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As the world increasingly turns to renewable energy sources, the ripple effects of this transition extend beyond the realm of energy production.

The Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks (“MECP”), Ontario’s administrator of the Conservation Authorities Act (the “CA Act”), and the Ministry of Natural Resources...

Since 2000, nearly all of the environmental charges and fines that companies have faced in the North have been brought under the federal Fisheries Act.

Ontario is fundamentally restructuring water and wastewater service delivery through the Water and Wastewater Public Corporations Act, 2025, moving services from municipal departments into arm's-length public corporations. With the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing now actively soliciting municipal expressions of interest, this framework presents both strategic opportunities and significant governance implications that municipalities must understand and engage with now, even before the legislation...

Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are increasingly of interest to environmental regulators — in Canada, and abroad. Recently, the federal government announced its intention to designate PFAS...

On May 28, 2012, BC Hydro released a draft of its Integrated Resource Plan 2012 (the "Plan"), a long-term forecast on the supply and demand for electricity in British Columbia.

On July 12, 2024, the Government of Canada published its Updated Draft Report on the state of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) (the "Updated Draft PFAS Report") and Revised Risk Management Scope for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances.

Ontario will be broadening its existing administrative monetary penalties ("AMPs") regime in order to be able to more easily sanction parties who contravene environmental laws.

À la suite de travaux d'excavation du roc, l'eau des puits artésiens de plusieurs résidents a été contaminée, engendrant des frais de décontamination importants.

Water is essential to life. Up until very recently, however, Canadians have taken their water resources for granted.

The Government of Canada has published its long anticipated Draft state of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) report (the "Draft State of PFAS Report") and a companion document...

As the world races toward net-zero, there's a growing need to integrate sustainable products and practices into Canadian mining operations.

On Feb. 8, 2018, through Bill C-69, the federal government unveiled long-awaited legislation to reform federal environmental assessments, the National Energy Board, and the Navigation Protection Act.

When a party finds itself in an environmental dispute, what evidence must it submit to support its case? And will that evidence succeed in Court?

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances ("PFAS"), a group of several thousand man-made chemicals that include perfluorooctanoic ("PFOS"), perfluorooctanoic acid...

On October 10, 2023, the Supreme Court of British Columbia (the Court) in Greengen Holdings Ltd v British Columbia (Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resources Operations) (the Decision)...

Do you have a right to block surface water from entering onto your property? Can you modify a natural watercourse? Are you legally obligated to prevent surface water on your property