Two Hamilton residents are using provincial law to request an investigation into whether ArcelorMittal Dofasco’s steelmaking emissions run afoul of Ontario’s environmental air pollution regulations.

The request comes amid delays in the steelmaker’s promised plan to end the use of polluting coal through new “green steel” technology by 2028.

Under Ontario’s Environmental Bill of Rights (EBR), two or more citizens can ask the provincial regulator to look into alleged environmental violations . The Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks confirmed to The Spectator it has received and is reviewing the request from residents.

Such EBR applications are relatively rare — the environment ministry only agreed to undertake two such investigations in 2023-2024, according to Ontario’

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