Failure to Notify brings $150,000 Fine Despite no Damage to Property
Two companies, Consbec Inc. and Bruman Construction Inc., were fined a collective total of $150,000 for failing to notify the Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change (“MOECC”) of a fly-rock discharge. Bruman owns and operates an aggregate quarry located in North Bay. Consbec was hired by Bruman to engage in controlled blasting at the...
Continue reading the post titled Failure to Notify brings $150,000 Fine Despite no Damage to PropertyHome Rebate for Climate Change Initiatives
On December 13th the Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change announced its initiatives to promote energy-efficient homes. Ontario residents are eligible for rebates on low-carbon, energy-efficient renovations completed on their homes. This new program is under the Green Ontario Fund, a non-profit provincial agency and funded by proceeds from the province’s cap on pollution...
Continue reading the post titled Home Rebate for Climate Change InitiativesReform of the Federal Environmental Assessment Regime Under Bill C-69: Many Faces of Critique
Bill C-69, the federal government’s proposal for changing the current environmental assessment regime, is currently at first reading. The Bill proposes to reconfigure the way that potential environmental impacts of a project are evaluated in advance of its approval. The proposed changes are wide-ranging, encompassing the kinds of projects that will be subject to review,...
Continue reading the post titled Reform of the Federal Environmental Assessment Regime Under Bill C-69: Many Faces of CritiqueShooting the messenger- National Roundtable on Environment and Economy
The National Roundtable on the Environment and the Economy (NRTEE) was created 25 years ago to advise the Canadian government how to achieve a sustainable economy. It operated as an arm’s length policy advisory agency with multi-stakeholder, cross Canada representation. The NRTEE took its job seriously, and its reports, especially on climate change, repeatedly embarrassed...
Continue reading the post titled Shooting the messenger- National Roundtable on Environment and EconomyThe 32 most alarming climate change charts
Grist has assembled the 32 most alarming climate change charts from the draft report of the US National Climate Assessment and Development Advisory Committee, including sea level rise; billion-dollar weather disasters; annual days over 100°F; observed changes in heavy precipitation; increase in frost free days; extreme drought; pollen counts; ticks; coastal flooding; flooding of power plants and...
Continue reading the post titled The 32 most alarming climate change chartsNobel Prize Winner Recommends Tax on Carbon Emissions
Professor William D. Nordhaus, an economist from Yale who has dedicated more than forty years attempting to convince governments to address climate change through the imposition on a tax on carbon emissions was awarded the 2018 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. Professor Nordhaus has been called “the father of climate-change economics” and developed models...
Continue reading the post titled Nobel Prize Winner Recommends Tax on Carbon EmissionsWorried about wind?
So much misinformation has been spread about wind turbines that many reasonable people don’t know what to think. As one reader wrote: “Hi Dianne, … I wondered if you could direct me to reliable sources on the benefits / risks of Wind Turbines. I live in West Grey with lots of wind, but many here...
Continue reading the post titled Worried about wind?Unionized Employee Dismissed from Hydro One for Off-Duty Conduct Reinstated to His Former Position
Last summer a significant amount of media attention was focused on employees being terminated for actions that occurred outside of working hours. One of the most notorious cases involved a unionized Hydro One employee who was dismissed for making vulgar and sexist comments to a television news reporter while he was intoxicated at a soccer...
Continue reading the post titled Unionized Employee Dismissed from Hydro One for Off-Duty Conduct Reinstated to His Former PositionClimate change and gardens
As passionate gardeners, we keep wondering how the changing climate is affecting our gardens. (We last wrote about climate change in this space during the heat of summer in 2010.) We therefore noticed when the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) updated its plant hardiness zone map on January 25, 2012. Throughout much of the U.S.,...
Continue reading the post titled Climate change and gardensTime Off to Vote for Federal Election – October 19, 2015
The Federal election is fast approaching. There are a number of ways for employees to vote, including: In person on Election Day – October 19, 2015 from 9:30 am to 9:30 pm in Ontario. In person on the advance voting days – October 9, 10, 11 and 12, 2015 from noon to 8 pm. In person...
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