Grim Prospects for Drilling on Arctic Leases Despite Trump Push
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Donald Trump pushed through controversial oil leases in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as one of his last acts as president—but legal observers say the chance that oil development actually proceeds there is slim. Read more.
1/22/2021 | Full Story
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The Régie intermunicipale du centre de valorisation des matières résiduelles du Haut-Saint-François et de Sherbrooke, also known as Valoris, in Quebec was fined $500,000 after pleading guilty to discharging a...
12/18/2020 | Full Story
ONTARIO - environment legislation
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Conservation Authorities Act. Section 28.0.1, dealing with permission for development, zoning order, is added. In force December 8, 2020.
12/18/2020 | Full Story
Ontario challenged on use of zoning override to develop wetland
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Environmental Defence and Ontario Nature are taking the Ontario government to court over its use of a Minister’s Zoning Order (MZO) — once a seldom-used power that the Doug Ford government has relied upon much more readily to...
12/4/2020 | Full Story
CANADA - environment legislation
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Port Authorities Operations Regulations. Part 3.1 of Schedule 1 is amended. Part 6.1 of Schedule 1 is repealed. Effective October 6, 2020.
11/26/2020 | Full Story
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Tamarack Acquisition Corp. in Alberta was fined $80,000 after pleading guilty to contravening a condition of a licence, contrary to clause 142(1)(e) of the province’s Water Act. Tamarack Acquisition received a temporary diversion licence...
11/26/2020 | Full Story
Govt shirking many environmental responsibilities, says Ont Auditor General in new environmental audit
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It appears that the Ontario government is still, at best, paying only lip-service to the Environmental Bill of Rights, 1993. The Auditor General’s just-released 2020 Annual Report of Environmental Value-for-Money Audits and the Operation...
11/20/2020 | Full Story
Ontario budget helps fund land protection, then erodes conservation authorities' ability to protect land
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With one hand, the Doug Ford government giveth, and with the other, it taketh away. The Ontario government’s November 5, 2020 budget promises $20 million as a partial match to private contributions to the Greenlands Conservation...
11/13/2020 | Full Story
Canada, Alberta settle on caribou conservation plan
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The governments of Canada and Alberta have struck an agreement under section 11 of the federal Species at Risk Act under which Alberta will take the lead in promoting the recovery of the province’s caribou populations, and the...
10/30/2020 | Full Story
MANITOBA - environment legislation
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Water and Wastewater Facility Operators Regulation. Subsections 16(3), 19(6) and 20(3) are added. Effective September 11, 2020.
10/28/2020 | Full Story
