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Ontario will increase local control over future renewable energy projects, as previously promised by Premier Wynne.

While not a new concept, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has become a driving force in today's marketplace, influencing the way business is conducted in virtually every industry.

Not long after announcing his city's intention to ban single-use plastic bags by 2018, Montreal mayor Denis Coderre has indicated that banning plastic-bottled water may be next.

The Board of Health of the City of Toronto has recently moved on recommendations from Toronto Public Health to look into ways to increase regulation of dry cleaning operations in the city.

It’s not safe for a polluter to trust a subsequent owner to clean up contamination, even if the polluter has specifically paid for the cleanup, and even if the new owner signs a contract relieving the original polluter of liability.

The Township of Scugog refused to disclose the sources of the fill it had purchased, on the basis that this was confidential third party information.

The proposed charge would apply to water bottling facilities taking groundwater in accordance with a permit to take water issued under the provisions of the Ontario Water Resources Act (OWRA).

The Quebec government has taken an unorthodox, and controversial, approach to protecting an endangered herd of woodland caribou.

The federal government has tweaked the regulations it uses, under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act.

In January of 2013, Shell Canada allegedly spilled "flare liquids", similar to gasoline, from its refinery in Sarnia.

The Supreme Court of Canada has today allowed Ecuador pollution plaintiffs to try to seek enforcement against Chevron Canada of a multibillion-dollar damage award against Chevron Corporation for oil pollution in Ecuador.

As we wrote earlier, the Court of Appeal decertified the environmental class action, in an important decision on environmental torts for historic contamination.

It is not always clear what long-term impacts will result from current activities that impact the environment.

At the end of December, 2016, the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change ("MOECC") in Ontario released its Excess Soil Policy Framework.

Ontario’s air standards and ambient air quality criteria (AAQC) have been updated for a series of carcinogens and other toxic substances.

Now that the US EPA has classified TCE as a carcinogen, and dangerous at levels previously believed to be safe, what will happen to risk assessments and other regulatory decision-making in Ontario?

Why should the Ministry of the Environment encourage soil banking (stockpiling surplus soil for reuse), instead of labelling excess soil as "waste"?