Environment Hamilton has been doing a great deal of work over many years advocating on behalf of Hamiltonians to see serious industrial air pollution emissions resolved.   Clear The Air Hamilton will serve as an on-going communication tool for us to share these efforts with the community.  We hope this blog also encourages Hamiltonians to get involved with our efforts.   Much of what we do depends on a willingness to watch for problems, to document them and to report them to provincial environmental regulators.  In this age of digital cameras, documenting is easy.   We'll post helpful information regarding how you can go about reporting what you see to regulatory authorities and to the industries themselves.  And we'll also make a point of sharing details when we document and report industrial pollution problems.  

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LEGAL DELAYS GENERATE FRUSTRATION!

ArcelorMittal Dofasco's court appearance on Tuesday, June 4th, for the company's 13 provincial Ministry of the Environment charges for visible air pollution emission violations, had an incredibly frustrating outcome.   The Ministry of the Environment has failed to disclose any of the evidence forming the basis of the charges. This is simply unacceptable, given that two months have passed since the company's first court appearance.  The Justice of the Peace set an August 9th deadline for the Ministry to disclose all evidence, and a third court appearance is now scheduled for September 3, 2013 - 10:30am - Courtroom 320 at the John Sopinka Courtroom.  .  If you care about our local air, consider joining us that day at the John Sopinka Courthouse in downtown Hamilton - 10:30am, Courtroom 320.  We'll be there bearing witness and sending the message that it's time for the company to stop these problem air emissions!

  

Photo taken June 4, 2013 - AM-Dofasco Basic Oxygen Furnace emissions

How should Ontario invest in energy?

A Presentation by Jose Etcheverry of the York University Sustainable Energy Initiative
Presented by the Hamilton Association for Renewable Energy (HARE), Environment Hamilton, the Council of Canadians (Hamilton Chapter), and 350.org