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Here are Dianne’s presentation slides on Compliance and reporting Nov 15 11 from this week’s Envirogate conference, Environmental Compliance Essentials. Bottom line: due diligence in environmental reporting has the same basic structure as any other due diligence program: identify the legal requirements for reporting, reliably detect when they are triggered, give a trained person the job of reporting, keep good records, audit successes and learn from mistakes.

Environmental investigators are not allowed to seize private documents unless they have prior judicial authorization (i.e., a search warrant) or the consent of the owner of the documents.

Last month we blogged about a case out of Newfoundland in which a buyer's negligence lawsuit against a seller's environmental consultant was tossed out...

Inco has been ordered to pay $36 million to past and present property owners in Port Colborne, for lost property value due to historic nickel contamination.

Interested in an overview of environmental law for those involved in construction? Dianne recently gave one to the Ontario Bar Association Construction Law section.

1197338 Ontario Inc. was fined $150,000 plus the 25% Victim Fine Surcharge for failing to comply with a Director’s Order to clean up a spill of PCBs; its president, Lawrence Brander was sentenced to 30 days in jail for the same offence.

Le PNUE cite des risques liés aux carcasses de bétail et des impacts sur les infrastructures de traitement des eaux

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.

Yesterday, Ontario's Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reporting Regulation took effect.

The Ontario Court of Appeal has released its decisions in the Ministry of the Environment’s appeals from Justice Geoffrey Morawetz in Re Nortel and Re Northstar.

The federal government has adopted a sectoral approach to the reduction of GHGs.

On November 23, 2009, Québec's Minister of Sustainable Development, Environment and Parks announced Québec's target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) by 20% below 1990 levels by the year 2020.

What are the safe ways to reuse grey water on site? On site water reuse promises many economic and environmental benefits, but could cause health problems if done badly.

The Excess Soil Regulation and complementary regulatory amendments will come into legal force in phases

Ontario's Environment Industry Association wrote a thoughtful and helpful comment on the City of Toronto's proposed Policy for Accepting Potentially Contaminated Lands to be Conveyed to the City under the Planning Act.

Check out partner and Certified Environmental Law Specialist Jacquelyn Stevens article titled: Your meeting with your environmental lawyer ...

On November 19, 2015, the Environmental Review Tribunal released a decision in the Settlers Landing Wind Park hearing, finding that elements of the proposed wind project will cause serious and irreversible harm to the natural environment.