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A group of preeminent international jurists have put together a series of legal principles, called the Oslo Principles on Global Obligations to Reduce Climate Change.

The federal government has now launched the reporting platform for Canada's Federal Plastics Registry. With the first reporting deadline looming on September 29, 2025 for the 2024 calendar year...

Ontario's Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks (MECP) released Preserving and Protecting our Environment for Future Generations: A Made-in-Ontario Environment Plan (Plan) on November 29

Recently, on October 9, 2018, The Hague Court of Appeal made an unprecedented ruling in finding that the preservation of a stable climate system is a fundamental human right and ordered the Dutch government to meet its commitment of reducing its greenhouse gas emissions.

On Tuesday, March 8, 2016, Alberta's Lieutenant Governor, Her Honour Lois Mitchell, C.M., delivered the Speech from the Throne, kicking off the Second Session of the 29th Legislature of Alberta.

Following in-depth consultations with emissions intensive and trade-exposed industries

The Ontario Court of Appeal has ruled that federal carbon pricing is constitutional

On January 27, 2016, the Government of Canada ("GOC") introduced interim measures for pipeline reviews.

On January 27, 2016, the Federal Government announced five principles that will guide its discretionary decision making powers on major natural resource projects.

On June 25, 2015, Shannon Phillips, Alberta's Minister of Environment and Parks announced that the province will be renewing its existing greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction regulatory regime.

The Alberta government has introduced Bill 25: Oil Sands Emissions Limit Act into the legislature. If enacted, Alberta will have an annual legislated 100 megatonne cap on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from oil sands projects, including mining, in situ and upgrading projects.

On September 4, 2015, the Supreme Court of Canada released its long-awaited decision in the case of Chevron Corporation v. Yaiguaje.

On November 6, 2014, the Alberta Provincial Court ordered Norellco Contractors Ltd. (Norellco) to pay $185,000 after Norellco pleaded guilty to one count under the Fisheries Act.

The federal government argued that climate change is a matter of national concern that cannot be addressed by the provinces acting on their own initiative.

On November 16, 2023, the Federal Court (Court) in Responsible Plastic Use Coalition v. Canada (Environment and Climate Change)...

This case has important implications for commercial transactions that involve the purchase and sale of ships

Velocity Inc., in Valleyfield, Quebec, and Stéphane Poirier, its President, were fined $37,200 after pleading guilty to illegally importing 600 cylinders of a popular refrigerant chlorodifluoromethane (HCFC-22, or R?22).