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The ''Environmental Bill of Rights'' (''EBR'') was passed by the legislature of Ontario, Canada in 1993. It gives Ontario citizens rights to participate in environmental decision-making. The ''EBR'' is upheld by the Environmental Commissioner of Ontario, who is currently Gord Miller.〔Environmental Commissioner. Online: http://www.eco.on.ca/.〕 The ''EBR'' gives citizens the right, under specific circumstances:〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=About the Environmental Bill of Rights )〕 *to be notified and to comment on environmentally significant government proposals, using the Environmental Registry; *to ask a ministry to review a law or to investigate harm to the environment *to appeal a ministry decision *to sue for harm to a public resource *to sue for public nuisance causing environmental harm *to be protected from employer reprisals for using the above rights. The ''EBR'' also lays out responsibilities for those ministries that are prescribed:〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ministries Prescribed under the Environmental Bill of Rights )〕 *to develop and publish a Statement of Environmental Values, a statement that guides the ministry when it makes decisions that might affect the environment. The ministry must consider its SEV when it makes an environmentally significant decision. The minister must consider the SEV when deciding to conduct a Review or Investigation under the ''EBR''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Statements of Environmental Values )3〕 *to post notices on the Environmental Registry for environmentally significant Acts, regulations and policies, and to consider these comments when making their decisions. The Environmental Commissioner of Ontario reports annually on ministries' compliance with the ''EBR''. ==Energy Conservation== Since 2009, the ''EBR'' requires the ECO to report annually "on the progress of activities in Ontario to reduce the use or make more efficient use of electricity, natural gas, propane, oil and transportation fuels."〔http://www.e-laws.gov.on.ca/html/statutes/english/elaws_statutes_93e28_e.htm#BK73〕 The ECO produces two-part annual reports on energy conservation, the first part on the broader policy framework affecting energy conservation in Ontario, and the second part on the results of initiatives that are underway.〔http://www.eco.on.ca/index.php/en_US/pubs/energy-conservation-reports〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Environmental Bill of Rights」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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