Big fine for odour despite earnest efforts by compost company
Universal Resource Recovery Inc. was fined $80,000 for discharging odours from its Welland composting facility.
Continue reading the post titled Big fine for odour despite earnest efforts by compost companySunrise Propane explosion – landlords added to class action
Here’s an update on the Sunrise Propane explosion in Downsview, Ontario, and the gradual progress of the class action by the aggrieved neighbours. In July 2012, the Ontario’s Superior Court of Justice certified a class action against all proposed defendants except the Teskey defendants, which owned the properties on which the Sunrise propane facility was...
Continue reading the post titled Sunrise Propane explosion – landlords added to class actionFederal Environmental Commissioner tables 2012 report
The 2012 Fall Report of Scott Vaughan, federal Commissioner of the Environment and of Sustainable Development, was tabled today at 10:00 a.m. in the House of Commons. This Report focusses on the gaps between federal programs to promote resource development, and the environmental threats posed by those developments: Atlantic Offshore Oil and Gas Activities More needs to be done to prepare...
Continue reading the post titled Federal Environmental Commissioner tables 2012 reportLawyers can go way back with the Wayback Machine
Most people who’ve been through litigation know that once it has started, you can’t just grab a shredder and get rid of your bad documents. Why? Legally speaking, the parties have a duty to preserve their documents. When dealing with paper, shredding has a permanent effect. Electronic documents are far more pervasive than their physical...
Continue reading the post titled Lawyers can go way back with the Wayback MachineHow to charge for stormwater management
Can and should municipalities charge for stormwater management on an area basis? How would be the winners and losers?
Continue reading the post titled How to charge for stormwater managementWhere are electronic documents for hazardous waste?
Where are electronic documents for hazardous waste? Under Ontario’s Regulation 347, waste generators must keep some documents at the waste generation facility, in either physical or electronic form. Physical storage at each waste generation facility may be challenging. Will cloud (or other remote) storage do?
Continue reading the post titled Where are electronic documents for hazardous waste?Relying on reliance letters
Reliance letters may give the holder no practical remedy if an engineer's report turns out to be negligent.
Continue reading the post titled Relying on reliance lettersCrown appeals landmark ruling in Berendsen
To no one’s surprise, the Ontario government is appealing their loss in Berendsen v. the Queen. This is the case that ordered the Crown to pay $1.7 million in damages for contaminating a dairy farm, 40 years ago, with waste asphalt from road construction. Road waste is still deposited on farms to this day. The...
Continue reading the post titled Crown appeals landmark ruling in BerendsenCarbon Management Centre
It’s great to see that, after years of apparent indifference, Alberta is developing a strong interest in climate change. Water shortages are getting attention. The oil sector has just wrapped up its third international consultation on greening the oil sands. And the University of Calgary expects to launch a national Centre of Excellence on carbon...
Continue reading the post titled Carbon Management CentreToronto pushing ahead with precedent-setting community "right to know" bylaw
The Medical Officer of Health has decided that partial information about air toxics is better than none.
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