(GOVERNMENT)
Here are some valuable resource links.
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 Environmental
Bill of Rights
Environmental Law Registry under the Environmental Bill of Rights.
Environmental
Review Tribunal
Decisions, archives and hearings schedule.
Ontario
Government PHONE BOOK
A indispensable resource, as the paper copy is out of date.
Ontario
Ministry of the Environment
The Ontario Ministry of the Environment web site includes
recent policy papers and news releases, and access to some many
policies and guidelines, including the updated Guideline
for Use at Contaminated Sites.
Alberta
Environmental Appeal Board.
British
Columbia Department of the Environment
Includes 1995 enforcement and compliance reports.
Canadian
Council of Ministers of the Environment
Canada's organization for multi-jurisdictional cooperation
on environmental issues (at least in theory).
Commission
for Environmental Cooperation
The NAFTA commission on environmental cooperation and
enforcement between Canada, the U.S. and Mexico.
Department
of Fisheries and Oceans
Environment
Canada
Government
of Canada
Here you can find several reports to the House
of Commons on, among other things, environmental management
systems for government.
Industry
Canada
The Environmental Affairs page, includes excellent links to
environmental industry, export, and policy sites in Canada
and elsewhere.
Office
of the Auditor General of Canada
The reports of Brian Emmett, Canada's Commissioner
of the Environment and Sustainable Development.
Manitoba
Department of the Environment
National
Round Table on the Environment and the Economy
A federal agency devoted to sustainable development.
National
Pollutant Release Inventory
The federal Department of the Environment's report on 1995
emissions of over 100 key containments, listing quantities
and sources. Canada's Big Three polluters are Celanese Canada
Inc., Bayer Rubber Co., and Pétrochimie Coastal du
Canada.
Environment
et Faune
Environment Quebec (In French)
Transport
Canada
Transportation of Dangerous Goods, on the Transport Canada
web site, includes the proposed "clear language"
version of the TDG regulations.
U.S.
EPA
EPA public access home page, now including Title 40, the environmental
subset of the 1995 Code of Federal Regulations.
Fed
World
A "one-Stop" shop for the U.S. government (when
they're open). It's a good place to find ancillary environmental
info not found at EPA sites (e.g., hazardous materials transportation/packaging
regs, OSHA/safety regs, nuclear/radioactive waste, etc.).
The
National Pollution Prevention Roundtable
Occupational
Health and Safety Regulations and guidance documents (no link)
Biological
Diversity Convention Secretariat
Located in Montreal, QC, Canada
Environmental
Treaties and Resource Indicators
This service is provided by the Consortium for Aeronautics
and Space Administration (NASA). It includes:
- The complete set of national resource indicators used
in the World Resource Institute's World Resources 1996-1997
(145 additional variables for all nations of the world)
- An on-line thematic guide that discusses how environmental
treaties and national resource indicators, including remotely
sensed data, can be used to help understand key issues related
to the human dimensions of global environmental change
- Environmental treaties, including bi-lateral environmental
agreements between the US and Canada plus a number of significant
environmental declarations by the Organization for Economic
Co-Operation and Development (OECD)
- Updated treaty status data from the World Conservation
Union (IUCN).
European
Environment Agency (no link)
European Commission, a major driver of environmental regulation
in Europe, with increasing influence over national governments.
UNEP
An excellent site that includes links to the key international
environmental conventions.
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