What happens when municipal bylaws try to control energy or resource projects authorized by the federal or provincial governments?

Dianne continues to be a popular speaker, and is presenting at the Ontario Bar Association Annual Institute today on Environmental Torts since Smith v. Inco.

A Toronto company was fined $45,000 plus victim fine surcharges of $11, 250 for failing to comply with a Court Order to remove waste materials from a mill site.

Now, for some good news: The latest report on the Green Transition Scoreboard® describes $3.3T of private investments in the green economy since 2007.

Aren’t we lucky to live in this beautiful place?

Ashford Cleaners Inc., a Toronto dry cleaner operating in Toronto, Ontario, is one of the first to pay the new, higher fines for offences under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999, as it was amended last year.Ashfor Cleaners agreed to pay $60,000 to the Environmental Damages Fund to publish an article regarding the results of their case in a textile industry magazine.

Current Ministry of the Environment efforts to impose environmental cleanup liability on the innocent are bad news for the Ontario economy, according to an Expert Report by noted economist Sherry Cooper.

One useful piece of information that is oddly difficult to find on the government website is the boundaries of the various Regions and District Offices of the Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change.

How Ontario municipalities are employing planning and financial tools to encourage brownfield redevelopment in their communities.

Congratulations to Ecojustice.

This will be Dianne's last public presentation before she becomes the Environmental Commissioner of Ontario.

Dianne spoke to an attentive audience at the Ontario Bar Association’s Annual Institute on the ten top environmental civil cases of 2011 (and the first part of 2012).

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

A discussion on the most efficient ten cities in relation to climate change.

Would you like to know how much cadmium is in your can of lunchmeat? Or lead in your chocolate chip cookie? Health Canada has just the table you need.

Every four years, Ontario lawyers elect their governing body, known as "benchers".

Ontario’s municipalities and brand owners are taking their dispute over Blue Box funding to arbitration. Under the Waste Diversion Act, 2002, s. 25(5) stewards are supposed to pay 50% of the net costs incurred by municipalities.

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For a hilarious look at one of the ways that the legal process can descend into utter farce, look at this short dramatization of a ridiculous true transcript.

Event data recorders (EDRs) that track and improve vehicle safety have become standard in most vehicles.