Jail for white collar environmental crimes
Atlantic States Cast Iron Pipe Co. has been fined $8 million for environmental and health and safety offences. Four of its senior managers have been sent to jail. Could it happen in Canada?
View the post titled Jail for white collar environmental crimesNew rules for mining in Ontario
The Minister of Northern Development and Mines has introduced Bill 173, a substantial set of amendments to the Mining Act. The amendments are intended to: improve notice to, and consultation with, aboriginal communities and surface rights owners; prevent mining claims from being staked on la…
View the post titled New rules for mining in OntarioIPCC: Climate and disaster management
The thirtieth meeting of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has wrapped up in Turkey. The IPCC is a world-wide group, established in 1988 by the World Meteorological Organization and UN Environment Programme, to assess scientific, technical and socioeconomic information rel…
View the post titled IPCC: Climate and disaster managementApprovals backlog drops
This week, the Ontario Environmental Industry Association released a report on the severe economic damage Ontario suffers from red tape and delays relating to environmental approvals. In response, the Ontario Ministry of Environment proudly announced that their approvals backlog has dropped …
View the post titled Approvals backlog dropsGreen Energy Act finishes clause by clause review
The Legislative Committee on General Government finished its clause by clause review of Bill 150 today. To no one’s surprise, all 52 pages of the government amendments were adopted. The Bill now goes back to the floor of the Legislature for third reading, as amended. Draft regulations…
View the post titled Green Energy Act finishes clause by clause reviewText of GEA amendments
Here are 52 pages of the Government’s Amendments to Bill 150, the Green Energy and Green Economy Act. Opposition amendments were proposed but not passed. In addition to amendments highlighted in the minister’s announcement (see April 25 blog), significant amendments include: e…
View the post titled Text of GEA amendmentsInteresting statistics on brownfields
According to the Ontario Ministry of the Environment, a significant number of Records of Site Condition has been posted to the Brownfields Environmental Site Registry since October 1 2004, when regulation 513/04 came into effect. As of early this month, a total of 1747 RSCs had been filed.…
View the post titled Interesting statistics on brownfieldsFederal court orders mining disclosure
Two environmental groups have won a great victory over Environment Canada and the mining industry, which must immediately begin collecting and reporting information on pollutants in mine tailings and waste rock.
View the post titled Federal court orders mining disclosureRed tape, approvals and the Ontario economy
One of the key promises of the Green Energy Act is a “one window” approval process for renewable energy projects, coupled with a six month “service guarantee”, to cut through the current dozens of approvals for a power generation project. How will the Ministry of Envi…
View the post titled Red tape, approvals and the Ontario economyOBA comments reflected in Green Energy Act amendments
Minister Smitherman has announced amendments to Bill 150, the Green Energy Act, which respond to the recommendations of the Ontario Bar Association.
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