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Dianne delivered a presentation to the American Bar Association on July 22, providing a comprehensive overview of wind litigation in Ontario since the Green Energy Act came into effect.

Shawn and Trisha Drennan farm in the Township of Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh, where K2 propose to develop a wind power project of 140 wind turbines.

The Environmental Review Tribunal ("ERT") has again demonstrated its willingness to allow appeals of renewable energy approvals ("REA") for wind project on the basis that it will cause serious and irreversible harm...

Ontario’s process for making Crown land available for renewable energy projects continues into its second phase as the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) invite the public to provide input on where, when and how the Government should make Crown land available for off-shore wind projects.

On January 30 and 31, the Ontario Environmental Review Tribunal (Tribunal) heard a series of motions in the appeals of a Renewable Energy Approval (REA) issued to Conestogo Wind LP (Conestogo Wind) for a Class 4 wind facility in Mapletown Township, County of Wellington, Ontario.

Ontario will increase local control over future renewable energy projects, as previously promised by Premier Wynne.

Ontario's Environmental Review Tribunal (ERT) has allowed another wind project Renewable Energy Approval (REA) appeal on the basis of environmental concerns.

For the first time, Ontario’s Environmental Review Tribunal has revoked the Ministry of the Environment’s decision to grant a Renewable Energy Approval.

In Clarington Wind Concerns v Ontario (Director, Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change), 205 CanLII 51503 (ON ERT), the Environmental Review Tribunal ("ERT") has dismissed the latest twists in anti-wind litigation.

With climate change continuing to be a topic of concern across the international community, Canada has recently taken another step to support the development of renewable...

A recent anti-dumping and countervailing duty complaint filed by Tidewater Renewables Ltd. with the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has raised significant questions...

A reader asks: are the federal Renewable Fuels Regulations in force?

Increasingly, hydrogen is being considered as a means of converting carbon-free energy into a chemical fuel, which may be able to leverage existing natural gas infrastructure and expertise.

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.

Two recent studies confirm that complaints about wind turbines are much more frequent in areas where the turbines have not been built, than they are near operating wind farms.

The Ontario Assessment Review Board has ruled that there is no evidence the presence of a wind farm affected the value of Ed and Gail Kenney’s waterfront property on the west end of Wolfe Island, a rural community located in the Township of Frontenac Islands on Lake Ontario.

A recent Notice from the Ontario government indicates that the planned amendments to Ontario's Net Metering Regulation under the Ontario Energy Board Act, 1998 will not proceed as planned.

On December 16, 2014, the Province of BC made a Final Investment Decision to proceed with the development of Site C – an $8.335 billion dam project on the Peace River with the capacity to produce 1,100MW of electricity.