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Why do we spend so much time and money on invisible contamination underground?

I am intrigued by the potential of a newish gadget to improve odour monitoring, including self-monitoring by regulated entities.

. Arsenic and Old Tories tells how the government stonewalled and denied and refused to do anything effective about the arsenic contamination being released by an old mine/mill on the Moira River.

On October 28, 2010, the California Air Resource Board ("CARB") announced the release of its proposed greenhouse gas cap and trade regulation as part of the state's commitment to the Western Climate Initiative ("WCI"). British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec and Manitoba plan to join California and several other states in the launch of the WCI cap and trade market in 2012.

Following the recent abandonment of a national cap-and-trade system in the United States and the winding-down of the Chicago Climate Exchange voluntary carbon-trading program, traders and exchanges are now focusing their efforts on California.

Alberta's Climate Change and Emissions Management Corp. (CCEMC) announced $15 million in new funding for biogas and biofuel projects.

Alberta's Climate Change and Emissions Management Corporation (CCEMC) announced that it will invest $27.2 million in six industrial efficiency projects in the province.

The Ontario government's proposed creation of an agency with a mandate to reduce carbon emissions by buying offsets, funding cleaner factories and buildings, and co-ordinating rooftop solar and energy conservation...

Chemtura Canada Inc. was fined $150,000, plus the victim fine surcharge of $37,500, for spilling sulphuric acid mist into the air, contrary to the Environmental Protection Act.

Ontario is proposing changes to the Drive Clean auto emission testing program.

The Ministry of the Environment is racing to have its new Environmental Activity and Sector Registry up and running for at least some sectors by September 2011.

On June 2, 2010, Quebec's Ministry of Sustainable Development, Environment and Parks announced that it has published, for a 60-day public consultation, amendments to the Regulation Respecting Mandatory Reporting of Certain Emissions of Contaminants into the Atmosphere (the Regulation).

Environment Canada has released a consultation document, proposing elements of future regulations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from new heavy-duty vehicles. Essentially, Canada will adopt the same rules as the US.

We are closely watching the growing story about Agent Orange use in Ontario, and the possible toll it may be taking on affected workers.

The US EPA has updated its database of the environmental characteristics of almost all electric power generated in the United States.

Two recent cases have reached opposite conclusions about what counts as a "contaminant" under Ontario’s Environmental Protection Act.

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.