Did Conservatives mislead country on environmental assessment "delays"?
Canada’s environmental review process for projects such as oil and gas pipelines did not have backlogs or other unreasonable delays that would justify the timelines imposed by the federal government last year, according to a study in the respected Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.
Continue reading the post titled Did Conservatives mislead country on environmental assessment "delays"?Few complaints once wind farms start operating
Two recent studies confirm that complaints about wind turbines are much more frequent in areas where the turbines have not been built, than they are near operating wind farms. Wind farms are particularly accepted in Alberta, which has had large wind farms for 20 years. The Pembina Institute blog comments: “No other province in Canada has a...
Continue reading the post titled Few complaints once wind farms start operatingRenewable energy guidance
Need a renewable energy approval under the Environmental Protection Act for a wind, solar or biomass project? Six new draft technical guidance documents have been released for three months’ public comment, to May 30, 2010. See EBR Registry Number 010-9235. Applicants should follow the guidance, even before it is formally adopted, and opponents will study...
Continue reading the post titled Renewable energy guidanceThe silence of the bees – Nix the neonics! Sign the petition…
Bees are dying; we can do something about it. Three thousand or so registered beekeepers manage around 100,000 honeybee colonies in Ontario. In the spring of 2012, bees began to die in record numbers. No one knows, for sure, what’s killing the bees, but one class of pesticides is likely part of the problem. There are several...
Continue reading the post titled The silence of the bees – Nix the neonics! Sign the petition…Environmental Assessment: Worth the cost?
The main finding of this study is that the lengthy time frames and higher costs to comply with the Municipal Class EA process are not providing additional environmental or other benefits.
Continue reading the post titled Environmental Assessment: Worth the cost?Yes, TCE is a carcinogen
After 22 years of study, and intense political maneuvering, the US Environmental Protection Agency has formally classified TCE (trichloroethene, also called trichloroethylene) as a carcinogen, as well as a non-cancer hazard to human health. The assessment is now a formal part of the the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) database, a human health assessment program that...
Continue reading the post titled Yes, TCE is a carcinogenOffshore wind moratorium
So, Ontario is ducking the offshore wind issue until after the election. I suppose it should not be a surprise, given the extraordinary public and media attention that the rapid growth in wind energy has elicited, and the growing fixation of the entire political system on the forthcoming election. When Ontario moved to fixed election...
Continue reading the post titled Offshore wind moratoriumGreen building materials: SM 01350
Some key elements of Section 01350 are procedures to ensure good indoor air quality to protect human health.
Continue reading the post titled Green building materials: SM 01350Agent Orange report confirms: some Ontario workers were poisoned
The Ontario government has released a report concluding that some pesticide applicators in Ontario were exposed to dangerous levels of Agent Orange between 1948 and 1979 — the same chemical used to defoliate the jungle during the Vietnam War. Although most Agent Orange was used by municipalities, the study was a provincial one and limited...
Continue reading the post titled Agent Orange report confirms: some Ontario workers were poisonedA right to a healthy environment
In a ground breaking decision on Friday, October 8, 2021 the United Nations Human Rights Council recognized the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment. Resolution 48/13 calls on the countries throughout the world to work cooperatively in the implementation of this new right to a healthy environment. The text of the regulation was...
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