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In case you missed it a few weeks back, the federal government made an unexpected announcement just days before the federal election campaign was announced...

The excessively broad risk of personal liability for municipal councillors and staff in the Ontario Safe Drinking Water Act was supposed to improve public health and safety.

A year after hearing the case, four out of nine judges of the Supreme Court of Canada have ruled in Ernst v. Alberta Energy Regulator that Ms. Ernst cannot make a claim for an alleged breach of her...

Sustainable living does not have to end with your lifetime. In today’s increasingly eco-conscious world, more and more individuals are looking for ways to reduce their carbon footprint and leave things “greener” for future generations. Eco-friendly estate planning can integrate those values into practical decisions that reduce your environmental impact while caring for loved ones after your death.

Source water protection is finally coming into force in Ontario.

On November 26, 2015, Ontario approved the Grand River Source Protection Plan. The Plan will take effect on July 1, 2016. This is the 22nd and final source protection plan ("SPP") that Ontario committed to implement by 2015.

The Ontario Court of Appeal this week clarified and narrowed the definition of "workplace" under the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

The proposed charge would apply to water bottling facilities taking groundwater in accordance with a permit to take water issued under the provisions of the Ontario Water Resources Act (OWRA).

Among the several amendments proposed by the Quebec government to the environmental regulatory framework in an omnibus package published in the Gazette officielle du Québec on February 22, 2023...

Justice Suko of the U.S. District Court ruled that Teck Cominco Metals, a Canadian company, was liable to the Confederated Tribes of the Coleville Reservation for "response costs" of $8.25M.

Normally reserved for major league baseball players as they enter the game to take the plate or the mound, lawyers are rarely introduced with walk-up songs.

The draft IRP provides a 20-year outlook of how BC Hydro expects to reliably and cost-effectively meet the anticipated future electricity needs of the province through conservation and acquisition of sufficient generation and transmission resources.

Xatoms recently announced the completion of C$3 million in pre-seed funding (C$2 million in equity and C$1 million in non-dilutive grants) to begin commercializing its technology...

bottled water, drought, Drought Conditions, ecojustice canada, groundwater, ministry, ministry of environment, Ministry of the Environment, MOE, Nestle, Nestle Canada Inc., permit, restrictions

On July 30, 2015, the British Columbia government released four discussion papers for public comment outlining proposed new policies for regulations under the Water Sustainability Act.

The Government of Newfoundland and Labrador has been busy creating a new land title and economic development regime as the framework for the impending development of the wind-hydrogen...

In this decision, the British Columbia Supreme Court struck an action for injunctive relief brought by two First Nations against Rio Tinto Alcan (Rio Tinto).