Climate change is producing extreme weather events and adversely affecting communities around the world.

On August 30th, the California Air Resources Board (the Board) is holding a trial auction for the purchase and sale of carbon permits in what will be North America’s first full-scale carbon market.

Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) announced on February 2, 2026, that it fined Estee Lauder Cosmetics Ltd. $750,000 for two violations of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA).

Attorneys representing groups of one or more children and young adults are filing legal actions against the US government, all 50 states, and the District of Columbia, in which they allege that the public trust doctrine requires government entities to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and implement reforestation programs in order to fight climate change.

Greg Johnson, Wesley Novotny and Brendan Sigalet write for the Resource Sector Taxation journal on federal tax policies aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions by incentivizing clean energy technologies.

As emissions and cap-and-trade regimes develop, the tax issues relating to such regimes evolve and receive further consideration.

As promised in Minister Murray's mandate letter, Ontario's provincial government has reintroduced the Great Lakes Protection Act.

President Obama spoke on U.S. climate change at Georgetown University on Tuesday. In this speech he commented, for the first time in months, on the Keystone XL pipeline which will carry crude oil from Alberta’s oil sands to refineries in the Gulf Coast.

Kathleen Wynne’s government has re-introduced the proposed Great Lakes Protection Act, 2013 as Bill 6, which is aimed at encouraging members of the Great Lakes community to collaborate to improve water quality and protect the lakes and their shores and wetlands.

The Supreme Court held that the EPA did not, unilaterally, have the authority to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emission permitting thresholds.

Environment and Climate Change Canada and Health Canada are inviting interested parties to provide their input on how information on chemical ingredients in certain consumer products...

This webinar focused on Canadian ESG for In-House Counsel. Stephen Pike, a Toronto partner who has been advising on ESG issues for a number of years, led a panel discussion with our ...

In Davies Governance Insights 2018, we discussed the growing environmental, social and governance movement and the trend toward increased reporting and disclosure of sustainability-related issues, including climate change ...

This episode features Osler's Andrew MacDougall, partner, Corporate, in a discussion about the International Sustainability Standard Board's proposed standards focused on sustainability and climate-related disclosures.

There has been an increased focus on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues in Canada and abroad. Corporate Canada and government organizations face growing...

As election mania heats up in Canada, it is becoming increasingly important to analyze and contrast how the three front-running parties, the Conservatives, the Liberals and the NDP...

The legislation is very similar to that proposed in February, with more favourable treatment of particular industries such as cogeneration and biomass facilities.

The wide range of direct and extensive energy experience held by our contributors lends itself to a diverse and insightful examination of current legal trends and topics.

France has implemented environmental legislation that will require new buildings constructed in commercial areas to partially cover their roofs in either plants or solar panels.

The latest round of United Nations climate negotiations gets underway today in Cancun, Mexico, where representatives of approximately 200 countries will discuss the future of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol.