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Adoption of Bill 102 modernizing the Québec Environmental Authorization Scheme
On March 23, 2017, the Québec National Assembly adopted Bill 102 entitled “An Act to amend the Environment Quality Act to modernize the environmental authorization scheme and to amend other legislative provisions, in particular to reform the governance of the...
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Ontario Generates $472 Million from the First Auction of Greenhouse Gas Allowances
On April 3, 2017, the Ontario Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change (MOECC) announced the results of the first auction of greenhouse gas (GHG) allowances, held on March 22, 2017. The results signal a strong start to North America’s...
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The Winds of Change: How Will the Saskatchewan Government’s New Wind Energy Siting Location Guidelines Impact Wind Energy Developers?
On September 19, 2016, the Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment refused to approve the development of a proposed wind energy project near the Village of Chaplin, Saskatchewan (the “Chaplin Project”). Environmental concerns – predominantly the concern that the proposed location was...
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Tying Up Loose Ends: Amendments to Ontario’s Cap and Trade Program
Authored with the assistance of Gideon Bell, Articling Student. On January 1, 2017, Ontario’s Cap and Trade Program came into effect. We authored an overview of the Cap and Trade Program in our November 2, 2016 Special Edition of EnviroNotes! Since...
Le gouvernement du Québec introduit un cadre pour l’exploration pétrolière et gazière
Tôt le matin du 10 décembre 2016, l’Assemblée législative du Québec a adopté le controversé projet de loi no 106, intitulé Loi concernant la mise en œuvre de la politique énergétique 2030 et modifiant diverses dispositions législatives. Le projet de loi no 106 a pour objet principal...
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Limitation Periods in Contaminated Land Cases: Ontario Court of Appeal provides some answers but leaves more questions for environmental lawyers and their clients
On January 11, 2017, the Ontario Court of Appeal issued its decision in Crombie v. McColl-Frontenac Inc. We had previously commented on the decision of the motions court that granted summary judgment in the matter. The OCA reversed the motions...
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Proposed New Environmental Protection Act Exemption for School Ventilation Systems
On November 22, the Ontario Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (MOECC) placed a regulatory proposal on the Environmental Registry (EBR) to make amendments to O. Reg 524/98 (Exemptions from compliance approvals related to point source air emissions) related to,...
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Ontario Announces Risk Assessment Changes: Will the promise of quicker, cheaper brownfield risk assessments finally be realised?
On November 1, 2016, the Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change posted on the Environmental Registry its long awaited decision notice to bring into effect updates to the model used by property owners in submissions of Modified Generic Risk...
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Summary of Environmental Commissioner of Ontario’s 2016 Annual Greenhouse Gas Progress Report
On November 22, 2016, the Environmental Commissioner of Ontario (“ECO”) released the 2016 Greenhouse Gas (“GHG”) Progress Report, Facing Climate Change, which focuses on climate change mitigation (i.e. reducing GHG emissions). First, the report reviews the science of climate change...
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Proposed Amendments to the BC Contaminated Sites Regulation
Following a year of consultation with various stakeholders, the BC Ministry of Environment (“MOE”) has released a series of omnibus documents (the “Stage 10 Amendments”) regarding proposed updates to the BC Contaminated Sites Regulation (“CSR”). The Stage 10 Amendments are...
