Environmental Law (5728 articles) Every Great Lakes resident is protected by two kinds of environmental law. “Substantive laws?? are the rules and regulations that say who gets to dump contaminants or withdraw water and under what conditions. When a person or company impairs water quality or harms fish and wildlife, that’s a substantive issue. “Procedural laws?? are the rules that govern decision-making. These are the traditions and rules that enable citizens to influence decisions that will affect them, such as environmental assessment processes and notice-and-comment opportunities. You cannot have environmental justice unless every citizen is granted both substantive and procedural protections.
|  | Off-shore wind development remains controversial in Ontario. Matthew Van Dongen writes about law suits, research, and politics in this article from the Hamilton Spectator:
It’s a cautionary turbine tale.Last week, Burlington-based Windstream Energy challenged the province to approve a “test pilot” project to install 130 wind turbines — built in Hamilton — in... (more) | | (0 comments) Energy & Fossil Fuels Environmental Law Ontario |
| | | Ontario's Environment Minister responds to agriculture federation's criticisms of windpower:
Despite a high-profile farm lobby group joining a growing movement pushing for a moratorium on wind power development, the province will not reverse course on the controversial plan.So says St. Catharines MPP and Minister of the Environment Jim Bradley. Late last week, the Ontario... (more) | | (0 comments) Energy & Fossil Fuels Environmental Law Farming Ontario Other |
|  | A Frontenac County municipality is breaking the law by continuing to allow contaminants to seep from a landfill into an adjacent wetland, said an environmental lawyer and advocate.Mark Mattson, president of Lake Ontario Waterkeeper, said if South Frontenac Township’s Portland landfill near Verona is leaking contaminated surface water into the nearby wetland, the... (more) | | (0 comments) About Waterkeeper Environmental Law Fish Kingston and Region Waste Management |
| | | Alex Roslin in the Montreal Gazette writes about the meaning of "safe" radiation levels in Canada on January 14, 2012:
But nuclear critics Dr. Dale Dewar and Gordon Edwards say Ottawa's notion of what is a "safe" level of radiation can still cause serious health risks for some people.In fact, Canada's ceiling for radiation in food is set at a level that would lead to 5,000... (more) | | (0 comments) Environmental Law Nuclear Industry |
|  | Days before the New Year, Brighton became the first town in Monroe County to enact a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing, the controversial process of injecting a high-volume, high-pressure mix of water, sand and chemicals deep into the ground in order to extract natural gas from ancient shale deposits.Could the town of Rush be next?
Read the full story by Leo Roth from... (more) | | (0 comments) Development & Land Use Drink Energy & Fossil Fuels Environmental Law New York State |
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