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| The federal offset program does not appear to be materializing as quickly as once anticipated. Protocol developers and policy analysts alike are still waiting for a key announcement, expected last [read more]Monday, 5 January 2009 |
| Environmental, energy and economic policy will remain tightly intertwined at the federal level. This was Minister of the Environment Jim Prentice's message to business leaders at at the Lake Louise [read more]Monday, 1 December 2008 | Andrew Lord |
| "Instead of denial we will have resolve, instead of procrastination, we will have action. Instead of listening to the voice of the stagnant status quo, our committee hears the voice of our president-ele [read more]Monday, 1 December 2008 | Andrew Lord |
| The Canadian Performance Reporting Board ("CPRB") recently released "Building a Better MD&A: Climate Change Disclosures" (the "Guide"), a guidance document intended [read more]Monday, 1 December 2008 | Andrew Lord |
| CBC reported yesterday that newly appointed Minister of International Affairs Lawrence Cannon said that the Canadian government will seek a North American climate change agreement with the new administration [read more]Thursday, 6 November 2008 | Andrew Lord |
| On October 14, 2008, Canada held a federal election that saw the Conservative Party form another minority government. While the Conservatives gained some seats and the parties traded seats in some [read more]Thursday, 16 October 2008 | Andrew Lord |
| Alberta's response to climate change needs to be substantially improved. That is the overall message from the province's Auditor General in a report released on October 2.
The report acknowledges [read more]Thursday, 16 October 2008 | Andrew Lord |
| On September 15, 2008, the Ontario Energy Board ("OEB") conditionally approved Hydro One's application to build a $635 million high-voltage transmission line from Kincardine to Milton [read more]Tuesday, 7 October 2008 | Andrew Lord |
| On September 25, Phil McNeely, MPP (Ottawa-Orléans), introduced Bill 101, Home Energy Rating Act, 2008 for first reading in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. The bill would make home energy [read more]Monday, 29 September 2008 | Andrew Lord |
| According to a press release issued September 18, 2008, George Smitherman, Ontario Minister of Energy and Infrastructure, directed Ontario Power Authority ("OPA") to review a modest portion [read more]Monday, 22 September 2008 | Andrew Lord |
| Carbon offsets are no longer just a voluntary niche product in Canada. Rather carbon offsets are increasingly becoming a sought-after compliance tool for greenhouse gas emitters who are or will be [read more]Wednesday, 10 September 2008 | Andrew Lord |
| The US is often criticized for being an overly litigious society. However, that zeal can result in some creative uses for litigation. A prime example is a growing trend, led by the New York's [read more]Thursday, 4 September 2008 | Andrew Lord |
| submitted by Grant Boyle
On August 9 the federal government published a draft Guide for Protocol Developers for Canada’s Offset System for Greenhouse Gases. The draft Guide will undergo [read more]Tuesday, 12 August 2008 |
| Submitted by Grant Boyle
WCI’s July 2008 draft design recommendations suggest capped emitters will be able to use offset credits to meet 10% of compliance obligations.
Project types [read more]Friday, 25 July 2008 |
| The Western Climate Initiative (“WCI”) released its Draft Design of the Regional Cap-and-Trade Program (the “Draft Design”) on July 23, 2008. The WCI is a partnership of 11 [read more]Thursday, 24 July 2008 |
| On July 18, 2008 Ontario’s Premier Dalton McGuinty announced that Ontario is moving from ‘observer’ status to a member of the Western Climate Initiative (WCI), which includes BC, [read more]Friday, 18 July 2008 | Danielle Jarvis |
| At a working session in Toyako, Japan on July 8, 2008, the G-8 leaders met with the leaders from 8 fast-growing, pollution-emitting nations to talk on the topic of global warming. Even though the [read more]Wednesday, 9 July 2008 | Danielle Jarvis |
| Submitted by Grant Boyle
On June 26 B.C. released its Climate Action Plan, which outlines strategies that will help the province reach 73% of its goal of reducing GHGs 33% by 2020 from 2007 levels [read more]Monday, 30 June 2008 |
| On June 12, 2008 Sea Breeze Power Corp. announced that the US Department of Energy issued a Presidential Permit (DOE Permit) for the Juan de Fuca Cable. The Cable is a proposed 550 MW High Voltage [read more]Thursday, 26 June 2008 | Danielle Jarvis |
| On June 26, the California Air Resources Board ("CARB") released the discussion draft of its Climate Change Draft Scoping Plan (the "Draft Scoping Plan"), enacted pursuant to Assembly [read more]Thursday, 26 June 2008 | Andrew Lord |
| Canada appears to be on track to launch a Kyoto-compliant registry for tracking transactions of greenhosue gas emission reduction credits. Recall from a previous posting that the UNFCCC's Compliance [read more]Thursday, 26 June 2008 | Andrew Lord |
| Submitted by Grant Boyle
The federal Liberal Party tabled its Green Shift plan today. Under the plan, the Liberals would tax the carbon content of fossil fuels across the country at the wholesale [read more]Thursday, 19 June 2008 |
| Mark Twain is credited with saying, "Climate is what we expect, weather is what we get." The difference between what is expected and what actually occurs is the basis for the burgeoning [read more]Thursday, 12 June 2008 | Andrew Lord |
| Submitted by Danielle Jarvis
French president Nicolas Sarkozy and German chancellor Angela Merkel have put their support behind the EU Commission's proposal of limiting the average CO2 emissions [read more]Wednesday, 11 June 2008 |
| Posted by Danielle Jarvis
On June 9, 2008 Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda announced that Japan is planning to commence an emissions trading scheme in the fall as part of its ‘Cool Earth [read more]Monday, 9 June 2008 |
