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| Submitted by Grant Boyle, Articled Student
The Lieutenant-Governor's Speech from the Throne to open BC's 2009 Legislative Session ( 1st Session, 39th Parliament ) made clear the government's [read more]Wednesday, 26 August 2009 |
| Submitted by Grant Boyle, Articling Student
Recently, American and Canadian leaders have expressed their intention to cooperate on climate policy. In terms of regulations that are actually coming [read more]Tuesday, 25 August 2009 |
| BC Hydro will not award electricity purchase agreements ("EPAs") under the Clean Power Call until later this fall or early this winter, the utility announced yesterday. BC Hydro has asked [read more]Tuesday, 25 August 2009 | Andrew Lord |
| In the wake of recent Interpol warnings that organized crime syndicates were taking notice of the potential lucrative fraud opportunities posed by carbon credit offset systems, nine people were arrested [read more]Sunday, 23 August 2009 | Jennifer Cleall |
| Nova Scotia has committed to trimming emissions from its electricity sector by 10% by 2020. Recently passed regulations impose a declining cap on facilities that emit more than 10,000 tonnes of carbon [read more]Friday, 21 August 2009 | Andrew Lord |
| Can a family of six live their everyday life without using fossil fuels for a whole year? That is the question that the Eco Plus Home project in Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada, seeks to answer. The [read more]Friday, 21 August 2009 | Stephan Trudeau |
| A couple of weeks ago, we reported that a number of US Senators had written a letter to President Obama urging (insisting?) that U.S. climate legislation include a "border adjustment mechanism" [read more]Friday, 21 August 2009 | Jennifer Cleall |
| We recently blogged about the pending approval of Enbridge's Alberta Clipper pipeline. Yesterday, the U.S. Secretary of State, exercising powers delegated to that office by the President, approved [read more]Friday, 21 August 2009 | Andrew Lord |
| With Copenhagen just around the corner, developing governments are expressing an urgent need for greater financial contributions from industrialised nations. And how are industrialised nations going [read more]Thursday, 20 August 2009 | Jennifer Cleall |
| A new study released by the David Suzuki Foundation confirms that the mining sector is particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change. The study found that variability in climate has already [read more]Thursday, 20 August 2009 | Andrew Lord |
| As the American Petroleum Institute moves into damage control mode over its alleged support of the "grass roots" Energy Citizens group, US labor unions and environmental groups prepare to [read more]Wednesday, 19 August 2009 | Andrew Lord |
| Public debate in the United Sates surrounding proposed Climate Change legislation just heated up a notch (pun intended) as a result of rallies planned by a "Grass Roots" group in about 20 [read more]Wednesday, 19 August 2009 | Stephan Trudeau |
| Ontario's Independent Electricity System Operator announced on August 18 that it will launch a centralized wind forecasting service on behalf of wind generators. The service, which is set to launch [read more]Tuesday, 18 August 2009 |
| Sustainable Technology Development Canada ("SDTC") will be accepting Statements of Interest ("SOIs") from September 2 to October 21, 2009.
SDTC was created to fund development [read more]Tuesday, 18 August 2009 | Andrew Lord |
| Submitted by: Grant Boyle, Articled Student
Canada and the United States are currently developing carbon offset systems as components of emerging regulatory compliance regimes for controlling [read more]Tuesday, 18 August 2009 |
| On August 10 in Guadalajara, Mexico, Prime Minister Harper, President Obama, and President Calderón signed a joint North American Leaders' Declaration on Climate Change and Clean Energy [read more]Tuesday, 18 August 2009 | Andrew Lord |
| Earlier this year, federal Environment Minister Jim Prentice described environmental, energy and economic policy as "parallel roads to the same destination." For Enbridge, which is seeking [read more]Friday, 14 August 2009 | Andrew Lord |
| Having spent the last 5 months refining the Feed-in Tariff ("FIT") for larger generators, the Ontario Power Authority has now released details of the program for generators with a capacity [read more]Friday, 14 August 2009 | Andrew Lord |
| Haida Enterprise Corporation ("HEC"), the business arm of the Haida Nation, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the NaiKun Wind Energy Group Inc. ("Naikun") for an option [read more]Thursday, 13 August 2009 | Danielle Jarvis |
| On August 11, 2009 one of the world's largest energy companies, BP PLC, announced that it had entered into a partnership with Martek Biosciences Corp. to advance the development of a technology [read more]Thursday, 13 August 2009 | Stephan Trudeau |
| On July 30, 2009, Hydro-Québec submitted its Strategic Plan for 2009-2013 (the "Strategic Plan") with the Minister of Natural Resources and Wildlife. The Strategic Plan comprises [read more]Wednesday, 12 August 2009 | Josie Morello |
| Ten Democratic Senators sent a letter to President Barack Obama on Thursday last week (August 6) advising that they would not support a climate bill which did not contain provisions to maintain a [read more]Monday, 10 August 2009 | Jennifer Cleall |
| This week, the Ontario Energy Board ("OEB") released a notice of proposal to amend the Retail Settlement Code ("RSC") and Distribution System Code ("DSC"). The amendments, [read more]Friday, 7 August 2009 | Andrew Lord |
| The first of 34 turbines at AltaGas Income Trust's Bear Mountain Wind Farm began feeding power into BC's electricity grid this week. According to a press release by AltaGas, the project is [read more]Friday, 7 August 2009 | Andrew Lord |
| The board of directors of Canadian Hydro Developers mailed a directors' circular this week recommending that shareholders reject TransAlta's take-over bid. The dircetors identified the following [read more]Friday, 7 August 2009 | Andrew Lord |
