Concern for climate change-related impacts on businesses is growing rapidly.

At its meeting of February 3, Toronto City Council voted to amend the Sewers By-law (Municipal Code Chapter 681) and the Water Supply By-law (Municipal Code Chapter 851) to address, in part, the discharge of certain pesticides, dental amalgams and wastewaters from the food services and auto servicing sectors..

On January 26, 2016, Thorco Contracting Limited and Mr. Thordarson filed their application for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada.

On December 3, 2020, the federal government introduced Bill C-15, the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act.

"Is it local? Is it organic?" are questions increasingly asked by food consumers. Many consumers' food purchasing patterns are influenced by concerns about the environment, health, or animal wellbeing.

Ottawa is modernizing nine of its environmental statutes with a mix of traditional and innovative enforcement provisions to "crack down" on environmental crimes.

On February 8, 2018, the Government of Canada tabled Bill C-69, An Act to enact the Impact Assessment Act and the Canadian Energy Regulator Act, to amend the Navigation Protection Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts.

On May 15, 2014, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice released its decision in Thornhill v Highland Fuels.

The exposure control risk management option does not involve remediation to an acceptable land use.

When a party finds itself in an environmental dispute, what evidence must it submit to support its case? And will that evidence succeed in Court?

As we pass the one-year anniversary of Canada's legalization of recreational cannabis (happy Cannaversary!), the demand for cannabis in Canada continues to rise.

The Superior Court suspended Halton Region's application for a declaration that provincial and municipal laws of general application applied to Canadian National Railway's federal environmental assessment for a rail hub.

The Ministry of the Environment has filed the General Regulation (O. Reg. 455/09) needed to implement the province’s Toxics Reduction Act, 2009.

The Ontario Government is hoping for quick action on four important proposed environmental bills currently stalled on the order paper.

Maybe there’s an election (or two) in the air. Maybe the environment has finally reached the top of the legislative queue. Whatever the reason, Ottawa and Ontario have released an unprecedented flurry of new and important environmental statutes, regulations, policies and guidelines over the last three months.

At the same time, the government also commenced a review to modernize the National Energy Board.

Are street sweepings waste? The Environmental Review Tribunal ("ERT") may soon decide.

On November 9, 2018, the Supreme Court of Canada ("SCC") opened the door for a proposed national securities regulator in Reference re Pan-Canadian Securities Regulation ...

In civil lawsuits for losses due to soil and groundwater contamination, plaintiffs often quantify their damages.

The Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment recently published an updated Guidance Manual for Environmental Site Characterization in four volumes.