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With ArcelorMittal Dofasco stalling on its green steel plans and releasing emissions above Ontario’s air-quality regulations, Hamilton resident Jochen Bezner says Canada’s largest steelmaker needs to be held accountable.

Bezner and another, unnamed resident have formally requested that the Ministry of the Environment, Climate and Parks (MECP) investigate Dofasco, alleging it’s “emitting dangerous pollutants” at levels far above Ontario’s regulatory standards.

“We don’t want to shut them down,” Bezner told CBC Hamilton. “We just want them to be responsible.”

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[–] HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

A little over 25 years ago I trained in Hamilton as a weather observor for NavCan. One of my fellow students was a meteorologist. He told us that big industries often recruited meteorologists out of university to provide wind and weather forcasts so the business would know when they could 'illegally' flare toxins through their stacks ... so they would know when the wind would keep the smoke away from gov't air monitors.

This shit has been going on forever.

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

This makes perfect sense. The incentives for illegal behaviour for corporations are much stronger than individual citizens. Especially when they're not some public-facing corporation that relies on its image among consumers.