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Climate Change Law Practice Group Blog
Recognized as LexisNexis' Top 50 Blogs of 2011 in the Environmental Law and Climate Change Community, stay informed with Davis LLP's Climate Change Law blog featuring legal, business and financial news about Canadian renewable energy and sustainable developments.
| The National Roundtable on the Environment and Economy, a government-appointed panel, has advocated that Ottawa act unilaterally to impose emission rules on industry without waiting to see the environmental [read more]Tuesday, 8 February 2011 | Jennifer Cleall |
| We are pleased to announce that our Climate Change Law and Environmental, Energy & Resources Law Blogs have been nominated as candidates for "LexisNexis's Top 50 Environmental Law & [read more]Thursday, 3 February 2011 |
| Following a two year review of the Standing Offer Program (SOP), BC Hydro has revised the SOP in key areas related to eligibility, pricing, interconnections, EPA terms and the general SOP process [read more]Tuesday, 1 February 2011 | Danielle Jarvis |
| In his annual state of the union address, President Barack Obama on Tuesday proposed a five-year freeze on discretionary spending by the federal government, which he anticipated would reduce the U [read more]Friday, 28 January 2011 | Jennifer Cleall |
| UK taxing authorities have charged seven individuals in connection with an alleged tax fraud involving the cross-border sale of carbon credits. Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs charged the suspects [read more]Thursday, 27 January 2011 | Andrew Lord |
| The European carbon markets were abruptly closed last week in response to a series of cyberattacks on the registries used to track carbon allowances. The European Commission announced on January 19th [read more]Thursday, 27 January 2011 | Andrew Lord |
| As previously reported, The Canadian Securities Administrators have released Staff Notice 51-333 Environmental Reporting Guidance. As anticipated in the Davis LLP bulletin of May 2010, this new CSA [read more]Monday, 24 January 2011 | Andrew Lord |
| Nova Scotia will soon play a leadership role in a clean energy project that will harness renewable energy from the Bay of Fundy, via demonstration of Tidal In-Stream Energy Convertors in the Minas [read more]Monday, 15 November 2010 | Stephan Trudeau |
| The Ontario Securities Commission (the "OSC") recently released Staff Notice 51-333 Environmental Reporting Guidance (the "Staff Notice"), which provides clarification on the continuous [read more]Thursday, 4 November 2010 | Andrew Lord |
| As part of their on-going efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 33% below 2007 levels by 2020, the government of British Columbia released two consultation papers last week relating to proposed [read more]Tuesday, 26 October 2010 |
| As hopes for near-term federal climate change legislation in either Canada or the United States dim, the government of Ontario appears to be preparing itself to participate in the regional cap and [read more]Tuesday, 21 September 2010 | Andrew Lord |
| This week, the Honourable Christian Paradis, Canada's Minister of Natural Resources, and Steven Chu, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy, announced a total of $5.2 million in new funding [read more]Friday, 23 July 2010 | Stephan Trudeau |
| The Edmonton Journal reported this morning that the Canadian Chamber of Commerce has called on its members to sign and send a template letter charging that Bill C-311, the Climate Change Accountability [read more]Friday, 9 July 2010 | Jennifer Cleall |
| We blogged last week that the CCEMC had announced that it had selected projects in which it would be investing a total of $71 million.
Davis LLP attended the press conference yesterday morning [read more]Thursday, 17 June 2010 | Jennifer Cleall |
| Alberta's Environment Minister, Rob Renner, is in the United States this week to talk about climate change and Alberta's commitment to clean energy. But the Minister is also warning that "new [read more]Tuesday, 15 June 2010 | Jennifer Cleall |
| The Climate Change and Emissions Management (CCEMC) Corporation, which administers Alberta's Climate Change and Emissions Management Fund, has announced it will invest approximately $71 million [read more]Wednesday, 9 June 2010 | Jennifer Cleall |
| The province of Ontario has lowered its voluntary cap on CO2 emissions from coal-fired generation to 11.5 megatonnes (Mt) for each of 2011 through 2014. While this cap is significantly lower than [read more]Tuesday, 8 June 2010 | Andrew Lord |
| On June 1, 2010, the Renault-Nissan Alliance announced that Nissan Canada had entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Government of Québec, the City of Montréal, Québec [read more]Wednesday, 2 June 2010 | Stephan Trudeau |
| "According to the scientific evidence, there isn't any direct causal link between wind turbine noise and adverse health effects," concludes Dr. Arlene King, Ontario's Chief Medical [read more]Thursday, 20 May 2010 | Andrew Lord |
| Further to our posting yesterday, Bill 72, Water Opportunities and Water Conservation Act, 2010 passed first reading in the Ontario legislature on Tuesday.
The full text of the bill and its status [read more]Wednesday, 19 May 2010 | Andrew Lord |
| The Ontario government is expected to introduce a new water bill today. The Water Opportunities and Water Conservation Act (the "Proposed Act") is expected to create new business opportunities [read more]Tuesday, 18 May 2010 | Andrew Lord |
| At 7 percent or 405 million metric tons, the energy-related carbon dioxide emissions in the United States saw their largest percentage and absolute decline since the U.S. Energy Information Adminstration [read more]Wednesday, 5 May 2010 | Stephan Trudeau |
| On May 5, the Conference Board of Canada released a report entitled The Economic and Employment Impacts of Climate-Related Technology Investments.
