MOECC Updates – October 2015
As part of our ongoing efforts to keep you informed of environmental issues that could impact your business, we have collected this list of recent MOECC fines for violations of the Environmental Protection Act and the Ontario Water Resources Act. If you have any questions or would like more …
View the post titled MOECC Updates – October 2015Wild horses can't keep wind energy away: new twist on anti-wind litigation
In Clarington Wind Concerns v Ontario (Director, Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change), 205 CanLII 51503 (ON ERT), the Environmental Review Tribunal (“ERT”) has dismissed the latest twists in anti-wind litigation. This time, wind opponents raised concerns about spooked …
View the post titled Wild horses can't keep wind energy away: new twist on anti-wind litigationDeveloper fined for illegal land clearing
After years of litigation, a British Columbia land developer has been personally fined $20,000 for harmful alteration of fish habitat contrary to section 35 of the Fisheries Act. He illegally cleared land and damaged a sensitive fish bearing creek, in order to prepare the land for a subdivis…
View the post titled Developer fined for illegal land clearingMTO to modernize intercity bus services
The Ministry of Transportation (“MTO”) is taking a closer look at what motivates the decisions Ontarians make about how they travel from city to city. More specifically, the MTO is interested in how people travel between communities in Ontario by intercity bus. As stated in a pro…
View the post titled MTO to modernize intercity bus servicesGreat Lakes Protection Act: public hearings and comments
We have blogged previously about Bill 66, the re-(re)introduction of the proposed Great Lakes Protection Act. This is the third time that the Ontario government has introduced a Bill of this nature to the Legislature. Previous versions of the proposed act (specifically, Bill 100, introduced …
View the post titled Great Lakes Protection Act: public hearings and commentsStill time to comment on drinking water changes
Safe Drinking Water Act: The Ontario Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change is still accepting public comments on proposed changes to Ontario Drinking Water Quality Standards, and Testing and Reporting Requirements for drinking water systems and municipal licences. The proposed chang…
View the post titled Still time to comment on drinking water changesWind turbines and radiation emitting devices act
Does operating a wind turbine contravene the federal Radiation Emitting Devices Act? I don’t think so. Here are four (alternative) reasons: First, in my view, a wind turbine is not a “device” within the meaning of this Act. In legal terms, physical things are divided into what we…
View the post titled Wind turbines and radiation emitting devices actEndangered Species Regulations go to Court of Appeal
Environmental groups will get a second chance to try to strike down regulations that weakened Ontario’s protections for endangered species and their habitat. Ecojustice, the Ontario Federation of Naturalists and the Wildlands League have obtained leave to appeal to the Court of Appeal.…
View the post titled Endangered Species Regulations go to Court of AppealClimate litigation: US youth sue the government for climate inaction
There is lots of climate-related legal action occurring in the US these days. A few weeks ago, for example, we blogged about the Clean Power Plan, Obama’s plan for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the US. Several lawsuits have already been filed (and at least one has already been d…
View the post titled Climate litigation: US youth sue the government for climate inactionOil spills at sea: Better prevention and cleanup
Some rare good news. Oil tanker spills into world oceans: there aren’t as many as there used to be, and they do not do as much damage as they used to do. According to the excellent newsletter of the International Tanker Owners Pollution Federation, both the number of oil spills and the…
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