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The first phase of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) new permitting requirements under the Clean Air Act for industrial greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from major new and modified facilities took effect on January 2, 2011.

On Tuesday, February 9, 2016, the Supreme Court of the United States took the unprecedented step of halting the implementation of the Clean Power Plan while the plan is reviewed by a lower appeals court.

Chemtura Canada, a chemical manufacturing company in Elmira, Ontario, was fined $150,00 for discharging 4200 kg of BLE-25 and 112 kg of acetone into the air.

On September 14, 2016, a gas-powered equipment merchant was ordered to pay fines totalling more than $65,000 for violating the Off-Road Small Spark-Ignition Engine Emission Regulations under the CEPA.

Environmental Guide for Assessing and Mitigating the Air Quality Impacts and Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Provincial Transportation Projects.

In June of this year we reported on the provincial government's "re-thinking" of the climate change file.

The Ontario Technical Standards and Safety Authority (TSSA) is proposing to update the safety requirements governing the storage, handling, and utilization of fuel oil, diesel and kerosene.

Universal Resource Recovery Inc. pleaded guilty to 2 counts of discharging odours into the environment.

Even seemingly innocuous substances, like human food and drink, can be hazardous to the natural environment.

What’s the next step in citizen-empowerment about air quality and noise, now that governments release more of their environmental data on the Internet? Cheap, networked amateur/ citizen data collection?

Canada’s success in improving its environmental performance has been mixed, ranking 15 of the 17 OECD countries in its environmental performance, according to the Conference Board of Canada.

The tiny Québec village of Ristigouche-Sud-Est is crowdfunding to pay for the defence of its anti-fracking by-law, intended to protect municipal drinking water.

On Monday, July 18 the Environmental Review Tribunal delivered its ruling in Erickson v. MOE.

In Canada, the transportation sector accounts for approximately 24% of Greenhouse Gas ("GHG") emissions.

On September 5th, the federal environment minister announced final regulations designed to reduce emissions from coal-fired electricity facilities.

At the end of February, Environment and Climate Change Canada posted a notice about its "first-ever imprisonment" of a dry cleaner under the tetrachloroethylene regulations.

Ontario’s new environmental approvals system is proposed to have two streams: a detailed Approvals Process (to be called Environmental Compliance Approval) for more complex situations, similar to the current certificates of approval

The final measures provided under Bill 89, An Act to amend the Environment Quality Act in order to reinforce compliance came into force this February 1st, giving the Ministry of Sustainable Development, Environment and Parks (Ministry) greater powers against contraveners.