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Environmental, Energy and Resources Law
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| Since Nortel Networks Corporation, and a number of related companies (together, “Nortel”), initially filed under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA) over two years ago, [read more]Friday, 9 March 2012 | Sarah Robicheau |
| Twelve of Alberta's major oil sands producers have formed the Canadian Oil Sands Innovation Alliance to spur innovation by sharing their research and development in environmental areas.
The [read more]Thursday, 1 March 2012 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| As part of the much-anticipated Drummond Report last week, the Ontario government has been given some specific guidance on how it can manage the electricity sector as part of its efforts to reduce [read more]Wednesday, 22 February 2012 | Andrew Lord |
| As we previously reported, upon becoming Premier last fall, Alison Redford promised that certain proposed transmission projects which had been proposed as Critical Transmission Infrastructure [read more]Wednesday, 15 February 2012 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| The first sitting of the Alberta legislature for 2012 opened today with Lieutenant Governor Donald Ethell delivering the speech from the throne.
With the provincial budget coming on Thursday [read more]Tuesday, 7 February 2012 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| As discussed here, the B.C. government's new Natural Gas strategy and LNG strategy released last week set out significant new details on the province's plans to develop its natural gas resources [read more]Tuesday, 7 February 2012 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| The British Columbia government announced two new strategies today: the Natural Gas strategy, which has the stated goal of helping British Columbia become a world leader in secure and stable [read more]Friday, 3 February 2012 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| Federal Environment Minister Peter Kent and Alberta Environment and Water Minister Diane McQueen jointly announced today a new joint plan to improve environmental monitoring of the oil sands.
The [read more]Friday, 3 February 2012 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, an industry group representing upstream oil and natural gas producers in Canada, announced on Monday that it had issued six voluntary operating practices [read more]Wednesday, 1 February 2012 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| Federal Natural Resources Joe Oliver, in a speech in Calgary on Wednesday, committed to reforming and streamlining the federal environmental approvals process in the coming months.
He expressed [read more]Wednesday, 25 January 2012 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| On January 17, the Manitoba Public Utilities Board issued its Order no. 5/12 respecting Manitoba Hydro's 2010-2012 general rate application.
Hydro had applied for an average rate increase [read more]Thursday, 19 January 2012 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| According to reports from CBC and The Globe and Mail, the U.S. State Department will issue its decision regarding TransCanada's Keystone XL pipeline project later today.
Both sources [read more]Wednesday, 18 January 2012 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| On January 3, 2012, Ontario Superior Court Justice Carole Brown J. granted an injunction to the Wahgoshig First Nation (the "WFN") restraining a junior minor from engaging [read more] |
| As of January 4, 2012, Ontario has amended regulations under the Assessment Act to clarify the property tax treatment of solar, wind and biogas projects in the province. As detailed below, [read more]Wednesday, 4 January 2012 | Andrew Lord |
| Siloxane D5 (1), a common ingredient in many cosmetics and other toiletries, is the first subject of an independent Environment Canada review of a prior decision identifying a substance [read more]Monday, 28 November 2011 | Sarah Robicheau |
| The Ontario Ministry of Energy officially launched its scheduled review of the Feed-in Tariff program today. The review comes two years into the FIT program and on the heels of a tight election [read more]Monday, 31 October 2011 | Andrew Lord |
| The province, apparently making good on premier Alison Redford's promise to send transmission projects "back to the drawing board" has stopped hearings into three transmission projects [read more]Friday, 21 October 2011 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| As Davis first discussed in detail here, the Open for Business Act, 2010 made several changes to the Environmental Protection Act, Ontario Water Resources Act and Safe Drinking Water Act, [read more]Thursday, 20 October 2011 | Sarah Robicheau |
| As we reported earlier this year, a public inquiry into the death of a Calgary man made a number of recommendations as to the procedures to be followed for utility disconnection. These recommendations [read more]Wednesday, 19 October 2011 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| On October 7, 2011 the Ontario Court of Appeal released its decision in Smith v. Inco Ltd, granting Inco’s appeal and overturning the trial court’s award of damages under the doctrine [read more]Wednesday, 19 October 2011 | Sarah Robicheau |
| Stuck in the middle somewhere between "Putting Families First" and "Services for BC Families", in her Speech from the Throne on October 3, 2011 ("Throne Speech"), [read more]Tuesday, 4 October 2011 | Danielle Jarvis |
| Early Sunday, the Alberta Progressive Conservative Party selected
Alison Redford, a Calgary human rights lawyer and former provincial Justice minister, as the party's new leader. Redford [read more]Monday, 3 October 2011 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| Earlier this year, Environment Minister Peter Kent stated in the House of Commons that the federal government was going to look more carefully at shale gas extraction, and in particular the impact [read more]Monday, 3 October 2011 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| As we previously reported, the Ontario government earlier this year announced that no offshore wind projects in that province would proceed, that pending applications for offshore wind would be suspended, [read more]Thursday, 29 September 2011 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| A family in Chatham-Kent has launched a civil claim against the Kent Breeze wind farm, which is owned by Suncor Energy. The Michaud's allege that the wind turbines emit audible and inaudible noise, [read more]Wednesday, 21 September 2011 | Andrew Lord |
| The EU has requested WTO consultations with Canada regarding the domestic content rules under Ontario's Feed-in Tariff program. The announcement opens a third front for Canada in respect of the [read more]Thursday, 11 August 2011 | Andrew Lord |
| Ontario's feed-in-tariff ("FIT") program is currently facing legal challenges from two international parties upset with the domestic content requirements required by the program. Japan [read more]Wednesday, 10 August 2011 | Andrew Lord |
| Ontario's Minister of Energy Brad Duguid announced amendments to the province's renewable energy deal with Samsung C&T Corporation and the Korea Electric Power Corporation (the "Consortium&q [read more]Wednesday, 3 August 2011 | Andrew Lord |
| The government of Ontario announced yesterday that it is taking a number of actions to make it easier for renewable energy developers to do business in the province. Included are two initiatives by [read more]Wednesday, 3 August 2011 | Andrew Lord |
| Ontario Minister of Energy Brad Duguid issued a directive today requiring the Ontario Power Authority ("OPA") to offer FIT contract holders the option of getting a waiver of the OPA's [read more]Tuesday, 2 August 2011 | Andrew Lord |
| On Monday, July 18 the Environmental Review Tribunal delivered its ruling in Erickson v. MOE. It found against the appellants who stood in opposition to the Suncor Kent Breeze Wind project. The Tribunal [read more]Friday, 22 July 2011 | James Kelsall |
| Two cases in the news this week serve as a reminder that bribery of government officials in a foreign country, whether or not it is tolerated in that country, is a serious offence that can be prosecuted [read more]Monday, 27 June 2011 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| Ordinarily, the regulation of natural gas drilling (including shale gas) would be considered a provincial responsibility.
