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During President Obama’s State of the Union address on January 28th, he made his intentions clear that he would use his authority to continue to push forward new standards and regulations that would curb the amount carbon pollution US power plants are allowed to dump into the air.

On September 14, 2018, Ontario announced it has filed a reference with the Ontario Court of Appeal challenging the constitutionality of the federal Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act (GHG Pollution...

Ontario has released a proposed new statute called the Climate Change Mitigation and Low-Carbon Economy Act, 2016.

As we recently reported, British Columbia's (BC) Climate Leadership Team prepared a report setting out 32 recommendations for BC's climate policy path forward.

The Ontario and federal governments have signed the latest (8th) version of the Canada-Ontario Agreement on Great Lakes Water Quality and Ecosystem Health.

A new regulation aimed at replacing the current Regulation respecting the Quality of the Atmosphere (RQA) was expected for many years.

On December 14, 2011, the Government of Québec officially adopted the Regulation respecting the cap-and-trade system for greenhouse gas emission allowances (the Regulation) which is based on the rules established by the Western Climate Initiative (WCI).

Saskatchewan has released regulations aimed at curbing industrial emissions after the federal government agreed to remove the province from the federal output-based pricing system (OBPS).

Ontario's new Climate Change Action Plan, released on June 8, 2016 (the "Plan"), includes matters of interest to the development and home builder industries.

Over the past couple of years, the number of studies related to the alleged environmental impact from hydraulic fracturing have increased dramatically.

On March 5, 2021, the Federal Government published draft regulations governing the federal Greenhouse Gas ("GHG") offset system (the "Draft Regulations").

In 2003, Friends of the Earth petitioned the US EPAto get lead out of aviation gasoline. While there had been much discussion about taking lead out of racing vehicle gasoline, aviation gasoline actually releases much more lead into the environment than racing.

On October 7, 2014, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection filed a complaint against a Marcellus operator with the Pennsylvania Environmental Hearing Board, alleging that the operator had violated Pennsylvania’s Clean Streams laws.

A summary of the most recent air pollution emission standards, which affect a large number of the Ontario industries.

On November 28th, 2018 the Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks (MECP) posted its climate change plan as part of its environmental plan. Preserving and Protecting our Environment

On February 24, 2020 the Alberta Court of Appeal in Reference re Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act, 2020 ABCA 74 ruled.

On April 8, 2020, the federal government announced an intent to amend the Output-Based Pricing System Regulations, SOR/2019-266 (OBPS Regulations), enacted under the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act...