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The government has stated that it estimates this ban will result in the elimination of over 1.3 million tonnes of plastic waste and more than 22,000 tonnes of plastic pollution over the next decade.

Local air pollution from small sources like autobody shops and corner laundries cause the deaths of at least 120 city residents each year.

Since the US Congress can’t, or won’t, regulate greenhouse gases, President Obama is moving ahead to do so using his executive powers and the existing Clean Air Act.

In 2008, Toronto's Auditor General recommended that Toronto should charge industries the full cost of sampling, testing and treating their high strength sewage.

IN AN EFFORT TO REACH NET-ZERO emissions by 2050, Canada has focused its attention towards the emerging industry of green hydrogen power as a source of renewable energy.

Over the past number of years, there has been a growing emphasis on and push to incorporate Environmental, Social and Governance ("ESG") principles in lending practices. Conducting business...

On the heels of the release of its recent Cap and Trade Program Design Options consultation paper, the Ontario government introduced the province's Climate Change Strategy on November 24, 2015.

Beginning October 31, 2011, the Ontario Ministry of the Environment’s (the MOE) new online environmental approval application and self-registration system takes effect.

The Alberta Government introduced Bill 20, the Climate Leadership Implementation Act, on May 24, 2016.

On March 25, 2021, the Supreme Court of Canada handed down its decision in the highly anticipated Reference re Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act.

On April 14, 2016, Alberta's NDP government released its new fiscal plan (the 2016 Budget), which implements the Climate Change Leadership Plan (the Plan) previously announced by the government this past November.

Unless you're a lawyer regularly conducting civil trials, you probably haven't heard of the "implied undertaking rule".

The Ontario Court of Appeal has ruled that the necessities of spill containment and environmental protection can take precedence over the "polluter pays" principle and the rules of natural justice

On April 7, 2022, the Federal Liberal Government released its 2022 Budget entitled "A Plan to Grow Our Economy and Make Life More Affordable."

A Nova Scotia Department of the Environment Inspector attended at Mr. Hicks’ yard to investigate a complaint about air pollution from material burning in a barrel, contrary to the Environment Act.

As discussed in a previous post, the Agreement stands in contrast to the anticlimactic Copenhagen Accord of 2009 which had originally aimed to achieve similar results to the Paris Agreement, but did not deliver.

As January 1, 2017, the day which marks "ground zero" for climate change reform in Ontario draws near, the provincial government is scrambling to put into place a structure of reforms...