MOE, approvals and the garbage strike
The Ministry should amend the EPA to allow quick and flexible responses to future garbage strikes. In the meantime, they should waive the need for approvals until the end of the strike, providing that each facility complies with reasonable rules for protection of public health and odour …
View the post titled MOE, approvals and the garbage strikeBiomass and the Green Energy Act
Renewable energy approvals will be much more demanding for the MOE (and the Environmental Review Tribunal) than anything they do now.
View the post titled Biomass and the Green Energy ActUS climate rules, California and Ontario's cap and trade plan
Canada has done so little for so long that our climate policy has laid us wide open to serious protectionist provisions in the 1500 page ACES, HR 2454.
View the post titled US climate rules, California and Ontario's cap and trade planRenewable energy approvals proposal- changes needed
The proposed mandatory setbacks for wind turbines will block a high percentage of planned wind projects, and especially those close to load. This will increase the need for long-distance transmission lines, which have significant environmental footprints.
View the post titled Renewable energy approvals proposal- changes neededUS- Great leap forward on climate change
In the last few days, the US government has taken two of the critical steps towards serious action on climate change that the Bush administration fought off for eight years.
View the post titled US- Great leap forward on climate changeRelying on reliance letters
Reliance letters may give the holder no practical remedy if an engineer's report turns out to be negligent.
View the post titled Relying on reliance lettersHow do we understand the minds of others?
How does our brain allow us to understand the mind of others?
View the post titled How do we understand the minds of others?Scorecard of North American pollution
5.5 billion kilograms of toxic pollutant releases and transfers were reported in 2005. Canadian and US petroleum refineries and bulk storage terminals, alone, release about 7 million kilograms of carcinogens and developmental or reproductive toxicants every year.
View the post titled Scorecard of North American pollutionDrive Clean gets serious- $100,000 fine
Previous Drive Clean fines had tended to be modest, despite the financial incentive to cheat. This $125,000 penalty should make cheating less attractive.
View the post titled Drive Clean gets serious- $100,000 fineCan municipalities rein in speedboats?
The Québec Court of Appeal will soon hear a fascinating case on the power of municipalities to regulate speedboats.
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