylaws
A Quebec court has granted permission for exploration company Petrolia Inc. to frack for oil near homes in rural Gaspé, despite a municipal bylaw against drilling in the community.
2/14/2014 | Full Story
Quebec Bill 70 adopted
Although Parliamentary review of Bill 70 was limited, certain aspects of the Bill were modified before it was passed. For instance, the formalities for obtaining a certificate of authorization under the Environment Quality Act may be...
12/23/2013 | Full Story
Quebec attempts again to amend Mining Act
On Thursday, December 5, 2013, Martine Ouellet, the Quebec Minister of Natural Resources, tabled Bill 70, the Mining Amendment Act. Bill 70 is the fourth and latest installment in a long line of attempts to reform Quebec’s mining...
12/23/2013 | Full Story
Last directors standing: expanding scope of directors' and officers' environmental liability in Northstar Aerospace case
In the recent case of Baker et al. v. Director, Ministry of the Environment, a number of former directors and officers of Northstar Aerospace, Inc. (Northstar) and its parent Northstar Aerospace (Canada) Inc. (Northstar Canada) found themselves...
11/30/2013 | Full Story
Establishing environmental damages: key case law principles
How damages are assessed in the environmental law context has been a bit of a “moving target” over the last decade but there are a few key principles that emerge when one takes a closer look at the case law.
10/31/2013 | Full Story
Case Studies
REPORT: Ontario's municipal EA process delaying infrastructure upgrades
The Municipal Class Environmental Assessment process is taking longer and costing more money than ever, says an Ontario construction alliance, which warns that delays are leaving aging infrastructure needs unmet.
4/17/2014 | Full Story
Toronto wants cigarette companies to cover litter costs
The City of Toronto is asking the Ontario government to consider making cigarette companies financially responsible for the age-old problem of cigarette butt street litter.
4/11/2014 | Full Story
Toronto's Pearson Airport earns top spot for sustainability: Corporate Knights
The Greater Toronto Airport Authority (GTAA) has won the top honour for sustainability in the Corporate Knights’ Future 40 list for its efficient management of the Toronto Pearson International Airport in Mississauga.
4/4/2014 | Full Story
Canada water poll shows inaction on stormwater management
Canadians agree that climate change is causing more extreme weather events, a new poll has found, but few are concerned or willing to take action, particularly for stormwater management.
3/28/2014 | Full Story
Blue Box arbitration goes public
The public will be privy to the negotiation process for determining payment obligations to municipalities under Ontario’s 2014 Blue Box program, an arbitrator has ruled.
3/24/2014 | Full Story
Ecolog Supplement
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Domestic violence costing Cdn businesses 'billions'Workplace falls costly for Ont businesses
Low-cost ergonomic solutions for Ont businesses
Electrocutions in Ont down since 2000, but occupational electrocutions steady
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Improving h&s for Ont temporary workersOPG's Darlington plant strives for 'zero injuries'
Online resource aims to protect mental health of Cdn workers
IAPA, WHO team up to develop new healthy workplace model
NS govt, businesses ensuring h&s of foreign-born workers
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