Manitoba invests in mobile system to flush invasive species from boats
Source: www.ecolog.com Daily News
A new mobile heat and pressure-based system designed to prevent invasive species from entering waterways will be released for summer 2013, the Manitoba government has announced. ...
5/31/2013 | Full Story
Progress of Bills and regulations
Source: Print Archives
Throughout the year, the federal and provincial governments introduce Bills, bring Acts into force, and draft and file new regulations. Among them are:
5/31/2013 | Full Story
COMPANIES in the news ...
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Following an appeal, North Shore Express Ltd. in Leamington, Ontario was fined a total of $150,000 and its owner, Daniel Andres Tiessen, sentenced to 30 days in jail for failing to comply with a Ministry of the Environment approval involving...
5/31/2013 | Full Story
Calgary researcher measures groundwater sustainability in new study
Source: www.ecolog.com Daily News
A hydrologist at the University of Calgary is working on a new tool for regulatory agencies and municipalities to measure the impacts of land use and climate change on groundwater.
5/24/2013 | Full Story
Holmes Hydro Project didn't circumvent environmental assessment, BC court rules
Source: www.ecolog.com Daily News
The Holmes Hydro Project did not circumvent environmental assessment laws when its management split up the massive project into 10 smaller ones rather than submit a single project application, a British Columbia (B.C.) Supreme Court...
5/24/2013 | Full Story
Controversial BC coal project missing key elements in enviro assessment application
Source: www.ecolog.com Daily News
British Columbia's Environmental Assessment Office (EAO) has told the Compliance Coal Corporation that the April 4, 2013 application submitted on behalf of its controversial Raven Underground Coal Project is incomplete and will not be reviewed....
5/24/2013 | Full Story
Toronto firm unveils underwater energy storage technology in cleantech venture deal
Source: www.ecolog.com Daily News
The MaRS Cleantech Fund has signed a venture deal with Toronto firm Hydrostor to convert surplus electricity to underwater compressed air and store it for peak-time use.
5/17/2013 | Full Story
Framework set to save Experimental Lakes Area through policy institute
Source: www.ecolog.com Daily News
After seven months of negotiations, Fisheries and Oceans Canada and the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) have finalized the framework for an agreement to save the shuttered freshwater research facility at northwestern...
5/17/2013 | Full Story
Transport Canada adopts amendments to combat ship-sourced GHGs
Source: www.ecolog.com Daily News
Transport Canada has announced new regulatory amendments designed to reduce air emissions and increase energy efficiency for ships navigating Canadian waters.
5/10/2013 | Full Story
Feds attempt to relieve 'administrative burden' for water use in Nunavut
Source: www.ecolog.com Daily News
To attract new development to the North, the Canadian government has brought new regulations into force that allow companies operating in Nunavut to use small amounts of water and deposit small amounts of waste into water without a licence.
5/10/2013 | Full Story
