Articles

The provincial government moved quickly to tighten the regulation of geothermal systems after a release of underground natural gas during the installation of a system earlier this year.

The authors describe the evolution of the Canada-U.S. Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement, culminating in its most recent update which contains timelines for developing strategies and phosphorus reduction targets.

The recently filed pharmaceutical and sharps regulation under the EPA marks a quiet shift away from the Waste Diversion Act, 2002 approach for extended producer responsibility to a more hands-off, outcome-based approach.

In her inaugural Message from the Chair, incoming Environmental Law Section Chair Kristi Ross describes the section's activities and what's in store for the upcoming year.

Julia Croome has collated Environews's first “Academic Article Roundup”, a list of recent academic journal articles that may be of interest to the Environews readership, complete with a short synopsis.

The last Passport Series breakfast seminar of this OBA year addressed some of the water testing issues that could sink or float your next environmental case.

The Environmental Bill of Rights allows residents to initiate a review of existing environmental legislation and policy through the Environmental Commissioner for Ontario.

A former Fisheries and Oceans Canada official contends that the federal government is considering watering down section 35 of the Fisheries Act to only protect fish of economic, cultural or ecological value, rather than all fish habitat.

As the Charter turns 30, Kaitlyn Mitchell examines the question of environmental rights and what they would mean in the Canadian context.

In the recently-concluded Zephyr Farms wind energy case, an Environmental Review Tribunal decision clarifies the nature of an appeal from a decision to grant a renewable energy approval, and a subsequent decision provides guidance on the evidence that will be necessary to prove health impacts.