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Not long after announcing his city's intention to ban single-use plastic bags by 2018, Montreal mayor Denis Coderre has indicated that banning plastic-bottled water may be next.

On April 18, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) announced the initiation of consultations on its proposed regulatory framework for the Recycled Content and Labelling for Plastic Products...

The Board of Health of the City of Toronto has recently moved on recommendations from Toronto Public Health to look into ways to increase regulation of dry cleaning operations in the city.

The federal government has tweaked the regulations it uses, under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act.

In January of 2013, Shell Canada allegedly spilled "flare liquids", similar to gasoline, from its refinery in Sarnia.

The Supreme Court of Canada has today allowed Ecuador pollution plaintiffs to try to seek enforcement against Chevron Canada of a multibillion-dollar damage award against Chevron Corporation for oil pollution in Ecuador.

As we wrote earlier, the Court of Appeal decertified the environmental class action, in an important decision on environmental torts for historic contamination.

It is not always clear what long-term impacts will result from current activities that impact the environment.

The election of Donald Trump and his recent cabinet nominations of individuals who have been described in the mainstream U.S media climate skeptics, including Scott Pruitt...

Ontario’s air standards and ambient air quality criteria (AAQC) have been updated for a series of carcinogens and other toxic substances.

The permit authorized refuse to be discharged to ground as well as effluent to an ephemeral stream from a contaminated soil treatment facility and a landfill.

One of the first announcements out of the Prime Minister Trudeau's U.S. state visit was a joint statement from the PM and President Obama on climate, energy and arctic leadership.

The 16th meeting of the Conference of Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the 6th Conference of Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (jointly "COP16"), in Cancun, Mexico, concluded on December 11th.

The Ontario government has signed an agreement with Quebec to create a joint cap-and-trade system to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

On the eve of a provincial premiers summit on climate change, the Ontario Government has announced it is joining with Quebec and California in a greenhouse gas ("GHG") cap-and-trade system.

The Liberal government tabled its first budget on March 22, 2016. While primarily focused on strengthening the middle class, the Budget contains a number of initiatives directed at the energy sector.

The Chicago Climate Exchange ("CCX") recently announced that they will discontinue the CCX emission reduction program at the conclusion of its Phase I and Phase II program at the end of this year.