| Davis client, Canfor Pulp Limited Partnership, was one of four biomass projects chosen by BC Hydro to add electricity to BC's power grid. The four projects will burn wood waste to generate year-round [read more]Friday, 7 August 2009 | Andrew Lord |
| By Robert A. Seidel, Q. C. and Jennifer Cleall
On August 5, 2009 Alberta's Climate Change Emissions Management (CCEMC) Corporation ("CCEMC") announced the 2009 Call for Proposals: [read more]Wednesday, 5 August 2009 | Jennifer Cleall |
| British Columbia's Energy Plan: A Vision for Clean Energy Leadership hit a bit of a wall yesterday when it was rejected by the BC Utilities Commission as being "not in the public interest" [read more]Wednesday, 29 July 2009 | Jennifer Cleall |
| The UK appears to be following in the footsteps of Ontario. The UK's Energy Act 2008 provided the Department of Energy and Climate Change ("DECC") with broad enabling powers for the [read more]Tuesday, 28 July 2009 | Andrew Lord |
| We introduced you to the Climate Change and Emissions Management (CCEMC) Corporation in May. Since then the CCEMC has announced its Board and has received $43,000,000.00 from the Climate Change and [read more]Monday, 27 July 2009 | Jennifer Cleall |
| As reported yesterday, TransAlta has initiated a hostile takeover of Canadian Hydro Developers. The board of Canadian Hydro issued a statement today urging shareholders to reject TransAlta's offer [read more]Friday, 24 July 2009 | Andrew Lord |
| TransAlta Corporation (TA) has launched a bid to take over Canadian Hydro Developers Inc. (KHD), Canada's largest public renewable power developer. The bid signals a big move for TransAlta into [read more]Wednesday, 22 July 2009 | Andrew Lord |
| On Tuesday July 14, 2009 BC Hydro held an introductory stakeholder session pertaining to the Bioenergy Call for Power Phase II - Community Based Biomass Projects (CBB) Request for Qualifications (RFQ) [read more]Friday, 17 July 2009 | Danielle Jarvis |
| Premier Dalton McGuinty clarified that the procurement of new reactors for the Darlington Generating Station has been delayed, not cancelled outright. However, no indication was given as to when negotiations [read more]Wednesday, 8 July 2009 | Andrew Lord |
| On June 29, the Government of Ontario suspended the Request for Proposal process to procure two replacement nuclear reactors for the Darlington generating site. While Energy and Infrastructure Minister [read more]Monday, 6 July 2009 |
| In an interview with the Globe and Mail, Canadian Envrionment Minister Jim Prentice said that Ottawa will be very mindful of Washington when enacting Canadian greenhouse gas emissions management regulations [read more]Monday, 6 July 2009 | Andrew Lord |
| On June 30, the Alberta's Ministry of Energy took a major step forward in its $2 billion capbon capture and storage initiative. The Ministry announced that the following three projects had been [read more]Monday, 6 July 2009 | Andrew Lord |
| In recent weeks, Canada has been repeatedly criticised abroad for the position it is taking with respect to climate change.
First, WWF and Allianz, a global insurer and financial institution, [read more]Friday, 3 July 2009 | Andrew Lord |
| The Clean Energy Dialogue between Canada and the United States continued this week as meetings between the two nations wrapped up in Washington.
The public-private meeting, held June 29-30 at [read more]Thursday, 2 July 2009 | Jennifer Cleall |
| As reported earlier this week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 (more commonly known as the "Waxman-Markey Bill") on June 26. The [read more]Tuesday, 30 June 2009 | Andrew Lord |
| As discussed previously, Canada's Environment Minister Jim Prentice announced on June 10 that the Federal Government will be moving forward with its Offset System for Greenhouse Gases. On June [read more]Tuesday, 30 June 2009 |
| The U.S. House of Representatives passed what is being called "historic" climate change legislation on Friday. The Waxman-Markey bill passed through Congress by a vote of 219-212. Eight [read more]Monday, 29 June 2009 | Jennifer Cleall |
| A global climate fund proposed by Mexico over a year ago is beginning to gain support at UN climate talks in Bonn. One of the major issues anticipated to be addressed in Copenhagen in December is [read more]Tuesday, 23 June 2009 | Jennifer Cleall |
| Like proverbial frogs plunked into water that is being slowly brought to a boil, many people have difficulty appreciating that climate change is happening now and is creating "unmanageable risks" [read more]Tuesday, 23 June 2009 | Andrew Lord |
| The Ontario Energy Board ("OEB") recently launched a web portal for its green energy initiatives. The OEB is being called upon to help Ontario transition to a green economy powered by renewable [read more]Tuesday, 23 June 2009 | Andrew Lord |
| The federal Natural Resources Minister recently announced a $1 billion Pulp and Paper Green Transformation Program. The program will provide funding tied to the amount of black liquor produced by [read more]Monday, 22 June 2009 | Andrew Lord |
| On May 12, 2009, Bill 42 entitled An Act to amend the Environment Quality Act and other legislative provisions in relation to climate change was tabled by Line Beauchamp, Québec's Minister [read more]Wednesday, 17 June 2009 | Josie Morello |
| The Ontario Power Authority ("OPA") has released a draft of the standard contract to be used under the Feed-in Tariff ("FIT") program (the "FIT Contract"). The draft [read more]Friday, 12 June 2009 | Andrew Lord |
| One of the most common criticisms of biofuels has been that they generate a "food versus fuel" conflict unacceptable in a world where so many go hungry. In the past few years, biofuel generation [read more]Friday, 12 June 2009 |
| Further to the Ontario Energy Board ("OEB") Chair's announcement on April 3 and his letter of June 1, the OEB released a Staff Discussion Paper on The Regulatory Treatment of Infrastructure [read more]Thursday, 11 June 2009 | Andrew Lord |
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