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Transport Canada adopts amendments to combat ship-sourced GHGs
Transport Canada has announced new regulatory amendments designed to reduce air emissions and increase energy efficiency for ships navigating Canadian waters.
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Feds attempt to relieve 'administrative burden' for water use in Nunavut
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.
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Ontario 2013 budget lacking firm environmental measures
Apart from a business context, the word “environment” can’t be found anywhere in the May 2, 2013 Ontario budget speech from Finance Minister Charles Sousa.
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Ontario court dismisses claim that wind project proposal hurt property values
A civil lawsuit that claimed wpd Canada Corporation’s Fairview Wind Project proposal damaged property values in the Collingwood area has been dismissed by an Ontario Superior Court of Justice.
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Ozone levels spike as emissions decline, says Ontario air quality report
The 41st Annual Air Quality Report from Ontario’s Ministry of the Environment shows that even though annual mean ozone levels have increased by seven per cent from 2002 to 2011, there have been strides forward in terms of improving air...
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Thunder Bay MP warns of 'carbon bubble' crisis raised in UK report
A new report from the London School of Economics says that as much as 80 per cent of Canada’s hydrocarbon reserves are effectively unburnable and have instead generated a $236-billion carbon bubble that could trigger economic crisis.
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Ont proposing to add landfill gas power generation to EASR
Ontario’s Ministry of the Environment is proposing to allow landfill gas power generating facilities to register in the province’s Environmental Activity and Sector Registry (EASR).
4/30/2013 | Full Story -
Progress of Bills and regulations
Throughout the year, the federal and provincial governments introduce Bills, bring Acts into force, and draft and file new regulations. Among them are:
4/30/2013 | Full Story -
Private Member's Bills propose 'heritage' waters for Navigation Protection Act
On Earth Day 2013, the federal NDP introduced 10 Private Member’s Bills in Parliament to get 27 “heritage” lakes and rivers under the protection of the Navigation Protection Act when it takes effect.
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Oil sands data portal opens to public
In the name of transparency and full environmental disclosure, the federal and Alberta governments have opened up an online oil sands data portal to the general public.
4/26/2013 | Full Story


