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The Ontario Court of Appeal has granted leave to appeal the Ministry of the Environment Order requiring an innocent victim of a spill, the City of Kawartha Lakes, to clean up oil from a domestic fuel spill.

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

The Ontario election forced by the NDP has killed three long-awaited proposed environmental laws that the Ontario Bar Association has so long requested.

A U.S. biodiversity group has petitioned the Commission for Environmental Cooperation, alleging that Canada has failed to enforce its species at risk law by failing to list and protect polar bears as endangered species.

. 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.

We frequently warn our clients about the significant risks of prematurely cutting off an employee's insurance benefits post-termination.

US energy policy has an outsize effect on Canadian law, regulation and policy.

Dianne’s presentation on the panel of the Financial Impact of Regulation session at the Drinking Water Leadership Summit was "exceptionally well received", according to attendee feedback.

Here is the decision in Hartley vs Cunningham, and the press release on this landmark tree ruling.

Congratulations to Canadian filmmaker, Rob Stewart, for his moving and urgent film, Revolution.

Last year, Castonguay Blasting lost its appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada against a conviction for failing to report flyrock as an environmental "discharge" under the Environmental Protection Act. Now they have been fined $75,000 for essentially the same offence on another occasion.

Strong opposition to organic recycling facilities, particularly on the ground of odour, can make it challenging to successfully site such facilities.

Despite major concerns raised by a substantial cross section of Ontario businesses, the Ontario Minister of the Environment is pushing forward with his proposed Waste Reduction Act.

Environmentalists often insist that "everything is connected". But it’s still slightly depressing how much external and theoretically irrelevant factors influence decision-making.

Canada has yet to release its GHG numbers to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (or at least they aren’t yet posted on the UNFCCC site) despite a reporting deadline of April 15.

We’re looking for help on a research project relating to remediation of hexavalent chrome in soil and groundwater.

Just as Natural Resources Canada predicted, climate change (from greenhouse gas emissions, mostly from burning fossil fuels) is bringing us immense human, environmental and economic damage from heat waves, drought and wildfires.