Excess material or waste?
The Ministry of the Environment has tried and failed to introduce a rational excess materials policy. In its absence, the province has established two main benchmarks for excavation fill, but they do not match.
View the post titled Excess material or waste?Proposed changes to Reg. 347- Waste
Half of the amendments are intended to ensure that the Ministry wins long-standing arguments about the interpretation of the regulation.
View the post titled Proposed changes to Reg. 347- WasteBiomass and the Green Energy Act
Renewable energy approvals will be much more demanding for the MOE (and the Environmental Review Tribunal) than anything they do now.
View the post titled Biomass and the Green Energy ActScorecard of North American pollution
5.5 billion kilograms of toxic pollutant releases and transfers were reported in 2005. Canadian and US petroleum refineries and bulk storage terminals, alone, release about 7 million kilograms of carcinogens and developmental or reproductive toxicants every year.
View the post titled Scorecard of North American pollutionGreen Energy Act Regulations released
The Ministries of Environment and Natural Resources have released draft regulations that could allow them to start issuing renewable energy approvals early next year.
View the post titled Green Energy Act Regulations releasedText of GEA amendments
Here are 52 pages of the Government’s Amendments to Bill 150, the Green Energy and Green Economy Act. Opposition amendments were proposed but not passed. In addition to amendments highlighted in the minister’s announcement (see April 25 blog), significant amendments include: e…
View the post titled Text of GEA amendmentsFederal court orders mining disclosure
Two environmental groups have won a great victory over Environment Canada and the mining industry, which must immediately begin collecting and reporting information on pollutants in mine tailings and waste rock.
View the post titled Federal court orders mining disclosureRenewable energy approvals
One great feature of the Green Energy Act will be freeing renewable energy projects from the current straightjacket of Ministry of the Environment rules on “waste”.
View the post titled Renewable energy approvalsNew reporting law for recyclables
Ontario's Bill 105, the proposed Waste Reporting Act, is a rarity -- a private member's bill that has government support and is going to pass.
View the post titled New reporting law for recyclablesNew Zero Waste Policy
Major changes coming for waste management in Ontario- blue box to change to 100% producer funding?
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