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Some rare good news. Oil tanker spills into world oceans: there aren't as many as there used to be, and they do not do as much damage as they used to do.

Ontario announced that it will impose a cap-and-trade system under the Western Climate Initiative, which it joined in 2008.

Dust generated by trucks driving on an unpaved parking lot can be a nuisance to industrial neighbours, according to the Ontario Court of Appeal.

The Pembina Institute think tank has issued a report on the opportunities and challenges facing Canada in the global transition to clean energy a market set to grow to $3 trillion by 2020.

As Canada's pursuit of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 continues to gain support from the public and private sectors, the governments of Canada and Alberta...

On February 29, 2016, Teck Metals Ltd. plead guilty to three offences under the Fisheries Act for the release of substances deleterious to fish in the Columbia River.

Here are three key questions that could improve the functioning of any Public Liaison Committee about a controversial facility.

In American Electric Power et al. v. Connecticut et al., six states, the city of New York and three private land trusts sought federal court orders to limit greenhouse gas emissions from power plants operated by private utilities and the Tennessee Valley Authority.

Veolia Water Canada Inc. makes fertilizer pellets (sold as Nutri-Pel) from secondary sewage sludge.

The Alberta government has recently drafted legislation, Bill 24, "Carbon Capture and Storage Statutes Amendment Act, 2010", 3rd Sess., 27th Leg., Alberta, 2010 which clarifies ownership of pore space and that would, if passed, make Alberta the first province in Canada to enact comprehensive legislation to regulate large-scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects.

The OEB notes that natural gas distributors' cap and trade compliance obligations will include activities such as GHG abatement and purchasing emissions credits.

The BC Supreme Court recently clarified several principles under the Environmental Management Act relating to liability for remediation costs for contaminated sites.

On June 16, 2010, CSA Standards and the International Performance Assessment Centre for Geologic Storage of Carbon Dioxide (IPAC-CO2 Research Inc.) announced an agreement to develop Canada's first carbon capture and storage (CCS) standard for underground storage.

Last August, counsel at EcoJustice, on behalf of clients Equiterre and the David Suzuki Foundation, filed a lawsuit alleging that the Minister of Health and the Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) acted unlawfully when they refused to review (reconsider) the approval of pest-control products containing three allegedly environmentally risky pesticides, specifically chlorthal-dimethyl, trifuralin and trichlorfon.

Organic farmers in Nova Scotia filed a lawsuit against a neighbouring farm for damages allegedly caused by a herbicide which drifted onto their property.

The underlying action concerns the operation of a landfill on reserve lands. Atlantic Waste Systems Ltd. operated a landfill on reserve lands pursuant to a lease from the federal government.

The MOU commits both countries to increased cooperation in the field of civil nuclear energy.