Long ago and far away? Oil company liability
Chevron is not the only US oil company facing blockbuster claims for damages from South American indigenous groups, due to past environmental damage apparently sanctioned by their governments. The US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has agreed to allow 25 Peruvian plaintiffs to sue Occidental Petroleum in a US court. Occidental had argued that they...
Continue reading the post titled Long ago and far away? Oil company liabilitySpeaking for the public: who pays?
"There is an obligation for each member of the public to accept some responsibility of bringing environmental issues to the forefront."
Continue reading the post titled Speaking for the public: who pays?PCB Cleanup Dispute goes to the CEC
Bennett Environmental has filed a complaint with the Commission on Environmental Cooperation, alleging that Canada, and more specifically the province of Québec, is failing to effectively enforce Québec’s Environment Quality Act (EQA) and the Regulation Respecting the Burial of Contaminated Soils by issuing a permit for the use of chemical oxidation to treat PCB-contaminated soils, without proper...
Continue reading the post titled PCB Cleanup Dispute goes to the CECInnovative illustration of the climate change consensus
In its Fifth Assessment Report, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change concluded: “It is extremely likely that human influence has been the dominant cause of the observed warming since the mid-20th century.” Skeptical Science, a website dedicating to explaining “what peer reviewed science has to say about global warming”, has launched an innovative project to demonstrate this near total consensus among...
Continue reading the post titled Innovative illustration of the climate change consensusReg. 153/04 amended again
The Ontario regulation on brownfields and records of site condition, O. Reg. 153/04, has been amended again. Ontario regulation E laws was filed June 17, 2010. The changes are minor, primarily the correction of typos and erroneous cross-references. The Ontario Ministry of the Environment has also announced a new contact person for Brownfields issues: Rosemary...
Continue reading the post titled Reg. 153/04 amended againPollution Probe Honours Dokis First Nation Power Project
Chief Denise Restoule of the Dokis First Nation attended the 2014 Pollution Probe Gala to accept Pollution Probe’s 2014 Sustainability Award in connection with the Okikendawt Project—a 10 MW hydroelectric facility being developed by the Dokis First Nation with Hydromega Services Inc. New water power projects are not always green, and are meeting stiff environmental, aboriginal...
Continue reading the post titled Pollution Probe Honours Dokis First Nation Power ProjectSpill Results in $100,000 Fine
On May 10, 2019 a transportation trucking company was fined $100,000 plus the 25% victim fine surcharge for discharging a contaminant into the natural environment contrary to the provisions of the Environmental Protection Act. In addition to the corporate fine the driver of the truck was convicted for one violation under the Environmental Protection Act...
Continue reading the post titled Spill Results in $100,000 FineEssential visitors, essential caregivers, and COVID-19
During the COVID-19 pandemic, strict guidelines have been put in place regarding visitors at long-term care homes. On June 10, 2020, the Chief Medical Officer of Health (“CMOH”) provided an update to “Directive #3” to include precautions and procedures for homes to follow in relation to managing visitors. There are three categories of visitors outlined...
Continue reading the post titled Essential visitors, essential caregivers, and COVID-19The basics of the federal government wage subsidy programs
With each passing day during the COVID-19 pandemic, there seem to be more programs, lists and rules to be aware of. It can feel overwhelming to keep it all straight, so this blog will focus on the Federal Government’s two wage subsidy programs: the 10% Temporary Wage Subsidy and the 75% Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy. The 10% Temporary...
Continue reading the post titled The basics of the federal government wage subsidy programsAre patent “no challenge clauses” enforceable?
In late 2020, the Divisional Court decision in Loops L.L.C. v. Maxill Inc.[1] overturned an Ontario Superior Court of Justice decision that had held a patent “no-challenge” clause in a settlement agreement was unenforceable[2] and granted an interlocutory injunction to enforce the clause. Case background In Loops v. Maxill Inc., 2020 ONSC 971, the Ontario Superior...
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