Ontario has released its 2013 Long-Term Energy Plan, Achieving Balance, which focuses on conservation, demand management and renewables to meet the province’s energy needs.

On November 26, 2015, Ontario approved the Grand River Source Protection Plan. The Plan will take effect on July 1, 2016. This is the 22nd and final source protection plan ("SPP") that Ontario committed to implement by 2015.

On May 17, 2010, the Ontario Minister of Economic Development and Trade introduced Bill 68, the Open for Business Act, 2010. The omnibus Bill is intended to transform the government-to-business relationship by streamlining government services and cutting so-called red tape

The Government of Canada has announced five "interim" principles to guide the review of a number of major resource projects while it undertakes a broader review of the federal environmental assessment process.

So, just how much environmental ‘hot water’ might directors and officers of your corporation find themselves in? This is not a rhetorical question.

The Federal Court declared in a decision released February 14, 2014 that two federal departments acted unlawfully in failing to meet statutory deadlines for the release of recovery strategies for four species-at-risk.

Ontario's Green Energy and Green Economy Act, 2009 passed Third Reading on May 14th, just 80 days after it was first tabled in the Legislature.

Canada’s federal climate change strategy is on hold until the Americans firm up their own intentions.

Whether by pipeline, rail or road, transporting petroleum products comes with risks to people, property and the environment.

After financial problems, the company abandoned the trailers.

The Canadian government announced developments on four new regulatory initiatives to lower greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from vehicles.

On January 9, 2017, the National Energy Board appointed three new members to hear the Energy East application following the recusal of the previous panel.

Since attending the United Nations' Climate Change Conference in Paris, Canada's federal and provincial governments have been in discussions about how carbon should be priced in Canada.

Ontario approved the Mattagami Region Source Protection Plan under the Clean Water Act, 2006 on April 10, 2014.

Mandatory disclosure of payments made to Aboriginal communities from companies in the oil, gas and mining sectors will likely soon become a reality.

Jessica Ernst owns land near Rosebud, Alberta. In 2007, Ms. Ernst brought claims against EnCana Corporation, the province of Alberta and the Board.

To prove that a wind energy project will cause serious and irreversible environmental harm, you will need an expert and a scientifically solid case.

A significant change is that Indigenous knowledge, culture, socio-economic and traditional land use considerations will be

On November 6, 2014, Health Canada and Statistics Canada released the highly anticipated preliminary findings from their wind turbine noise and health study, the Community Noise and Health Study.

The Ontario Court of Justice added a couple of postscripts to a landmark legal case that confirmed the incident reporting requirements under section 15(1).