Ontario’s provincial and municipal governments must adapt stormwater management practices and infrastructure to accommodate higher water flows.

The application for a PTTW may involve studies, Aboriginal consultation and MOECC review that could take several months or longer.

On June 8, 2016, Ontario released its Climate Change Action Plan ("CCAP"). The five year plan outlines the province's strategy and commitments to address climate change.

As we focus on fall activities for resource and infrastructure projects, some may pause to consider the Indigenous issues which are top of mind in provincial and federal governments.

Anyone wishing to nominate a substance to the Revised In Commerce List ("R-ICL") must do so before November 3, 2019.

Parties convicted of environmental offenses are usually punished with fines.

Prince Edward County Field Naturalists and the Alliance to Protect Prince Edward County should pay "fair and reasonable" costs to Ostrander Point GP Inc. within 30 days of the decision.

Prior to the 1970s, fuel oil stored in USTs was a common method of heating homes and businesses in Ontario.

The Ontario Ministry of the Environment (MOE) has provided some of the performance standards to implement its “Green Energy and Green Economy Act, 2009”.

On September 26, 2016, the Ontario Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change (MOECC) posted a draft regulation that seeks to streamline the approvals process for comment on the Environmental Registry.

Courts are increasingly willing to order security for costs against environmental groups that challenge land developments through judicial review.

On April 14, 2016, the Supreme Court of Canada released its decision in Daniels v Canada (Indian Affairs and Northern Development).

On November 6, 2014, the Alberta Provincial Court ordered Norellco Contractors Ltd. (Norellco) to pay $185,000 after Norellco pleaded guilty to one count under the Fisheries Act.

Four Alberta First Nations launched a lawsuit against the federal government, alleging that Canada failed to provide resources to ensure safe drinking water.

Disputes that lead to environmental claims almost always deal at the intersection of science, engineering and law.

Second and subsequent offences can result in double fines. If convicted, directors and officers of corporations can be subject to the same fines as the corporations themselves under CEPA.

The National Energy Board wants detailed information from energy companies in order to assess "the unique aspects" of future hydraulic fracturing activities in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut.

Since 2002, the Ontario Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002 ("SDWA") has imposed responsibility for the quality of drinking water on owners and operators of drinking water systems in Ontario.

Northstar Aerospace (Canada) Inc.’s former directors and officers denied liability for contamination at the site of the defunct company, yet remained on the hook for millions in clean-up costs.

On February 20, 2014, the Ontario Divisional Court set aside the Environmental Review Tribunal’s (ERT) revocation of Ostrander Point GP’s (Ostrander) renewable energy approval for a wind farm near Picton.