COLUMN: Canada's environmental record may not be as great as we think
Source: www.ecolog.com Daily News
Ask most Canadians where our country stands in terms of global environmental performance and most will probably say that we must be in the top five, or at least the top 10.
7/3/2020 | Full Story
Report calculates public health benefits of conversion to electric vehicles
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Computer simulations from the University of Toronto’s Transportation and Air Quality Research Group suggest that the electrification of the vehicle fleet will do much more than reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
6/12/2020 | Full Story
Progress of Bills, regulations and guidelines
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Throughout the year, the federal, provincial and territorial governments introduce Bills, bring Acts into force, and draft and file new regulations and guidelines. Among them are:
4/28/2020 | Full Story
COVID response leads to big improvement in urban air quality
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Newly-published research by University of Toronto Biology Professor Marc Cadotte finds that six cities that declared a state of emergency in February 2020 in response to COVID-19 outbreaks saw marked declines in air pollution. The research...
4/17/2020 | Full Story
Alberta suspends environmental reporting obligations
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With a series of Ministerial Orders dated March 30 and 31, 2020, Alberta Environment and Parks Minister Jason Nixon has suspended reporting requirements under several environmental regulations and extended deadlines for others. The Orders state...
4/3/2020 | Full Story
Municipal infrastructure will need major investments to adapt to climate change: report
Source: www.ecolog.com Daily News
A new report from the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) and the Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) warns that municipalities will need to invest $5.3 billion per year to avoid the worst impacts of climate change.
3/6/2020 | Full Story
NOVA SCOTIA - environment legislation
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Air Quality Regulations. Subsections 3(2) and 7C(1), and Schedule C are amended. Subsection 7E(3) is replaced. Effective January 21, 2020.
2/26/2020 | Full Story
Industry May Have to Wait on EPA Air-Permit Exemption Help
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Power plants, refineries, and factories may not know which routine repairs qualify for federal air permit exemptions this year because of the sudden departure of the EPA’s air chief, an agency official said. Read more.
7/5/2019 | Full Story
QUEBEC - environment legislation
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Burial of Contaminated Soils Regulation. Section 1 is amended. Effective April 18, 2019.
4/26/2019 | Full Story
Health professionals frame climate change as a public health issue
Source: www.ecolog.com Daily News
In advance of the 2019 federal election, a collection of organizations in health care is calling on all federal political parties to treat climate change as a threat to the physical and mental health of Canadians. They say that addressing...
2/8/2019 | Full Story
