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Ontario has picked up the pace on addressing climate change. On May 18, 2016, the provincial government passed the Climate Change Mitigation and Low-carbon Economy Act, 2016...

In her first major policy announcement since taking office five weeks ago, Alberta's Environment and Parks Minister Shannon Phillips announced today that Alberta's primary GHG regulation will be renewed and updated.

In 2019, the Federal Government promised a ban on "harmful single-use plastics" by 2021 as part of its broader strategy to reduce waste and pollution.

There were no federal government briefings on COVID-19, but the Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Jonathan Wilkinson, announced details of the federal government's plan to ban...

Under section 80 of the Environmental Management Act, S.B.C. 2003, c. 53 (the "EMA"), the government may carry out remedial actions in response to a spill that may pose a hazard to health or the environment.

The Ontario Court of Appeal has confirmed in a 4-1 decision that Parliament has the power to enact a minimum national price on greenhouse gas

When the polluter pays for the clean-up costs of a pipeline leak, can they then turn around and seek to recover these costs from the parties responsible for installing the pipeline decades before?

Environmental indemnities must cover all applicable operations and project lifecycle phases.

On December 15, 2011, Pierre Arcand, Quebec’s Minister of Sustainable Development, Environment and Parks, announced the adoption of the Regulation respecting the cap‐and‐trade system for greenhouse gas emission allowances, which implements the first cap‐and‐trade system for greenhouse gas emission ("GHG") allowances in Canada.

As cities aim to improve their sustainability, by improving air quality and congestion, the City of Toronto is looking at ways to make it easier to ticket cars blocking bike lanes by moving to an Administrative Monetary Penalty system.

40 to 60 years may be too old when determining whether to extend a limitation period for a negligence-based environmental contamination claim, the court recently ruled in Brookfield Residential (Alberta) LP (Carma Developers LP) v Imperial Oil Limited, 2017 ABQB 218 [Brookfield].

On May 24, 2016, Alberta's provincial government tabled Bill 20 for first reading in the legislature.

Since national pledges to reduce emissions are voluntary, the success of the pact in achieving meaningful GHG emissions reduction will likely turn on the willingness of future governments to take action as well as global peer pressure.

In October 2018, the federal government announced certain details on the scope and application of its carbon pricing backstop system.

VTACC describes its mission as urging governments to take meaningful action to address climate change, including through reduced reliance on carbon intensive fuels such as coal.

Earlier this spring, TransCanada Corp. announced that it would cancel its power purchase arrangements ("PPAs") with certain coal-fired plants in Alberta.

On August 28, 2019 the Minister of Environment, Conservation and Parks announced Ontario's appeal of the Court of Appeal's decision on the constitutionality of the federal Greenhouse Gas

On October 23, 2018, The Right Honourable Justin Trudeau announced the Government of Canada's intention to ensure that that there is a price on carbon pollution across Canada in 2019.