Environmental Law Firm of the Year
Who is the environmental law firm of the year? There seem to be a lot of rating services competing to decide. This week, we have been honoured as an (or the?) “Environmental Law Firm of the Year” for Canada by two of them: Corporate INTL Magazine, and DealMakers Monthly. We thought you would like to...
Continue reading the post titled Environmental Law Firm of the YearEnd of slow death by rubber duck?
In 2009, we blogged about plastics that contain (and release) phthalates, plasticizers used in the manufacture of soft vinyl used in many products (https://www.siskinds.com/slow-death-by-rubber-duck/). New Phthalates Regulations under the Hazardous Products Act (HPA) were registered on December 9 2010, and will come into force on June 9, 2011. They should help reduce phthalate exposure for...
Continue reading the post titled End of slow death by rubber duck?Innovative thinking about water?
Diane Cunningham, director of the Lawrence National Centre for Policy and Management at the Richard Ivey School of Business organized another great forum last month on innovation for Canadian environmental issues. This year’s forum was on Water Innovation; the keynote address and panelist presentations are posted at http://www.ivey.uwo.ca/lawrencecentre/water-innovation-2011/default.htm. This is exactly the sort of thing that...
Continue reading the post titled Innovative thinking about water?A reader asks about Renewable Fuels
A reader asks: are the federal Renewable Fuels Regulations in force?
Continue reading the post titled A reader asks about Renewable FuelsThe Dollars and Cents of Drinking and Driving
Labour and employment lawyers often write articles at the holiday season about liability for employers arising from their social events at which alcohol is served. And many clients seek opinions or draft workplace policies on the issue. Whether the employer is seeking to manage this issue for business reasons, ethical reasons, or both, when it communicates with...
Continue reading the post titled The Dollars and Cents of Drinking and DrivingRenewable Energy Approvals reg amended
Regulation Decision Notice: Proposed Amendments to O.Reg. 359/09 (Renewable Energy Approvals), which can be found here: http://www.ebr.gov.on.ca/ERS-WEB-External/displaynoticecontent.do?noticeId=MTEwMDEy&statusId=MTY3NDU3&language=en As a key pillar in supporting the development of Ontario’s green economy, the Ontariogovernment established O. Reg. 359/09 (Renewable Energy Approvals) under theEnvironmental Protection Act, on September 24, 2009. The regulation governs the approach to regulating renewable energy generation facilities based...
Continue reading the post titled Renewable Energy Approvals reg amendedAmerican energy use in one chart
US energy policy has an outsize effect on Canadian law, regulation and policy. It’s therefore fascinating to see, in a single graph, how much of what type of energy they use, and how that changes year-over-year. The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory publishes annual energy flowcharts for the US. You can find a similar diagram for...
Continue reading the post titled American energy use in one chartMumbling about climate change
As you’ve probably noticed, no one is talking about climate change in the federal election. The Ontario government is keeping the issue pretty low key too. They quietly released both their annual GHG mitigation report as well as its climate change adaptation plan and strategy with no fanfare last Thursday (just prior to the Easter...
Continue reading the post titled Mumbling about climate changeCourt of Appeal Upholds ERT Finding in Blanding’s Turtle Case
On April 20, 2015, the Ontario Court of Appeal restored the finding of the Environmental Review Tribunal (“ERT”) that the proposed Ostrander Point wind farm would result in “serious and irreversible” harm to the Blanding’s turtle. The Ostrander Point wind farm project is a nine-turbine 22.5 megawatt wind farm on Crown land in Prince Edward...
Continue reading the post titled Court of Appeal Upholds ERT Finding in Blanding’s Turtle CaseTransit, loss, and compensation
Our column in today’s award-winning SLAW revisits the Heyes case. “Public works often impose heavy losses on those in private property nearby. Under what circumstances should they be compensated? That should have been the question in Heyes v. Vancouver, now Susan Heyes Inc. (Hazel & Co.) v. South Coast B.C. Transportation Authority. Alas, it was...
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