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Over 5 years after its publication in November 2005, the new Clean Air Regulation came into force on June 30, 2011 replacing, subject to applicable transitional measures, the Regulation respecting the Quality of the Atmosphere adopted more than 30 years ago.

Under the current regime, compensation can be paid at the Fuel Charge rate or through the remittance of surplus credits.

What is clear from the report is that the world needs to immediately reduce its GHG emissions and limit global warming to no more than 1.5ºC.

On April 13, 2015 a homeowner from Apex, Nunavut was ordered to pay the Government of Nunavut $55,000 in restitution for clean up expenditures resulting from environmental damage caused by a home heating oil tank leak.

Ontario's energy intensive industries have finally been permitted to burn many kinds of waste, in place of coal.

The Ontario Ministry of Environment has finalized the air pollution standard for pulp and paper mills and a proposed guideline for large wood-fired combustors.

This case involved a property known as James Island, which lies just off the Saanich Peninsula and has a long history of use for the manufacture and storage of explosives.

The defendant, Priestly Demolition Inc. caused chlorine gas to be discharged into the environment when an employee operating a magnetic grapple attempted to move old pressurized gas cylinders.

On July 6, 2011 the Minister of Sustainable Development, Environment and Parks announced that the Quebec greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions cap-and-trade system will come into force on January 1, 2012.

Canada joined 36 other countries in May and submitted its intended nationally determined contribution (INDC) to the UNFCCC in advance of the Paris COP 21. Canada's INDC is noteworthy in that it contains some interesting points.

he Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan has released its opinion regarding the constitutionality of the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act, SC 2018, c 12 s. 187 (the "Act), the Government of Canada's federal carbon tax regime.

An update on the Sunrise Propane explosion in Downsview, Ontario, and the gradual progress of the class action by the aggrieved neighbours.

The Government of Canada has conducted a consultation process on its draft outline to address plastic waste and pollution in the textile and apparel industry. This draft outline fits into the Government of Canada's larger...

If so, large scale emissions of greenhouse gases would be illegal, because they damage the health of the global atmosphere.

The Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment is seeking input for a legislative review of The Environmental Management and Protection Act, 2010 (EMPA 2010).

In the constitutional context, a tax is distinguished from a regulatory charge on the basis of the purpose for which it is imposed.

The case of Paramount Resources Ltd. v. Chubb Insurance Company of Canada, 2024 ABCA 266 centers on a dispute over insurance coverage following the release of condensate from a LVP...