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On Monday June 18, 2007, Premier Dalton McGuinty announced that Ontario will build on its efforts to address climate change by setting new targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions as part of the government's overall climate change plan.

On December 4, 2019, Ontario's Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks granted an appeal overturning the approval of the Nation Rise Wind Farm in North Stormont, Ontario. Minister...

On Friday July 18, 2008, Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty announced that the Province is slated to become the newest member of the Western Climate Initiative ("WCI").

On May 14, 2009, the Green Energy Act, 2009 was passed. It is intended to encourage the development of renewable energy in Ontario by streamlining the approvals process, enhancing connection and distribution and providing certainty in the province's power purchase arrangements.

This judicial review decision highlights the importance of procedural fairness in the environmental assessment process.

The Federal Ministers of Environment and Climate Change, Fisheries and Oceans, and Natural Resources announced the Federal Government's decision to approve the Pacific NorthWest (PNW) LNG project...

It was another year of significant developments in Canada's power sector in 2023. B.C. issued its first call for clean energy in over decade.

Canada's energy sector remains one of the country's most dynamic, with 2024 being another transformative year. The energy transition continues at a rapid pace while new regulations...

Powering the Future: SMRs, Nuclear Fuel, and Decarbonizing the Mining Sector was cohosted in partnership with the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA/OECD) and supported through sponsorship by Centrus Energy, NexGen Energy...

The nine Matawa-member First Nations and the Province of Ontario signed a "framework agreement" said to establish ground rules for negotiations.

In “Simpson & Yan v. Chapman & Drummond” (23 January 2009), the British Columbia Provincial Court dismissed a statutory cost recovery action brought pursuant to the provincial Environmental Management Act (the “EMA”) and Contaminated Sites Regulation (the “CSR”), on the ground that the claimants had failed to prove the property in question was a contaminated site within the meaning of the EMA and CSR.

On October 28, 2009, the Federal Court of Appeal rejected the appeal of Friends of the Earth (FOTE), an environmental non-profit organization, which alleged that the federal government had not fulfilled its obligations under the Kyoto Protocol Implementation Act (KPIA).

On November 28, 2005, the Alberta Department of Energy (DOE) circulated a document to Alberta stakeholders entitled Role and Mandate Refinements for Alberta Electric Industry Implementing Agencies (the Paper).

On December 18, 2008, Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) Justices Abella, Binnie and Deschamps granted to MiningWatch Canada (an environmental advocacy group) leave to appeal a decision of the Federal Court of Appeal.

On January 16, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) dismissed an appeal from the Government of British Columbia (B.C.) that sought to confirm that B.C. has jurisdiction to regulate the shipment of "heavy oil" through the province.

The decision of the Supreme Court of Canada on January 31, 2019 in Orphan Well Association v Grant Thornton Ltd. 2019 SCC 5 could make it much tougher for the oil and gas

As reported in our previous post last spring, the Québec Government announced on March 26, 2024 that it would set aside a block of 300 MW for an upcoming solar energy procurement by Hydro-Québec.