But in an exchange in the House of Commons last week with the NDP member [read more]Friday, 24 June 2011 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| On June 21, the Ontario Court of Appeal rejected the application by Ian Hanna for leave to appeal the Divisional Court's dismissal of his challenge of Ontario's wind project regulations.
As [read more]Wednesday, 22 June 2011 | Andrew Lord |
| Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty said that his government will be reviewing the approval of the proposed 280 MW Greenfield South gas-fired power plant. The Premier hinted that the project could be [read more]Tuesday, 21 June 2011 | Andrew Lord |
| Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty reintroduced the Harper government's 2011 budget on Monday. The budget is virtually idential to the budget which was originally introduced in March, and which [read more]Monday, 6 June 2011 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| The United States Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, part of the Department of Transportation, has ordered the shutdown of TransCanada's Keystone Pipeline until it completes [read more]Friday, 3 June 2011 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| On May 30, 2011, the City of Surrey, British Columbia passed a bylaw requiring that all new gasoline stations built in Surrey sell, in addition to traditional gasoline, diesel and propane, at least [read more]Wednesday, 1 June 2011 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| Japan is escalating its dispute with Canada over the domestic content requirements introduced in Ontario by the Green Energy Act, which Japan submits are a prohibited form of trade discrimination [read more]Wednesday, 1 June 2011 | Andrew Lord |
| It is well-established in Canada that where the Crown has knowledge of a First Nations right or title that may be affected by the Crown's actions, the Crown has a duty to consult with the affected [read more]Monday, 30 May 2011 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| The Ontario Power Authority began awarding an additional 839 Feed-in Tariff projects today. All of the new projects are capacity allocation exempt, meaning they generate less than 250 kW or 500 kW, [read more]Thursday, 26 May 2011 | Andrew Lord |
| Last week, the National Energy Board published its new remediation process guide respecting spills and releases from federally regulated pipeline facilities.
The highlights of the new guide include: [read more]Thursday, 26 May 2011 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| A public inquiry conducted by Alberta provincial court judge Bruce Millar has recommended changes to the procedures that must be followed by provincially regulated utilities when disconnecting customers [read more]Wednesday, 25 May 2011 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| Ontario's Environmental Review Tribunal will hear final arguments this Thursay and Friday in the case of Erickson v. Director, Ministry of the Environment. Katie Erickson is appealing the decision [read more]Wednesday, 25 May 2011 | Andrew Lord |
| The Toronto District School Board ("TDSB") announced a deal today with AMP Solar LP for the installation of solar systems on up to 450 of the board's 524 roofs. Under the 20-year deal, [read more]Thursday, 19 May 2011 | Andrew Lord |
| Ontario Progressive Conservative leader Tim Hudak announced today that he would remove the provincial portion of the HST from home electricity and heating bills. He would also eliminate the Debt Retirement [read more]Thursday, 19 May 2011 | Andrew Lord |
| For a number of years now, there has been plenty of talk in Alberta about the need for the province to diversify its economic base, and more specifically to reduce its reliance on energy and energy [read more]Tuesday, 17 May 2011 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| Federal industry minister Tony Clement announced today in a written statement and press conference that he would ask representatives of the gasoline refining, distribution and retail sectors to appear [read more]Thursday, 12 May 2011 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| Ontario's Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Hudak has promised to kill Ontario's Feed-in Tariff (FIT) program and to cancel the provinces renewable energy deal with Samsung. In a speech [read more]Wednesday, 11 May 2011 | Andrew Lord |
| Effective May 1, 2011, the Ontario Energy Board increased time-of-use electricity pricing by 0.8 cents per kilowatt hour, making the current prices:
10.7 cents/kWh for on-Peak (11 am to 5 [read more]Monday, 2 May 2011 | Andrew Lord |
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