Articles

Image of a finger going along text on a tablet. The below articles are published by the Environmental Law Section of the Ontario Bar Association. Members are encouraged to submit articles.

Editors: Alessia Petricone-Westwood and Joanna Vince.

Today
Today

Message from the Chair

  • October 29, 2012
  • Kristi M. Ross

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.

Academic Article Roundup

  • May 23, 2012
  • Julia Croome

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.

Rumoured Changes to Fisheries Act Stir Up Controversy

  • May 23, 2012
  • Ian Richler

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.

Rewind re Wind

  • May 23, 2012
  • Tamara Farber

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.

In Nortel, CCAA Trumps MOE Remediation Orders

  • May 23, 2012
  • Alexandria Pike, Alexandra Sadvari

In assessing the MOE’s remediation orders against Nortel, the Ontario Superior Court has weighed in on the “untidy intersection” between the CCAA priority structure and MOE remediation powers.