What's next for Brownfields?
The Ministry of the Environment is continuing its lengthy consultations on proposed amendments to Reg. 153/04, the brownfields regulation. Reflecting the huge economic impact of the proposed changes, the MOE received dozens of comments by the February 10 deadline. This week, the MOE emphasiz…
Continue reading the post titled What's next for Brownfields?Green Energy Act
The Green Energy Act will be introduced to the Legislature by George Smitherman today. If he intends the Bill to be effective, it will hopefully contain steps to guarantee: a right to connect to the electrical grid; fair and predictable pricing for electricity sold to the grid; easier sit…
Continue reading the post titled Green Energy ActCarbon offsets and ISO 14064
Canada played a key role in developing the voluntary international standards for quantifying greenhouse gas reductions, ISO-14064 and 14065. After all that hard work, it’s wonderful to see a Canadian government taking them seriously. Both standards are key features of British Columbi…
Continue reading the post titled Carbon offsets and ISO 14064Nanomaterials- are we protected?
Canada's regulators are struggling to catch up with the explosion of nanotechnology.
Continue reading the post titled Nanomaterials- are we protected?OEB gives green energy a boost
Ontario Energy Board amended Ontario's electricity Distribution System Code, making it easier, faster and simpler for small generation projects to get connected to the grid.
Continue reading the post titled OEB gives green energy a boostLots of concern about brownfield proposal
If the Ministry of the Environment adopts the very stringent new standards it has proposed, it must offset them with major improvements to risk assessment or risk sterilizing numerous contaminated sites, with grave environmental and economic consequences.
Continue reading the post titled Lots of concern about brownfield proposalContaminated Sites for Executors and Trustees
Contaminated property can exhaust the entire assets of an estate; in extreme cases, the personal assets of the executor can also be at risk.
Continue reading the post titled Contaminated Sites for Executors and TrusteesDisappointing budget
If Thomas Friedman is right, in his compelling bestseller, Hot, Crowded and Flat, Canada has just thrown away a major opportunity to build a successful future. This week’s federal budget will create an $85 billion deficit, without creating the clean, sustainable energy supply that our …
Continue reading the post titled Disappointing budgetSunrise Propane class-action, plaintiffs win a skirmish
Proposed plaintiffs in the Sunrise Propane class action have won a court order, forcing provincial regulators to immediately turn over photographs, videos, and parts of witness statements concerning the explosion site.
Continue reading the post titled Sunrise Propane class-action, plaintiffs win a skirmishMOE getting pushback on proposed brownfields standards
Developers and banks are expressing strong concern to the Ministry of the Environment about the impact of proposed standards for contaminated sites.
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