Dianne spoke last month at the annual Canadian Water and Wastewater Association "Window on Ottawa", on potential risks to municipalities of the new Wastewater Systems Effluent Regulations under the Fisheries Act, expected to appear shortly in the Canada Gazette.

Despite strong scientific evidence that current permitted ozone levels cause harm to human health, President Obama has decided not to cut them.

While federal environmental enforcement is less frequent these days, the fines imposed are getting larger. The small town of Ponoka, Alberta (population about 7000) was fined $70,000 after pleading guilty to one count under the "Fisheries Act".

Leading Quebec environmental lawyer, Jean Piette, advises that substantial changes have been made to the Act on Environmental Quality in Quebec.

Congratulations to Ecojustice.

The city of Toronto has gone through paroxysms in the last few weeks to cut less than $28 million from the city’s budget.

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).

Maxxam Analytics has kindly allowed me to post their very useful Reg 153 Comparison Charts (2004 vs 2011) tables.

I agree that municipalities should be permitted to enforce their "no camping" bylaws in city parks.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced a schedule to develop standards for wastewater discharges produced by natural gas extraction from underground coal bed and shale formations ("fracking").

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.

Two Quebec cases have held municipalities liable, where cyclists were injured when they lost control of their bicycles after riding over unexpected defects in the road.

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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.