Real climate leadership
Canada’s inaction on climate change was underscored again by Monday’s stunning announcement from Barack Obama’s White House. Demonstrating a commitment to lead by example, President Obama signed an Executive Order (attached) that sets sustainability goals for Federal agencies and focuses on making improvements in their environmental, energy and economic performance. The Order requires Federal agencies...
Continue reading the post titled Real climate leadershipERT rejects neighbours' plea re 22 year old spill
Should it really take more than 22 years to clean up a domestic fuel spill?
Continue reading the post titled ERT rejects neighbours' plea re 22 year old spillInnocent victim, Kawartha Lakes, gets leave to appeal spill cleanup order
The Ontario Court of Appeal has granted leave to appeal the Ministry of the Environment Order requiring an innocent victim of a spill, the City of Kawartha Lakes, to clean up oil from a domestic fuel spill.
Continue reading the post titled Innocent victim, Kawartha Lakes, gets leave to appeal spill cleanup orderWho pays when polluters can’t?
In theory, Canadians are pretty comfortable with the polluter pay principle, at least when it applies to other people. (We do not seem to feel the same way about carbon taxes.) In theory, the polluter-pay principle ensures that polluters, rather than the public or the immediate victims of pollution, bear the cost of repairing damage...
Continue reading the post titled Who pays when polluters can’t?Obstacles to waste diversion
Ontario’s Minister of the Environment says that it is his second highest priority to increase waste diversion from landfill. Can he do it? Yesterday, Dianne gave a well-received keynote address to the Municipal Waste Association on Obstacles to Waste Diversion.
Continue reading the post titled Obstacles to waste diversionEmergen-C Vitamin Drink Class Action Recent Discontinuance: click here for more info
NOTICE TO POTENTIAL MEMBERS OF THE DISCONTINUANCE OF THE CLASS ACTION CONCERNING COMMENCED AGAINST PFIZER CANADA INC. Take notice that, on March 29 2016, petitioner Stéphanie Chipeur was authorized to discontinue her Motions Seeking Authorization to Institute a Class Action, dated November 24, 2015. A copy of the judgment rendered by Justice Pierre-C. Gagnon, J.S.C.,...
Continue reading the post titled Emergen-C Vitamin Drink Class Action Recent Discontinuance: click here for more infoWhy is fairness irrelevant?
Innocent parties forced to pay unfair environmental costs should seek compensation in the civil courts, and should not expect any help from the ERT.
Continue reading the post titled Why is fairness irrelevant?Ontario’s New Program to Recycle Used Tires
This fall, Ontario will begin a tire-recycling program, funded by fees that Ontario Tire Stewardship will collect from tire manufacturers, brand owners and importers.
Continue reading the post titled Ontario’s New Program to Recycle Used TiresWater quality trading ebbs away again
Ever since the Newt Gingrich “Common Sense Revolution”, much ink has been spent on the alleged superiority of economic instruments over “command and control”.  In theory, government cannot efficiently or effectively tell people what to do; instead, government should give people an economic incentive to do the right thing, allowing them to use their own...
Continue reading the post titled Water quality trading ebbs away againWhat's changed in 20 years?
My guess is that we’re still running pretty hard to have results that look like standing still.
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