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I continue to be surprised by how many people knowingly purchase a contaminated site, and regret it afterwards. Buy in haste, repent at leisure?

Earth Day 2016 – April 22nd – marked the opening of the Paris Agreement for signature at the United Nations (UN) Headquarters in New York.

On May 15, 2015, Environmental Minister Leona Aglukkaq announced the federal government's plans to reduce Canada's greenhouse gas ("GHG") emissions to 70% of the 2005 Canada-wide levels by the year 2030.

On December 6, 2019, the Supreme Court of Canada released its decision in R. v Resolute FP Canada Inc,...

The value of the global carbon market grew to more than US$143.7 billion in 2009, up from US$135 billion in 2008, despite a 0.6% decline in global GDP, according to a new World Bank report.

Regional cap-and-trade initiatives have returned to the spotlight after U.S. Senate leaders indefinitely postponed efforts to pass a comprehensive federal climate change bill.

On September 13, 2018 the Ontario government posted to the EBR Environmental Registry the policy decision to cancel EHVIP and WEVCIP funded through the repealed cap and trade program.

Environmental, Climate Change and ESG partner Tyson Dyck also commented on the Federal Court's ruling for the Financial Post.

The Government of Canada has taken action towards reducing plastic pollution through its Zero Plastic Waste Agenda. While the goal of reducing plastic pollution is important...

In 2014, the British Columbia Supreme Court, in Precision Plating Ltd. v. Axa Pacific Insurance Company, 2014 BCSC 602, held that a purportedly "absolute" pollution exclusion was ambiguous in the context of a fire loss.

Ontario Cleantech companies are receiving some key ingredients from various programs to help them grow their technology and compete on the world stage.

It seems that some of the provisions are ambiguous or will be challenging to apply.

The first implementing regulations for the Act to increase the number of zero-emission motor vehicles in Québec in order to reduce greenhouse gas and other pollutant emissions...

In a ground breaking decision on Friday, October 8, 2021 the United Nations Human Rights Council recognized the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment.

As wildfires across Alberta continue, Environment Canada has issued special air quality statements (SAQS)1 indicating that there is a high risk of poor air quality in the majority...

On February 24, 2016, the Ontario government introduced the Climate Change Mitigation and Low-carbon Economy Act, 2016 which sets out a framework for Ontario's cap and trade program and enshrines emission reduction targets for the province.

The Ontario Climate Change Action Plan (discussed here) confirms that the Province will implement requirements for renewable content in natural gas and transportation fuels. The goal is to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.