Water taking fine $35,000
Pelee Quarries and Erie Sand and Gravel Ltd. were fined $35,000 for Permit To Take Water Violations contrary to the Ontario Water Resources Act .
View the post titled Water taking fine $35,000Update to EBR regulation
The Ministry of the Environment is proposing to amend Ontario Regulation 73/94 (General) and Ontario Regulation 681/94 (Classification of Proposals for Instruments) made under the Environmental Bill of Rights, 1993 (EBR).
View the post titled Update to EBR regulation50 years of mercury pollution: Grassy Narrows
Fifty years ago last month, in March 1962, Dryden Chemicals began dumping an estimated 10 metric tonnes of mercury into the Wabigoon River, contaminating the fish which formed the subsistence and economy of three Indigenous communities Asubpeeschoseewagong (Grassy Narrows), Wabaseemoong (Wh…
View the post titled 50 years of mercury pollution: Grassy NarrowsMore MOE cuts from Ontario Budget
The Ministry of the Environment will make some more changes, as announced in the Addendum to last week’s provincial budget. Drive Clean will be spun out to a fee-based Delegated Administrative Authority. The bridge financing for household hazardous waste disposal that hastily plugged t…
View the post titled More MOE cuts from Ontario BudgetWind Controversy Research Report
the considerable volume of independent research that exists demonstrates that the arguments made in favour of wind are considerably more supported than those against it.
View the post titled Wind Controversy Research ReportMunicipal responsibility for cycling safety
As the number of cyclists increases, what must municipalities do to keep them safe?
View the post titled Municipal responsibility for cycling safetyPunishing cost to protect natural area
How much should municipalities have to pay to preserve sensitive areas? Windsor paid so dearly in Windsor (City) v. Paciorka, 2011 ONSC 2876, that other municipalities may be loath to try. The City expropriated 267 lots to preserve an environmentally sensitive area. The developer refused the…
View the post titled Punishing cost to protect natural areaWill the SCC grant leave in Smith v Inco?
Will the Supreme Court of Canada grant leave to Ellen Smith to appeal the decision of the Ontario Court of Appeal rejecting her class action against Inco for the historic nickel contamination of soil in Port Colborne?
View the post titled Will the SCC grant leave in Smith v Inco?Sunrise Propane prosecution to start
On August 10, 2008, a propane explosion occurred at the Sunrise Propane distribution plant located on Murray Road in Toronto, Ontario. The explosion forced the evacuation of approximately 12,500 residents and caused widespread damage and injury. Sunrise employee Parminder Singh Saini, 25, wa…
View the post titled Sunrise Propane prosecution to startCongratulations to Environmental Commissioners
I am late in congratulating both the Ontario and the federal Environmental Commissioners for their invaluable annual reports, and will try to look more closely at their findings as time permits. The Ontario Commissioner emphasizes how much the Ontario Ministry of the Environment is doing wit…
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