Brownfield Bootcamp wants Canadian cities to share remediation game plans
Source: www.ecolog.com Daily News
When Nanaimo, British Columbia officials spent $3.4 million on a 26.7-acre property from Canadian Pacific Rail in March of 2013, they had their eyes set on a federal fund that could offset most of the brownfield’s redevelopment costs....
5/24/2013 | Full Story
Supreme Court ruling sets precedent for taxes on clean-up obligations
Source: www.ecolog.com Daily News
A new Supreme Court of Canada ruling on deforestation could have wide-reaching implications for the tax treatment of oil and gas companies’ clean-up obligations.
5/24/2013 | Full Story
Alberta's new energy regulator draws activists' ire as implementation looms
Source: www.ecolog.com Daily News
While the government calls it a “one-stop approach” that's a bona fide boon for business, critics of Alberta’s Responsible Energy Development Act (REDA) are warning that the legislation will bring fewer...
5/17/2013 | Full Story
Toxic waste sites linked to lead levels, impaired development in children
Source: www.hazmatmag.com Daily News
Children living near toxic waste sites in lower and middle income countries such as India, Philippines and Indonesia may experience higher blood lead levels, resulting in a loss of IQ points and a higher incidence of developmental issues,...
5/15/2013 | Full Story
SUBMIT ABSTRACTS NOW: 3rd Sites and Spills Expo in Toronto
Source: www.hazmatmag.com Daily News
Preparations for the 3rd Sites and Spills Expo are underway and the organizers invite individuals and companies to submit conference papers related to spills or pollution abatement and site remediation.
4/17/2013 | Full Story
Civil engineers give 'D' Grade for US hazardous waste cleanup
Source: www.hazmatmag.com Daily News
Annual funding for U.S. Superfund site cleanups is estimated to be as much as $500 million short of what is needed, and 1,280 sites remain on the National Priorities List with an unknown number of potential sites yet to be identified, says a...
4/12/2013 | Full Story
Quebec's lone oil-fired plant: decommissioning a 'dinosaur'
Source: www.ecolog.com Daily News
By the end of 2013, the skyline near Montreal will be a little barer, and a lot cleaner, as the decommissioning of the “dinosaur” thermal generating facility in Sorel-Tracy — with its four colossal chimneys like...
1/18/2013 | Full Story
Lake Simcoe, Georgian Bay get $29 million for feds' clean-up project
Source: www.ecolog.com Daily News
A five-year $29-million fund aims to restore the ecological health of Lake Simcoe and southeastern Georgian Bay, the federal government announced January 7, 2013.
1/11/2013 | Full Story
Randle Reef remediation prep starts in Hamilton
Source: www.ecolog.com Daily News
Structural testing to build a containment facility at Randle Reef is in the early stages of a sediment remediation project for a coal tar-contaminated area near Hamilton Harbour.
12/14/2012 | Full Story
ALBERTA - environment legislation
Source: Print Archives
Environment and Sustainable Resource Development Grant Regulation. Title changed from "Environment Grant Regulation". Subsections 1(1), 5(2) and (3), and section 8 are amended. Effective October 3, 2012.
12/10/2012 | Full Story
