ArticleDrive Clean False Claims Fined1231028 Ontario Limited O/A Fallingbrook Auto Garage and John Sookrah were fined $45,000 for Drive Clean Violations.CanadaEnvironmentSiskinds LLP
ArticleEthical Host Internet Service ProviderIn our continuing effort to "Walk the Talk", we always try to pick green and socially constructive suppliers for our law firm. CanadaEnvironmentSiskinds LLP
ArticleExperimental Lakes Area: Well Done, Premier Wynne!We want to add our voice to those congratulating and thanking Premier Wynne for stepping in to rescue the world class environmental research station, the irreplaceable Experimental Lakes Area that the federal government shuttered.
ArticleFail To Notify Gets Big FineOn March 9, 2011, Scotland Agromart Ltd. was fined $75,000 for failing to notify the ministry of a pesticides spill. CanadaEnvironmentSiskinds LLP
ArticleHide And Seek With Sewer BylawsThe Internet has been an enormous boon to those needing to keep up with municipal bylaws.CanadaEnvironmentSiskinds LLP
ArticleHow Much Notice Is Enough?A Niagara Escarpment Hearing Officer recently had to decide how many unsuccessful efforts to contact an appellant were enough. Dr. Deborah Truscott appealed a proposed municipal park development. CanadaEnvironmentSiskinds LLP
ArticleInnocent Victim, Kawartha Lakes, Gets Leave To Appeal Spill Cleanup OrderThe 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.CanadaEnvironmentSiskinds LLP
ArticleLove Canal, 35 Years LaterWhy do we spend so much time and money on invisible contamination underground? CanadaEnvironmentSiskinds LLP
ArticleManitoba Bottled Water BanManitoba government has stopped using public money to buy single use bottles of water. CanadaEnvironmentSiskinds LLP
ArticleMinistry Of The Environment Organization ChartThe Ministry of the Environment has published an organization chart on its website. CanadaEnvironmentSiskinds LLP
ArticleNasal RangerI am intrigued by the potential of a newish gadget to improve odour monitoring, including self-monitoring by regulated entities. CanadaEnvironmentSiskinds LLP
ArticleOffshore Wind Moratorium ClaimFor those interested, here is a copy of Trillium Power vs. The Queen (Ontario), Trillium’s Statement of Claim against the province of Ontario over Ontario’s on-again, off-again policy of encouraging offshore wind development, which is currently under a moratorium again. CanadaEnvironmentSiskinds LLP
ArticleOntario Election Call Kills Proposed Environmental LawsThe Ontario election forced by the NDP has killed three long-awaited proposed environmental laws that the Ontario Bar Association has so long requested.CanadaEnvironmentSiskinds LLP
ArticleParty Platforms On Environmental IssuesI hope that environmental issues matter when you decide how to vote. CanadaEnvironmentSiskinds LLP
ArticlePolar Bears At Risk: Petition Against CanadaA 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.CanadaEnvironmentSiskinds LLP
ArticlePollution Control 40 Years Ago, And Today. 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. CanadaEnvironmentSiskinds LLP
ArticleSome Alberta Oil Sands Monitoring Data Now PublicAccess to some federal and provincial environmental monitoring data on air, water, land and biodiversity in the oil sands is now available.CanadaEnvironmentSiskinds LLP
ArticleSpring Flooding And Climate ChangeOne of the key forecasts that Natural Resources Canada made, years ago, about climate change was that it would increase spring flooding and severe storms. CanadaEnvironmentSiskinds LLP
ArticleThe 32 Most Alarming Climate Change ChartsGrist has assembled the 32 most alarming climate change charts from the draft report of the US National Climate Assessment and Development Advisory Committee. CanadaEnvironmentSiskinds LLP
ArticleThe MOVE Toronto CharretteFor some exciting, detailed thinking about how greening the Greater Toronto Area could actually work, focussing on transportation, read the handbook from the MOVE! Charrette, held recently at Evergreen’s Brickworks. CanadaEnvironmentSiskinds LLP