On Friday, September 25th, the Ontario government announced that, effective September 26th all Ontario businesses must comply with any advice, recommendations and instructions issued by the Office

Energy efficiency improvements do pay off for Canadian companies, but there is still a long way to go. Canadian Tire, for example, cut its operating costs by reducing energy used in its buildings, operations and transport between 2007 and 2010.

Environment Canada announced over the holidays that it will water down renewable fuels requirements in the 2010 "Renewable Fuels Regulations under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act".

Dianne is quoted in this week’s Lawyers Weekly about the hard-won "special review" of glyphosate, a weed-control product that contains the pesticide polyoxyethylene tallow amines, and is also known as Roundup.

Magna Powertrain Inc. o/a MPT Precision Technologies operates a manufacturing facility in Mississauga.

This is the last week to vote in the first round of the ClimateSpark contest for the best environmental/ climate change social projects in Toronto.

Dianne gave a well received introduction to the law of noise pollution at the Ontario Bar Association’s Halloween breakfast.

BlackoutSpeakout: Canadian environmental organizations are using Wikipedia’s protest tactic of darkening their websites on June 4 to protest federal government 2012 Budget plans to slash environmental protection and environmental protest, anything that stands in the way of the oil sands and their pipelines.

Retired justice Robert Armstrong has given a third procedural victory to municipalities in the hotly disputed Blue Box funding arbitration.

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.

In 2011, oil tankers spilt less oil than ever before since records began, according to the excellent International Tanker Owners Pollution Federation.

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...

We are pleased to announce that Senior Associate Paula Boutis has joined the Board of GreenPAC, an organization dedicated to building environmental leadership in Canadian politics.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Siskinds LLP's proposed Paraquat (Gramoxone®) class action has been certified by the B.C. supreme court, as reported by The Vancouver Sun.

On July 3, 2018, Hawaii Governor, David Ige signed a Bill to ban the sale and distribution of sunscreens containing the chemicals oxybenzone and octinoxate.