¶ Published Tuesday, February 23rd at %I:%M %p ∞ In Environment, Legal Issues ∞ No Comments »
Treating toxic waste is very expensive. So, some less than savoury companies hire ships to carry their waste and then… the ship mysteriously sinks! Who could imagine? To bring light to this issue, a new mash-up of shipping data exposes some questionable losses. “In Fondo Al Mar“, or At the Bottom of the Sea, illustrates [...]
¶ Published Saturday, December 19th at %I:%M %p ∞ In Environment, Legal Issues ∞ No Comments »
Not sure how productive Copenhagen was, but this blow by blow account of the negotiations has Obama getting down in the trenches and making things happen, good read. Any agreement on emissions targets has two very large issues to confront:
Attaining the targets and
Verification of claims that targets were met.
For example, most countries signed onto Kyoto, [...]
¶ Published Tuesday, December 8th at %I:%M %p ∞ In Environment, Legal Issues ∞ 1 Comment »
Just came across a great website for legal resources on many subjects, Legal Tree, a collaborative website with links to sites, books and articles. See their environmental page here.
¶ Published Sunday, December 6th at %I:%M %p ∞ In Legal Issues ∞ No Comments »
LegalTree.ca is an open website where people can add legal articles, books, links and other items in pre-defined legal categories. They have a lot of content and some useful items. If you are doing legal research in Canada, do visit their site.
¶ Published Wednesday, November 18th at %I:%M %p ∞ In Legal Issues ∞ No Comments »
Google has just unveiled a system to display laws, case rulings and citations. Modelled after much of the work at the various LIIs around the world, this system helps make american legal opinion much more accessible. From Google,
We think this addition to Google Scholar will empower the average citizen by helping everyone learn more about [...]
¶ Published Wednesday, October 14th at %I:%M %p ∞ In Environment, Legal Issues ∞ No Comments »
Too often, small or ugly animals receive less attention than their large or furry cousins. This phenomenon leads to the extinction of ugly ducklings and the over protection of baby seals. The EcoJustice lawyers have scored a major victory by proving the government was contravening its own laws by refusing to recognize the habitat of [...]
¶ Published Thursday, September 24th at %I:%M %p ∞ In Environment, Legal Issues ∞ No Comments »
Ontario Gets Even Tougher On Hazardous and General Waste Manufacturers, trucking companies and disposal sites handling waste must ensure that they don’t harm human health and safety or the environment. If they don’t, they could see life through an iron curtain.
- By Isaac Rudik at Compliance Solutions Canada, a Nimonik partner
When it comes to insisting [...]
¶ Published Tuesday, September 22nd at %I:%M %p ∞ In Legal Issues, Video ∞ No Comments »
We just put together a short video that tries to explain the new remediation certificates in Alberta, please leave your comment bellow. Much more information on the new requirements is available at www.nimonikapp.ca
¶ Published Monday, September 14th at %I:%M %p ∞ In Legal Issues ∞ No Comments »
In Canada, the government has copyright over its publications, paid for with your money. The copyright extends to laws, regulations, and other documents. A copyright makes it difficult for companies and non-profit organizations to reproduce government information without their explicit permission. This slows innovation, reduces transparency and adds bureaucracy.
As part of the ongoing copyright, intellectual [...]
¶ Published Wednesday, September 9th at %I:%M %p ∞ In Environment, Legal Issues ∞ No Comments »
Dianne Saxe just blogged on an alarming tactic at the MOE in Ontario. Supposedly the ministry finds interesting ways to “prove” a facility is over the emissions thresholds, forcing the company to spend money on complex monitoring programs. The claim is quite something, I highly recommend you take a look at her post.
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