Lots of concern about brownfield proposal
If the Ministry of the Environment adopts the very stringent new standards it has proposed, it must offset them with major improvements to risk assessment or risk sterilizing numerous contaminated sites, with grave environmental and economic consequences.
View the post titled Lots of concern about brownfield proposalABSOLUTE DISCHARGE UNDER CEPA
Environment Canada urgently needs to re-examine its approach to enforcement. Serious punishment should be reserved for those who had some reason to know that what they were doing was wrong.
View the post titled ABSOLUTE DISCHARGE UNDER CEPAContaminated Sites for Executors and Trustees
Contaminated property can exhaust the entire assets of an estate; in extreme cases, the personal assets of the executor can also be at risk.
View the post titled Contaminated Sites for Executors and TrusteesDisappointing budget
If Thomas Friedman is right, in his compelling bestseller, Hot, Crowded and Flat, Canada has just thrown away a major opportunity to build a successful future. This week’s federal budget will create an $85 billion deficit, without creating the clean, sustainable energy supply that our …
View the post titled Disappointing budgetSunrise Propane class-action, plaintiffs win a skirmish
Proposed plaintiffs in the Sunrise Propane class action have won a court order, forcing provincial regulators to immediately turn over photographs, videos, and parts of witness statements concerning the explosion site.
View the post titled Sunrise Propane class-action, plaintiffs win a skirmishVague communication = liability for waste explosion
An Ontario waste hauler has been held partly liable for an incinerator explosion in Alberta; the hauler failed to clearly communicate information about the waste to an Alberta broker.
View the post titled Vague communication = liability for waste explosionMOE getting pushback on proposed brownfields standards
Developers and banks are expressing strong concern to the Ministry of the Environment about the impact of proposed standards for contaminated sites.
View the post titled MOE getting pushback on proposed brownfields standardsObama
President Obama began today a major, and long-overdue shift in US energy and environmental policy, and a reassertion of American leadership on international issues such as climate change.
View the post titled ObamaExport and Import of Hazardous Waste and Recyclable Materials
Systemic problems with Canada's Export/Import of Hazardous Waste and Hazardous Recyclable Materials Regulations lead to unnecessary disputes.
View the post titled Export and Import of Hazardous Waste and Recyclable MaterialsMOE Interrogations
Can Ministry of the Environment investigators force people to answer their questions?
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