The report, produced for the Alberta-based Climate [read more]Wednesday, 5 May 2010 | Stephan Trudeau |
| Political intransigence, not substantive objection, appears to be the latest roadblock to the U.S.'s efforts to address climate change. Contrary to expectations, U.S. Senators Kerry, Graham and [read more]Wednesday, 28 April 2010 | Andrew Lord |
| Canada - U.S. Clean Energy Dialogue: Governments of Canada and the United States take another step to develop clean energy technology
On April 16, 2010, Canada's Minister of Natural [read more]Tuesday, 20 April 2010 | Stephan Trudeau |
| Point Carbon and Reuters both report that the U.S. Senate may table a new climate change bill on April 26. The bill, which will be sponsored by Democratic Senator John Kerry, Republican Senator Lindsey [read more]Monday, 19 April 2010 | Andrew Lord |
| Many public companies are wrestling with their climate change reporting obligations in light of new guidance issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission earlier this year. Several of those companies [read more]Monday, 19 April 2010 | Andrew Lord |
| The BC Minister of Forests and Range, Pat Bell, has introduced Bill 5 - the Zero Net Deforestation Act - to assist the government's climate change objectives (see the June 2008 BC Climate Action [read more]Wednesday, 24 March 2010 | Angeline S.B. Nyce, R.P.F. |
| New Brunswick Premier Shawn Graham announced today that his province will no longer be proceeding with the sale of NB Power's assets to Hydro-Québec. The parties were unable to agree on [read more]Wednesday, 24 March 2010 | Andrew Lord |
| The Globe and Mail reported yesterday that B.C.'s quest for clean energy investment is going to be directly headed up by Premier Gordon Campbell. According to the report, "Ontario's new [read more]Thursday, 11 March 2010 | Jennifer Cleall |
| Submitted by Grant Boyle
The Renewable Energy Development Branch of the British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources launched a new information page on BC's new Renewable [read more]Tuesday, 9 March 2010 |
| Submitted by Grant Boyle
Climate talks in 2010 might get bogged down over the role of the Copenhagen Accord - with the US on one side and the EU and major developing countries on the other.
Last [read more]Monday, 1 March 2010 |
| The States of Virginia and Alabama have commenced legal action to challenge the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's ("EPA") endangerment finding and its jurisdiction to regulate greenhouse [read more]Monday, 22 February 2010 | Andrew Lord |
| The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") will be fighting a battle on many fronts with respect to its recent finding that greenhouse gases in the atmosphere endanger the public health [read more]Friday, 19 February 2010 | Andrew Lord |
| The National Petrochemical & Refiners Association ("NPRA") is asking a court to strike down California's Low Carbon Fuel Standard ("LCFS"). The LCFS will make it harder [read more]Tuesday, 16 February 2010 | Andrew Lord |
| The Government of Alberta unveiled its 2010 Budget on Tuesday. The budget continues to provide funding for carbon capture and storage ("CCS") projects, although at a slower pace than previously [read more]Wednesday, 10 February 2010 | Andrew Lord |
| On the heels of Canada's weekend confirmation of its emissions targets to the United Nations (17% reduction by 2020 relative to 2005 levels), Minister Prentice spoke to the University of Calgary [read more]Monday, 1 February 2010 | Jennifer Cleall |
| Following last week's similar announcement for Québec City, Ms. Line Beauchamp, Minister of Sustainable Development, Environment and Parks, and Mr. Steven Blaney, MP for Lévis-Bellechasse, [read more]Monday, 1 February 2010 | Stephan Trudeau |
| CBC reports that the federal government formally notified the United Nations that it plans to reduce emissions by 17% from 2005 levels by 2020. As recently as December during the climate change conference [read more]Monday, 1 February 2010 | Andrew Lord |
| Today the Honourable Josée Verner, Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada and Minister for La Francophonie and Minister responsible for [read more]Thursday, 28 January 2010 | Stephan Trudeau |
| The Government of Canada announced a $6.9 million Regional Adaptation Collaborative program for BC ("BC RAC") this week, aimed at addressing the adverse impacts of climate change on water [read more]Thursday, 28 January 2010 | Angeline S.B. Nyce, R.P.F. |
| As anticipated, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") voted 3-2 yesterday to release interpretive guidance regarding climate change disclosure by public companies. The guidance [read more]Thursday, 28 January 2010 | Andrew Lord |
| In remarks that are consistent with Canada's declared position over the past several months, federal Environment Minister Jim Prentice emphasized to the Globe and Mail that Canada's top priority [read more]Thursday, 28 January 2010 | Andrew Lord |
| The BC Greenhouse Gas Reduction (Renewable And Low Carbon Fuel Requirements) Act came in to force at the beginning of January. See news release.
Ethanol and Biodiesel Standards
Under the [read more]Wednesday, 27 January 2010 |
| Submitted by Grant Boyle
On January 24, 2010 the so-called BASIC Bloc - (Brazil, South Africa, India and China) held its second meeting since the Copenhagen Summit last December. The BASIC Bloc, [read more]Wednesday, 27 January 2010 |
| We have blogged on several occasions about growing support in the investment community for greater disclosure by public companies of the financial risks posed by climate change (for all relevant posting, [read more]Tuesday, 26 January 2010 | Andrew Lord |
| As you hopefully already know, Davis LLP maintains a number of blogs of interest to the Canadian legal and business communities. This blog, which focuses on Climate Change Law, has included many postings [read more]Wednesday, 20 January 2010 |
| A coalition of over 140 investors wants the opportunity to scrutinize Royal Dutch Shell plc's decision to invest in Alberta's oil sands. The investors succeeded in having a motion added to [read more]Tuesday, 19 January 2010 | Andrew Lord |
| Today, Hydro-Québec and Mitsubishi Motor Sales of Canada Inc. (MMSCAN) announced the signature of a memorandum of understanding that will lead to the launch of Canada's largest all-electric [read more]Thursday, 14 January 2010 | Stephan Trudeau |
| Three recent reports begin to illustrate the difficulties that Canada will have in addressing the climate change issue in coming months. The first encourages Canada to take a comprehensive approach [read more]Wednesday, 13 January 2010 | Andrew Lord |
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