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		<title>Commissioner: Canada Not Effectively Enforcing TDGA &amp; CEPA</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 07:01:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robin L. Barton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Scott Vaughan, the federal Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development, has been busy releasing his annual reports. On Oct. 4, he released his report on Canada’s climate change efforts. And on Dec. 13, he tabled in Parliament his report on Canada’s efforts to enforce ...]]></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>Why Isn’t Being Safe as Popular as Being Green?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 07:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robin L. Barton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The NIOSH Science Blog recently noted that being “green” is sexy and in vogue. It gets splashed on billboards and endorsed by celebrities. Safety on the other hand? Not so much. Thomas Cunningham, Ph.D, and Garrett Burnett, MS, MBA point out that over the past ...]]></description>
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		<title>Lightning Facts &amp; Fiction</title>
		<link>http://ohsinsider.com/insider-top-stories/lightning-facts-fiction</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 20:04:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robin L. Barton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you know everything about lightning safety? Think again.]]></description>
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		<title>Prison for Environmental Violations Becoming More Common</title>
		<link>http://ohsinsider.com/search-by-index/environmental-compliance/prison-for-environmental-violations-becoming-more-common</link>
		<comments>http://ohsinsider.com/search-by-index/environmental-compliance/prison-for-environmental-violations-becoming-more-common#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2011 15:40:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robin L. Barton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Six months in prison for a company’s sole director for failing to comply with an MOE order to remove oil-contaminated soil from its property—his third conviction for an environmental offence [Ian Herd];Four months in prison—plus a $71,000 fine—for the president of two companies convicted of ...]]></description>
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		<title>Obstruction of Officials Can Lead to OHS &amp; Environmental Violations—and Criminal Charges</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2011 07:01:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robin L. Barton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Government inspectors may appear in your workplace for a routine inspection or in response to an environmental or safety incident. It’s critical that the company properly deals with inspectors. For example, making it difficult for inspectors to do their job could result in obstruction charges—and ...]]></description>
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		<title>Utility Company Penalized $450,000 for Dyke Breach</title>
		<link>http://ohsinsider.com/search-by-index/environmental-compliance/utility-company-penalized-450000-for-dyke-breach</link>
		<comments>http://ohsinsider.com/search-by-index/environmental-compliance/utility-company-penalized-450000-for-dyke-breach#comments</comments>
		<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>Should Canada Follow US Lead on Climate Change Policy &amp; Law?</title>
		<link>http://ohsinsider.com/search-by-index/environmental-compliance/should-canada-follow-us-lead-on-climate-change-policy-law</link>
		<comments>http://ohsinsider.com/search-by-index/environmental-compliance/should-canada-follow-us-lead-on-climate-change-policy-law#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2011 07:01:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robin L. Barton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On January 25, 2011, the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy released a report (Climate Prosperity- Parallel Paths: Canada- U.S. Climate Policy Choices) on the economic and environmental implications of Canada harmonizing its climate change policies and laws with the US. The report’s conclusion: ...]]></description>
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		<title>Global Environmental Damage Could Surpass $28 Trillion a Year by 2050</title>
		<link>http://ohsinsider.com/search-by-index/environmental-compliance/global-environmental-damage-could-surpass-28-trillion-a-year-by-2050</link>
		<comments>http://ohsinsider.com/search-by-index/environmental-compliance/global-environmental-damage-could-surpass-28-trillion-a-year-by-2050#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2010 07:01:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robin L. Barton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ever wonder how much the environmental damage we do to the planet costs? Well, the folks at the UN-backed Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) and UNEP Finance Initiative did, so they conducted a study to quantify in monetary terms the environmental harm caused by business ...]]></description>
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		<title>Survey of Fines for Environmental Violations Across Canada</title>
		<link>http://ohsinsider.com/search-by-index/environmental-compliance/survey-of-fines-for-environmental-violations-across-canada</link>
		<comments>http://ohsinsider.com/search-by-index/environmental-compliance/survey-of-fines-for-environmental-violations-across-canada#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Nov 2010 14:37:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robin L. Barton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a prior blog, I addressed the disparity in the amount of fines imposed for safety violations across Canada. Think fines are any more consistent for environmental offences? Apparently not. Nimonik.ca just released a survey of environmental fines imposed throughout the country and came to ...]]></description>
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