Ecojustice launches Northern Gateway lawsuit
Ecojustice has filed a lawsuit seeking a court order to force the Joint Review Panel to go back to the drawing board and remedy flaws in its final environmental assessment report on the proposed Northern Gateway Pipeline. In December, the Joint Review panel recommended that the pipeline be a…
View the post titled Ecojustice launches Northern Gateway lawsuitGoodbye to Nanticoke, and all that coal
January 8 marked the last day of operation of the Nanticoke Generating Station, the last operating coal-fired electrical generating facility in southern Ontario. This latest shut down will help mark 2014 as the year Ontario will become a coal-free jurisdiction. Nanticoke was once the worst a…
View the post titled Goodbye to Nanticoke, and all that coalDisclose that contamination? Or not?
Owners of contaminated sites are sometimes reluctant to disclose what they know, hoping to get rid of the liability with the property. Anyone who is so tempted will want to follow what happens in 1623242 Ontario Inc. v. Great Lakes Copper Inc., 2013 ONSC 7935 and 2013 ONSC 2548. In this case…
View the post titled Disclose that contamination? Or not?Ruling: Wind turbine approvals comply with the Charter
While some people find wind turbines annoying, subjective annoyance is not so serious an infringement of personal security to constitute a breach of the Charter.
View the post titled Ruling: Wind turbine approvals comply with the CharterNot many sad court decisions are this entertaining
“As a liar, Singh demonstrated the skill of a five-year-old.” A recent Ontario court decision vividly describes how bad it can be for a trusting family to become entangled with a crook. And for a trial judge who must listen for years, with endless patience, to that crook. It is …
View the post titled Not many sad court decisions are this entertainingBlue box funding dispute goes to arbitration
Ontario’s municipalities and brand owners are taking their dispute over Blue Box funding to arbitration. Under the Waste Diversion Act, 2002, s. 25(5) stewards are supposed to pay 50% of the net costs incurred by municipalities. In previous years, the parties have negotiated the amount…
View the post titled Blue box funding dispute goes to arbitrationA film that is worth your time
Congratulations to Canadian filmmaker, Rob Stewart, for his moving and urgent film, Revolution. Click here for the trailer. It is focused on the fast -moving threat of ocean acidification, and features spectacular underwater photography. The film came out in the spring, but I did not have a …
View the post titled A film that is worth your timeLove Canal, 35 years later
Why do we spend so much time and money on invisible contamination underground? One of the big reasons is the sickness and death at Love Canal. For those who don’t remember, Living on Earth has a retrospective. We needed to act. Did we overreact?
View the post titled Love Canal, 35 years laterBetter access to environmental information in Alberta
Alberta may not often be perceived as a leader in environmental regulation, but they do some things much better than we do in Ontario. For example, consider access to private reports on environmental contamination that have been filed with the province. In Ontario, these reports can be acces…
View the post titled Better access to environmental information in AlbertaKudos to Environmental Commissioner
Our congratulations to Ontario’s Environmental Commissioner for three more excellent reports: 2012/2013 Annual Report: Serving the Public A Review of Ontario’s Weakened Protections for Species at Risk (Special Report, Nov. 2013) Building Momentum:Annual Energy Conservation Progre…
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