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		<title>Webinar: SCI Due Diligence Scorecard</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 22:03:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Test Your Environmental Law IQ: Does Due Diligence Require Taking Safety Risks to Comply with Environmental Regulations?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 11:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Compliance with environmental regulations doesn't require risking life and limb.]]></description>
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		<title>When Is Supervision Adequate to Meet Due Diligence Standards?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 11:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[To prove due diligence, a company must show that it took all reasonable steps to ensure compliance with environmental laws. The required “reasonable steps” vary depending on the situation. But courts will often look at the supervision the company provides to ensure that its workers ...]]></description>
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		<title>WINNERS &amp; LOSERS: Is an ‘Honest’ Mistake a Defence to an Environmental Violation?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 07:01:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robin L. Barton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Suppose a company tries to comply with an environmental requirement but fails because of a genuine error. Is an honest mistake a defence to an environmental violation? Answer: Yes—but only if the mistake was not only honest but also reasonable. Here are two cases illustrating ...]]></description>
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		<title>When Is Environmental Training Adequate to Meet Due Diligence Standards?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 07:01:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robin L. Barton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Environmental training can help you prove due diligence--or undercut your due diligence defence.]]></description>
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		<title>Yvonne O’Reilly: An Interview with the Chair of this Year’s OHS Summit</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 19:50:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Westray mining tragedy, in which 26 workers died in an explosion at a Nova Scotia coal mine, had a big impact on the world of workplace safety. The resulting inquiry lead to changes in Nova Scotia’s and other jurisdictions’ OHS laws and Bill C-45, ...]]></description>
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		<title>Utility Company Penalized $450,000 for Dyke Breach</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2011 15:07:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robin L. Barton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It seems like high fines and penalties for environmental violations are becoming the norm. For example, last year, an Alberta oil company was convicted of violating both federal and Alberta environmental law in the deaths of hundreds of birds that landed on its tailing pond ...]]></description>
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		<title>BREAKING NEWS: Company Hit with $3 Million in Penalties for Environmental Violations</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2010 19:25:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robin L. Barton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In June, an Alberta oil company was convicted of violating both federal and Alberta environmental law in the deaths of hundreds of birds that landed on its tailing pond. Today, the court sentenced the company to pay $3 million in fines and creative sentences!
What Happened
Waterfowl ...]]></description>
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		<title>Environmental Compliance Insider Cumulative Index: Articles published from September 2006 to December 2010</title>
		<link>http://ohsinsider.com/search-by-index/environmental-compliance/environmental-compliance-insider-cumulative-index-articles-published-from-september-2006-to-december-2010</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Oct 2010 17:16:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ABORIGINAL RIGHTS
“Test Your Environmental Law I.Q.: When Environmental Laws Collide with Aboriginal Rights,” 04/07, p. 11.
 
ACCIDENTS/INCIDENTS
“Around the Provinces: Public’s Right to Compel Government to Launch Environmental Investigations,” 05/10, p. 12.
“Dos &#38; Don’ts: Determine Cause of Environmental Incidents,” 09/08, p. 12.
“Dos &#38; Don’ts: Do Take Your ...]]></description>
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		<title>2010 Environmental Compliance Insider Annual Index</title>
		<link>http://ohsinsider.com/search-by-index/environmental-compliance/2010-environmental-compliance-insider-annual-index</link>
		<comments>http://ohsinsider.com/search-by-index/environmental-compliance/2010-environmental-compliance-insider-annual-index#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Oct 2010 17:06:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This Index lists all articles published in the Environmental Compliance Insider from Jan. to Dec. 2010.
ACCIDENTS/INCIDENTS
“Around the Provinces: Public’s Right to Compel Government to Launch Environmental Investigations,” 05/10, p. 12.
“Dos &#38; Don’ts: Do Take Your Own Photos, Measurements, Etc. of Incident Scene,” 10/10, p. 14.
“Environmental ...]]></description>
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