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Since we wrote about "Plastics in the Spotlight", there have been further developments in Canada. The Philippines shipment has been returned to Canada

In advance of Premier Notley's meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the Paris Climate Change conference later this month, Alberta's New Democratic government has dramatically bolstered its climate change management strategies.

The modernization of the current certificate of authorization scheme that is being proposed pursuant to Bill 102 focuses on the assessment of environmental impacts and procedural review.

On January 15, the Canadian federal government released for public comment a draft Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act (Act) for its proposed federal carbon pricing system.

Madame Aglukkaq a fait cette annonce juste après la présentation du Canada à l'Organisation des Nations Unies (l'« ONU ») de sa contribution prévue déterminée au niveau national (la « CPDN »).

The BC Court of Appeal has upheld a trial decision that requires the historical polluter of James Island to pay the current landowner $4.75 million for monies spent remediating a contaminated site.

Eddy Huang purchased two adjacent properties in Ottawa in 1978 intending to develop them in the future.

"Climate change is real. It is caused by [GHG] emissions resulting from human activities, and it poses a grave threat to humanity's future…

On Saturday, March 19, 2015, the ECCC published its proposed methodology for estimating the upstream GHG emissions associated with "major oil and gas projects" undergoing federal environmental assessments in the Canada Gazette.

On December 4, 20151, Essroc Canada Inc. was fined a total of $200,000, plus a victim surcharge of $50,000, for discharging dust into the natural environment and failing to notify the Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change.

The major recent decision of the British Columbia Court of Appeal in J.I. Properties Inc. v PPG Architectural Coatings Canada Ltd, 2015 COURT OF APPEAL 472 ("JI Properties") affirmed the "polluter pays" principle in the context of remediation cost recovery actions under the Environmental Management Act, SBC 2003, c 53 (the "EMA").

On November 16, 2023, in Responsible Plastic Use Coalition v. Canada (Environment and Climate Change), the Federal Court ruled that the federal cabinet acted outside their authority when they issued an...

On June 21, 2018 the federal Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act (the "GGPPA"), published pursuant to Part 5 of the Budget Implementation Act 2018, received royal assent

On December 31, 2024, the Government of Canada released the Guide for Reporting to the Federal Plastics Registry – Phase 1 (the Guide).

In Reference re Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act (Decision), a majority of the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) declared that the federal Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act (Act) is constitutional.

Southern California is, at this very moment, in the throes of what is potentially the most prolific gas leak to have ever occurred.

The Government of Canada reports that Canadians use almost 15 billion plastic bags every year, and approximately 16 million plastic straws every day. Canada has identified plastic pollution...

The Ontario government has committed to ending the cap and trade program in Ontario, fulfilling a campaign pledge made by Premier Ford earlier this year.