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

Ingram Asphalt Inc. was fined $65,000 plus victim fine surcharges of $16,250 for discharging dust and particulate adversely impacting the surrounding environment and community.

As the news pours in of yet another catastrophic earthquake, this time in Japan, it is worth pondering the evidence that climate change can cause geological changes, including earthquakes and possibly volcanos.

Ecojustice has provided another public service: Environmental Hansard, an easy-to-use website that collects, organizes and distills federal political dialogue on the environment.

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.

Who is responsible for pollution from contract farms: the family farm, or the multi-national food company who controls everything that they do?

John Boonstra, a cattle farmer in Smithers, British Columbia, was sentenced on October 11, 2011, to three days jail time, one day for each charge under section 79.6 of the Fisheries Act.

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.

Now that Reg. 153/04 sets strict new standards for Environmental Site Assessments of contaminated sites, it is good news that the Ministry of the Environment has finally released its guidance document for performing those ESAs.

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.

Here in Ontario, we are hearing almost nothing from the British Columbia Cohen Commission inquiry into the decline of sockeye salmon, whose final report will not be released until next June.

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.

Noise and odour are frequent sources of neighbourhood disputes. Sometimes those disputes can be resolved by turning to regulators, such as the Ministry of the Environment or municipal bylaw enforcement officers.

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.