Why I'm supporting the Green Shift
The basic concept of the Green Shift is simple: we should tax income less, and pollution more. And the great advantage for consumers is this: for most of us, itβs much less painful to reduce pollution (and thus tax) than it is to reduce income.
Continue reading the post titled Why I'm supporting the Green ShiftUS climate rules, California and Ontario's cap and trade plan
Canada has done so little for so long that our climate policy has laid us wide open to serious protectionist provisions in the 1500 page ACES, HR 2454.
Continue reading the post titled US climate rules, California and Ontario's cap and trade planNew Biodiversity Treaty in effect this week
Fair sharing of biodiversity: The Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization, underΒ the United Nations Convention on Biodiversity (CBD), enters into force this week. The Protocol is an international environmental agreement intended toΒ ensure that those, who share access to genetic resources and associated traditional...
Continue reading the post titled New Biodiversity Treaty in effect this weekTax incentives for brownfields
Ontario municipalities have demonstrated their commitment to brownfield redevelopment by investing in a wide variety of incentive programs for contaminated sites that include Community Improvement Plans (CIPs). Now, there is aΒ consolidated source for locating active municipal brownfields financial incentive programs.
Continue reading the post titled Tax incentives for brownfieldsEnvironment or economy?
The Conference Board of Canada predicts that investments in technology to prevent and adapt to climate change will have major economic benefits.Β The report,Β The Economic and Employment Impacts of Climate-Related Technology Investments concludesΒ that climate-friendly technology investments can contribute to both economic and employment growth over the next five years. Β This supports the economic argument for initiatives...
Continue reading the post titled Environment or economy?GHG threaten public health and the environment
The US EPA has released its long-awaited, long-overdue endangerment finding: yes, human greenhouse gas emissions threaten human health and the environment.
Continue reading the post titled GHG threaten public health and the environmentOntario Anti-SLAPP law soon after all?
Yesterday, Β we noted that Environment MinisterΒ Glen Murray’s mandate letter includes no reference to a new anti-SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuit against Public Participation) law: https://www.siskinds.com/environment-minister-murrays-mandate-letter/, even though SLAPPs are often directed against environmental protection groups.Β A faithful reader has helpfully pointed out that, thankfully, that is because bringing the anti-SLAPP law back to the LegislatureΒ is mandated to...
Continue reading the post titled Ontario Anti-SLAPP law soon after all?Waste diversion, odour and climate change
Clare Booth Luce, the famous American playwright, journalist, ambassador, and Congresswoman, used to say, βno good deed goes unpunishedβ. To my regret, this sardonic and rather depressing phrase is, all too often, a good description of environmental laws. One example is the management of odour issues from waste diversion.
Continue reading the post titled Waste diversion, odour and climate changeWho’s got BPA, and so what?
What are Canadians made of? Not snakes and snails and puppy-dog tails, or even sugar and spice, as the childrenβs rhyme goes.Β Try lead and bisphenol-A (BPA).
Continue reading the post titled Who’s got BPA, and so what?Environmental Assessment not statutory authority?
An environmental assessment, no matter how “extensive and wide ranging”, does not amount to statutory authority, or provide a defence in nuisance, according to the British Columbia Court of Appeal in Appeal in Heyes v. Vancouver, now Susan Heyes Inc. (Hazel & Co.) v. South Coast B.C. Transportation Authority.
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