| Ontario's Renewable Energy Standard Offer Program (RESOP) may be a victim of its own success. Under the RESOP, the Ontario Power Authority (OPA) expected to contract for 1,000 MW of renewable [read more]Monday, 9 June 2008 | Andrew Lord |
| Posted by Danielle Jarvis and Grant Boyle
The U.S. bill, put forward by Senators Joe Lieberman and John Warner (amended by Senator Barbara Boxer) to bring into force the now titled “Lieberman-Warne [read more]Friday, 6 June 2008 |
| Cap-and-trade is coming to central Canada. Premiers Dalton McGinty and Jean Charest announced this week that Ontario and Quebec would work together to implement a cap-and-trade system for the two [read more]Thursday, 5 June 2008 | Andrew Lord |
| Posted by Grant Boyle
The Western Climate Initiative (WCI) released Draft Design Recommendations on elements of its cap and trade program on May 16, 2008 The recommendations are likely to have [read more]Friday, 23 May 2008 |
| Posted by Andrew Lord
The voluntary market for carbon credits more than tripled in 2007 to USD $331 million, while the much larger regulated market more than doubled to USD $64 billion. Those [read more]Monday, 12 May 2008 |
| Posted by Danielle Jarvis
BC has introduced Bill 39 - 2008 Greenhouse Gas Reduction (Vehicle Emissions Standards) Act, which is designed to force automakers to reduce tailpipe emissions in an [read more]Wednesday, 30 April 2008 |
| Posted by Andrew Lord
Canada has failed to comply with its administrative obligations under the Kyoto Protocol. In a report release April 17, 2008, the UNFCCC Compliance Committee concluded that [read more]Thursday, 24 April 2008 |
| Posted by Danielle Jarvis
On April 17th, Bill 16 - Greenhouse Gas Reduction (Renewable And Low Carbon Fuel Requirements) Act passed the 3rd reading in the BC Legislature. The Bill, brought in [read more]Wednesday, 23 April 2008 |
| Posted by Andrew Lord
BC continues to deliver on the BC Energy Plan: A Vision for Clean Energy Leadership. On April 11, BC Hydro launched a Standard Offer Program (the "BC SOP"). The [read more]Wednesday, 16 April 2008 |
| Submitted by Andrew Lord
Having introduced a significant carbon tax earlier this year, the BC government unveiled a second plank in its aggressive effort to tackle climate change. On April 3, [read more]Friday, 4 April 2008 |
| Posted by Andrew Lord
Reporting issuers must improve their disclosure of known and contingent environmental liabilities in continuous disclosure documents. That is the message of the Ontario [read more]Wednesday, 2 April 2008 |
| Submitted by Andrew Lord
The federal government released the details of its plan to reduce industrial greenhouse gases last week. The plan has already drawn a lot of fire from various groups [read more]Tuesday, 18 March 2008 |
| Submitted by Andrew Lord
There have been several notable developments south of the border recently. Taken individually, the developments may appear small. However taken together, they are evidence [read more]Thursday, 28 February 2008 |
| Submitted by Jason Fisher
The BBC News website has reported that the G8 nations and five important developing nations have been unable to craft a consensus policy on biofuels following meetings [read more]Monday, 25 February 2008 |
| Submitted by Andrew Lord
Economic researchers at New Carbon Finance released a report this week estimating that the US will be home to a carbon market will be worth $1 trillion by 2020. The forecast [read more]Wednesday, 20 February 2008 |
| The 2008 BC Budget was released yesterday, and yes it was green. It was even released on green paper (or at least the pdf copy was).
The papers are all carrying a similar headline this morning [read more]Wednesday, 20 February 2008 | Adam Nott |
| Submitted by Danielle Jarvis
On January 24, 2008 Alberta’s Premier, Ed Stelmach, unveiled Alberta’s Climate Change Action Plan that proposes to cut projected emissions by 200 mega-tonnes [read more]Wednesday, 6 February 2008 |
| I am often asked whether an offset can actually 'make a difference' to climate change. The straight answer is yes, the complicated answer is, yes, if done right. The main thing to remember [read more]Tuesday, 5 February 2008 | Adam Nott |
| Acting on a proposal in January of 2007 to increase the share of renewable energies in the EU's final energy consumption from 8.5% to 20% by 2020, and to provide for a 10% minimum target for biofuels [read more]Tuesday, 5 February 2008 |
| It has been a little over a year since climate change suddenly leapt from being an important issue with occasional press, to one where you can always find at least one good story in your local paper, [read more]Friday, 25 January 2008 | Adam Nott |
| The UN General Assembly has adopted a new forest accord aimed at protecting forests in large part to support the communities that rely upon them for fuel, food, medicine and income. Although lauded [read more]Thursday, 17 January 2008 | Adam Nott |
| Submitted by Dan Jarvis and Adam Nott
A new fuel requirement in section 526 the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, signed by President Bush in December 2007 will prevent U.S. federal [read more]Tuesday, 15 January 2008 | Adam Nott |
| Submitted by Andrew Lord.
"Carbon tax in the cards to help cut emissions," announced the Globe and Mail on January 7, 2008. The headline was referring to the recommendations of the National [read more]Wednesday, 9 January 2008 |
| Submitted by Andrew Lord.
Deloitte released a survey entitled "Managing greenhouse gas emissions: Mitigating risks and uncovering opportunities" (PDF) which considers how Canadian companies [read more]Wednesday, 9 January 2008 |
| Submitted by Andrew Lord
Reuters News reports that the European Commission is debating whether to implement a carbon tariff on imports from countries that have taken insufficient steps to tackle [read more]Wednesday, 9 January 2008 |
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