A December 9th train derailment near the near Guernsey, Saskatchewan resulted in a spill of an estimated 1.5 million litres of crude oil. According to Canadian Pacific Railway, it will take a number of weeks to clean up the spill. The Canadian Transportation Safety Board stated that 33 oil tank cars and one hopper car derailed. […]
Following the accident at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in March 2011, the Japanese authorities carried out major decontamination works in the affected area, which covered more than 9,000 square kilometres ( 3,470 square miles). On Dec. 12, 2019, with most of this work having been completed, researchers provided an overview of the decontamination strategies […]
As reported in Northern Ontario Business, Cushman and Wakefield, one of Canada’s largest real estate services companies, is conducting a land study for the City of Thunder Bay to catalogue brownfield properties and determine if those lands can be repurposed and redeveloped for new uses. The study was commissioned by the Thunder Bay Community Economic […]
Written by Anthony B. Cavender, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP The United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (U.S. EPA’s) revised Risk Management Rules, designed to reduce the risk of the accidental release of hazardous chemicals, have been published in the Federal Register. The citation to this action is 84 FR 69834 (December 19, 2019). The rule is effective […]
Written by Robert B. Greene, PE, PG, CIH, LEED AP, GLE Associates, Inc. Annually, around 5,000 workers die and millions are injured on the job in the United States. Many of these deaths and injuries are preventable, caused by United States Occupational Safety and Health Agency (U.S. OSHA) violations. In September, U.S. OSHA revealed preliminary data about the top ten […]
On November 21, the Ontario Resource Productivity and Recovery Authority (RPRA) closed a 45-day consultation period on Stewardship Ontario’s proposed Municipal Hazardous or Special Waste (MHSW) Program Wind-Up Plan. RPRA held two webinars and five in-person sessions across the Province to solicit feedback from interested stakeholders. The Authority has been directed to approve the proposed Wind-Up Plan […]
The ELPH™ awards are open to all Canadian brand owners, manufacturers, distributors and service providers of healthcare products. The awards give environmental progressive companies with the opportunity to get recognized for the outstanding sustainable and environmental contributions made by their organization in the health care field. The award categories include the following: Measurable Reduction of […]
Researchers at the University of Guelph (U of G) recently published an article in Nature Scientific Reports in which they describe the first every use of antimatter to investigate processes connected to potential long-term storage of nuclear waste. The team studied radiation chemistry and electronic structure of materials at scales smaller than nanometres. The U of G […]
Written by Peter Brady and Claire Seaborn, McCarthy Tétrault On December 6, 2019, the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) found in R v Resolute FP Canada Inc., 2019 SCC 60 (“Resolute”) that two forest-product companies, Resolute and Weyerhaeuser, are on the hook to pay for remedial work at a waste site in Northwestern Ontario. Resolute and Weyerhaeuser are […]
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) is proposing a change to the Hazardous Materials Regulations to allow the transportation of liquefied natural gas (LNG) on railcars. The overture builds on an executive order by President Donald Trump issued earlier this year. Currently, LNG can only be transported by rail using a portable tank with prior […]
Newest Guidance on Implementing Advanced Site Characterization ToolsJanuary 13, 2020 - 10:17 am
Supreme Court of Canada finds two forest-product companies must pay for remedial workDecember 12, 2019 - 6:16 am
Ontario to promulgate Excess Soil RegulationsDecember 5, 2019 - 10:44 am
Urgent Canadian Action is needed on PFAS — the Forever ChemicalsDecember 2, 2019 - 8:20 am
Hazardous Waste & Environmental Response Conference – November 25th & 26thNovember 21, 2019 - 6:29 pm