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To date, every Renewable Energy Approval for a wind farm has been appealed to the Environmental Review Tribunal.

To be successful on an appeal, the appellant must show that the renewable energy approval granted causes serious harm to human health.

The Ontario Court of Appeal has stayed the Ostrander Point wind approval pending an appeal by the Prince Edward County Field Naturalists.

Bravo to the Environmental Review Tribunal for standing up for endangered species. On July 3, after a 40-day hearing, the ERT revoked Gilead Power’s renewable energy approval to develop a wind farm on 324 hectares of Crown land in Prince Edward County’s Ostrander Point.

The Canadian clean technology industry continues to demonstrate impressive competitive performance and growth in international markets.

On October 7, 2010, Ontario’s Ministry of the Environment (MOE) proposed amendments to O. Reg. 359/09, the regulation governing Renewable Energy Approvals (REAs).

The Ontario Environmental Review Tribunal keeps upholding wind projects, despite opponents' arguments that annoyance about wind turbines ought to be considered an adverse health effect.

The Environmental Review Tribunal held that evidence to substantiate claims of "serious and irreversible harm to animal life" must be site-specific, species-specific, and quantifiable.

Do wind turbines cause adverse health effects? A thorough and definitive summary of the evidence was made available during Monday’s full day Wind Power & Human Health Scientific Forum, a comprehensive full day event dedicated to wind power effects on human health, containing peer-reviewed scientific research.

SaskPower, the Crown corporation responsible for the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity in Saskatchewan, announced on November 7, 2022, that it will add up to 700...

As Canada shifts toward a more sustainable future, project owners in the clean economy sector have a unique opportunity to capitalize on Investment Tax Credits (ITCs).

On Sunday, August 7, 2022, the US Senate passed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (H.R. 5376). The vote to pass the bill was strictly on party lines...

On October 5, 2017, the N.S. government took another step toward creating a globally competitive marine renewable energy industry and associated innovation ecosystem in N.S.

Momentum in the global hydrogen market continued to pick up at the recently completed COP27 climate summit in Egypt.

As I discussed in an earlier post, Quebec’s Minister of Natural Resources struck a committee and issued a consultation paper last summer as part of a process expected to result with a new energy policy for Quebec.

All stakeholders in any major project development already know that adequate consultation before – rather than after – a project is approved is better for everyone than after-the-fact litigation.

The Energy Disruptors: Unite 2022 (EDU) conference took place in Calgary recently, bringing together trailblazing "disruptors", ranging from industry leaders to institutional investors...