Carbon offsets calculator
For those interested, we have now added a carbon offsets calculator to our Links page, and repeat it here. There may be lots of controversy about offsets, but we think that credible ones can make great holiday gifts:
Continue reading the post titled Carbon offsets calculatorThe most important environmental cases of 2009
What do you think are the most important environmental law cases in Canada in 2009 so far?
Continue reading the post titled The most important environmental cases of 2009Smog? Take the bus, cheap!
In a successful experiment, STL helped to fight a three-day smog alert by temporarily dropping the bus fare from $2.60 to $1.
Continue reading the post titled Smog? Take the bus, cheap!Siskinds Wins “Best Social Media Campaign in the Legal Industry” Two Years In A Row.
Siskinds is proud to announce that we have received the 2013 Internet Advertising Competition award for “Best Social Media Campaign in the Legal Industry” presented by The Web Marketing Association for our “Siskinds New Year Charity Challenge”. We would like to thank tbk Creative for working with us to develop this great campaign. tbk Creative is...
Continue reading the post titled Siskinds Wins “Best Social Media Campaign in the Legal Industry” Two Years In A Row.American election will force Canada to take action on climate change
With yesterday’s election of President-Elect Obama, Canada will now be forced to get serious about climate change. Obama has pledged to Implement an economy-wide cap-and-trade program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 80 percent by 2050. In order to keep selling into the American market, Canadians will have to do something similar. Obama’s plan is far more wrenching...
Continue reading the post titled American election will force Canada to take action on climate changeMagnificent Polar Bears
The shorter ice season is having a significant impact on these magnificent bears.
Continue reading the post titled Magnificent Polar BearsCarbon Management Centre
It’s great to see that, after years of apparent indifference, Alberta is developing a strong interest in climate change. Water shortages are getting attention. The oil sector has just wrapped up its third international consultation on greening the oil sands. And the University of Calgary expects to launch a national Centre of Excellence on carbon...
Continue reading the post titled Carbon Management CentreEnforcing the Mandatory FSCO Mediation Timeline
On November 29, 2012, the Ontario Court of Appeal took a welcomed position by the personal injury bar concerning the statutory scheme for mandatory mediation under the Statutory Accident Benefits Schedule, O. Reg. 34/10 (“SABS”). In Hurst v. Aviva Insurance Company, 2012 ONCA 837, the question that was resolved was a question of law regarding...
Continue reading the post titled Enforcing the Mandatory FSCO Mediation TimelineToronto's marvellous waterfront
One of the successes of Ontario’s 40 years of environmental law and enforcement is Toronto’s marvellous waterfront. Yes, I admit that some of the gains are hard to see from land. But a few minutes’ paddle is all it takes to glory in swans and egrets, swallows and terns, cormorants and ducklings and gulls. Huge...
Continue reading the post titled Toronto's marvellous waterfrontAre our migratory birds protected?
One of the oldest international environmental treaties is the 1916 Convention between the United States (US) and Great Britain for the Protection of Migratory Birds in the US and Canada. It was adopted after the destruction of the once ubiquitous passenger pigeon, to require each country to protect the remaining birds that fly between them....
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