Orgaworld wins organic waste odour appeal
Orgaworld Canada, a composting company, has won a hard-fought appeal for permission to compost disputed wastes at its Ottawa facility, despite MOE fears about potential odours. The disputed wastes include pet faeces, urine, and organic waste in plastic bags. In rejecting the Ministry of the …
View the post titled Orgaworld wins organic waste odour appealWill Midland really put a waste site facing Ste Marie?
Opposition is growing to a proposal, by the Town of Midland and a waste/ scrap handling company called Recycling Specialties, to put a waste transfer and processing site (with outdoor storage) on a vacant lot facing the most sensitive and sacred parts of Sainte Marie among the Hurons and the…
View the post titled Will Midland really put a waste site facing Ste Marie?Speech from the Throne
Environmental issues were not top of mind in yesterday’s Speech from the Throne by Ontario’s minority government. In fact, the word “environment” is mentioned only once:
View the post titled Speech from the ThroneStormwater: You pave, you pay
The more you pave, the more you pay
View the post titled Stormwater: You pave, you payThinking about the Occupy question
I agree that municipalities should be permitted to enforce their “no camping” bylaws in city parks. But I also agree with the Occupiers that undue social inequalities are harmful, for the environment and for society as a whole. Richard Wilkinson has done some excellent research o…
View the post titled Thinking about the Occupy questionNRTEE releases new report on sustainable water use
In Changing Currents: Water Sustainability and the Future of Canada’s Natural Resources Sector, the National Roundtable on the Environment and the Economy (NRTEE) concluded that Canada’s structures for management and governance of water resources weren’t equipped for what the report called a…
View the post titled NRTEE releases new report on sustainable water useCompliance in reporting
Here are Dianne’s presentation slides on Compliance and reporting Nov 15 11 from this week’s Envirogate conference, Environmental Compliance Essentials. Bottom line: due diligence in environmental reporting has the same basic structure as any other due diligence program: identify…
View the post titled Compliance in reportingCycling, accidents, and responsibility
A great deal of responsibility is placed on cyclists to watch out for their own safety. Under the Highway Traffic Act, a bicycle is a vehicle and has the same rights and responsibilities as other road users and the driver of a bicycle must be as conscientious as the driver of a car. The Courts...
View the post titled Cycling, accidents, and responsibilitySino-Forest says independent committee finds no fraud, Q3 results delayed
Proactiveinvestors.com reports on the Sino-Forest lawsuit.To read full article, please click here.
View the post titled Sino-Forest says independent committee finds no fraud, Q3 results delayedRCMP investigation into Sino-Forest won’t alter path of class action
Canadian Lawyer Magazine reports on Siskinds class action suit against Sino-Forest Corp. To read the full story, please click here.
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