¶ Published Monday, February 1st In Announcements - No Comments »
As a special offer, we are posting all of our environmental guidance text in all of the jursidictions available to non-members. This is a temporary offer for one week, please let us know what you think and feel free to sign-up for an account. Here are our topics and sub-topics: Click here to access all of the topics listed below. Air Emissions Prohibitions and Approvals Ambient Air Quality Standards Air Emissions Standards Combustion Emissions Standards Monitoring and Reporting Vehicle Emissions Other Requirements Approvals, Authorizations or Permits Approvals, Authorizations or Permits Contaminated Sites New contamination Investigation of suspected contamination Registration ofRead the Rest…
¶ Published Friday, January 29th In Environment - No Comments »
Canada drops from 12th in 2008 to 43rd out of 163 countries, according to the 2010 Environmental Performance Index (EPI). The EPI relies on 25 performance indicators covering both environmental public health and ecosystem vitality. It’s worth noting that Canada fares quite well on some indicators — in forestry and agricultural practices, notably. Surprisingly, considering our reputation as one of the worst water wasters in the world, Canada also nears the top in water. Sure we have access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation. But our generous endowments in water ought not excuse us from more responsible conservation practices.Read the Rest…
¶ Published Monday, December 14th In Environment - No Comments »
“This is the day that will define our century. Canada is fully acknowledging its historical climate debt and the legal responsibilities that follow. Today, we no longer have to wait for a COP20 or COP100 before the voices of our children are heard. Now that we are friends, I can say it is high time Canada changed.” – Margaret Matembe, MP and member of the Climate Committee of Uganda Too bad “the staged response” was in response to the fake news release claiming that Canada had done an about turnaround on its carbon emissions targets. The hoax has created suchRead the Rest…
¶ Published Monday, December 7th In Environment - No Comments »
The Copenhagen climate change summit opens today and will run until December 18. Depending on who you read, either the Canadian government won’t buy into “the hype” and won’t be rushed, or will “push for a binding deal.” Though Climategate still looms in the forefront, members of the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change (IPCC) have released the Copenhagen Diagnosis — a review of hundreds of peer-reviewed research papers published since the IPCC’s last assessment in 2007 — which concludes that the climate situation is much worse than the IPCC has so far reported. The lesson in all this isRead the Rest…
¶ Published Wednesday, October 28th In Design & Features - No Comments »
Some of our potential clients do not require detailed guidance text on legislation – they already understand the basics, they simply want updates on environmental legislation. They want to know what is changing, when, how and why. We have always offered updates as part of our various services, but now we are pleased to offer it as a stand-alone service. Priced at a very competitive 120$ per year per province and with all our Federal information free, we hope this new service will keep you on top of legislative changes. Sign up today and the first month is free. HereRead the Rest…
¶ Published Thursday, April 9th In Environment - No Comments »
To make an educated decision you need data, good data. Unfortunatly, much of the environmental data cited by NGO’s, governments, and the private sector has holes in it and is often out of date by the time it hits the newstand. In this modern age of Google Maps, GPS, and broadband internet, there is no reason why we can’t have better data on our oceans, land, water and air. The New York Times recently lamented how UN data is out of date and its quality is even considered questionable by its own scientists, yet UN data is commonly cited inRead the Rest…
¶ Published Friday, February 6th In Announcements, Design & Features, Legal Issues - No Comments »
In the next few weeks, we will be unveiling a new feature: Municipal Tracking. We will offer bulletins (plain language updates) and links to municipal by-laws. Only Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver will include Topics (detailed guidance text) on municipal by-laws, other municipalities will only have updates. As such, municipalities are priced significantly lower than provinces: only 10$/month/municipality. Some of the municipalities we will track include: Montréal Toronto Vancouver Abbotsford Baie D’urfé Calgary Charlebourg (Arrondissement) Charlottetown Cornwall Edmonton Gander Halifax Hamilton Laurentien (arrondissement) Longeuil-StHubert Mirabel Moncton Ottawa Quebec City Regina Saskatoon St. John’s Valleyfield Winnipeg Lac Brome Mississauga
¶ Published Tuesday, January 27th In Design & Features, Environment, Legal Issues - No Comments »
As previously mentioned, we are making video screencasts of the different parts of NIMONIK. Just finished a quick one on the legislation part of the site, take a look below and let us know what you think. Watch in high quality: Video Or watch in lower quality here:
¶ Published Thursday, November 27th In Announcements, Design & Features, Environment, Miscellaneous - No Comments »
A recent blog post by Seth Godin outlined ways to do business online (post: here). In summary he says, “connect the disconnected to each other and you create value.” Connect advertisers to people who want to be advertised to. Connect job hunters with jobs. Connect information seekers with information. Connect teams to each other. Connect those seeking similar. Connect to partners and those that can leverage your work. Connect people who are proximate geographically. Connect organizations spending money with ways to save money. Connect like-minded people into a movement. Connect people buying with people who are selling. Of these items, weRead the Rest…
¶ Published Wednesday, September 17th In Environment, Legal Issues - No Comments »
Canadian Environmental Regulations are getting stricter and broader by the day. We are here to help, but some companies are taking very proactive action (see this article from the Harvard Business Review). The first step to moving beyond compliance, is to understand the laws and regulations affecting your business – and even more importantly, staying on top of changes. Without that knowledge, how can you move beyond compliance? Though the article mentioned above applies mainly to the United States, it is very valid here in Canada. By proactively reducing your greenhouse gas emissions (Notice with respect to reporting of greenhouse gases (GHGs) forRead the Rest…
¶ Published Friday, August 15th In Environment, Legal Issues - No Comments »
At NIMONIK, we believe that less is more. Some “information sources” bombard you with more information that you can possibly handle: news items, legislative updates, products, court rulings… These online tools should filter information and provide you with the essentials, not add more emails to your inbox. Here we want you to get the straight facts and quickly understand your obligations. We write plain language guidance on environmental regulations, let you annotate it with comments, rate it and pick and choose the most relevant items for your operation. No excess, just good reliable information.
