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Members of Gowling WLG's Environmental Law Group highlight the key issues and trends that continue to shape the environmental law landscape in Western Canada.

ESG and Climate Change in the Shadow of COVID-19: "E," "S" & G Are Here to Stay.

On April 5, 2017, the Expert Panel appointed by the Minister of Environment and Climate Change, the Honourable Catherine McKenna, to review the federal environmental assessment processes...

As we previously reported, the federal government intends to enact regulations to phase out coal fired generation in Canada.

On February 20, 2019 Fraser River Pile and Dredge GP Inc. was ordered to pay a penalty in the amount of $350,000.00 after pleading guilty to depositing a deleterious substance into water frequented by fish, contrary to the Fisheries Act.

The National Power Group at McCarthy Tétrault LLP recently released Canadian Power: Key Developments in 2015 /Trends to Watch for in 2016.

Federal environment minister Peter Kent announced today that Cenovus' proposed drilling of 1275 shallow natural gas wells in the Suffield, Alberta area had been turned down by the federal government.

What should count as battery "recycling"?

The Ontario Ministry of the Environment is seeking comments on proposed amendments to the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions Reporting Regulation (O. Reg. 452/09) and Guideline that would simplify the reporting requirements, align them with those in other Western Climate Initiative (WCI) jurisdictions, and provide greater encouragement for combustion of biomass.

Québec’s Court of Appeal has struck down part of a municipal by-law that impinged on the public right of navigation, an area where only the federal government has jurisdiction to make laws.

As early as 2011, the City of Toronto attempted unsuccessfully to regulate the possession, consumption or sale of shark fins and shark fin food products.

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On September 7, 2017 a Kitchener company pled guilty and was fined $265,000 for two counts of contravening the Ozone-Depleting Substances Regulations...

The Nova Scotia Supreme Court has certified a massive class action by Sydney residents against the governments of Canada and Nova Scotia, relating to contamination from the notorious Sydney tar ponds, and the associated steel mill and coke ovens from the old Sydney Steel.

Those opposed to public and private projects often request that they be "bumped up" to an individual environmental assessment (EA) under the Environmental Assessment Act.

A recent study has highlighted again concerns over the near-ubiquitous presence of microplastics in our water.

Quebec City has successfully defended a bylaw requiring private property owners to naturalize the shoreline of its water supply.