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Environmental, Energy and Resources Law
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| On Wednesday March 21, Davis LLP sponsored a table at the Environmental Defence Gala at the Eglinton Grand in Toronto. The keynote speaker was Erin Brockovich. We hosted a number of clients who are [read more] |
| The BC Environmental Assessment Office (BC EAO) and the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (CEAA) announced today that they have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (the "MOU" [read more]Monday, 18 March 2013 | アンジェリーン・ナイス、R.P.F. |
| A recent Alberta Court of Queen's Bench decision has confirmed that a Crown oil and gas lease may be considered intangible personal property to which the Personal Property Security Act [read more]Wednesday, 13 March 2013 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| The ERCB announced on March 12 that it was revising Directive 6 and Directive 11 (the Licensee Liability Rating program) to increase the amount of security required to be posted by operators of oil [read more]Wednesday, 13 March 2013 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| Federal Environment Minister Peter Kent, speaking before a House of Commons Committee this week, stated that he now expects that emissions regulations for the oil and gas industry will be coming out [read more]Wednesday, 6 March 2013 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| The Federal Department this week announced new fuel economy standards for heavy on-road vehicles.
The Heavy-Duty Vehicle and Engine Greenhouse Gas Emission Regulations will be phased in [read more]Thursday, 28 February 2013 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| The Province of Alberta is seeking the input of the public in putting together the regulations which will govern the new Alberta Energy Regulator.
Three-hour facilitated sessions are being [read more]Friday, 22 February 2013 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| The Ontario Court of Appeal this week clarified and narrowed the definition of "workplace" under the Occupational Health and Safety Act. At the same time, the reasons in the case may [read more]Friday, 8 February 2013 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| The National Energy Board, in a decision released on January 30, rejected NovaGas's proposed toll design for a proposed pipeline in the Komie North area of the Horn River play in northeastern [read more]Monday, 4 February 2013 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| The Alberta government has released the long-awaited Retail Market Review Committee report. In conjunction with the release of the report, the government has announced a number of measures [read more]Thursday, 31 January 2013 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| Sinopec Shanghai Engineering Co. Ltd., a member of the Sinopec group of companies, was fined $1.5 million this week after it pleaded guilty in Provincial Court to three charges under the Alberta Occupational [read more]Friday, 25 January 2013 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| Sunshine Oil Sands of Calgary has announced that it has entered into a "co-operation deal" with a subsidiary of state-owned China National Offshore Oil Corp. The two companies [read more] |
| We have previously looked at the question of whether rock debris flying through the air could be considered a "contaminant" having an "adverse effect" on the environment. [read more]Tuesday, 15 January 2013 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| As we have previously reported, the federal Renewable Fuels Regulation requires that fuels sold in Canada contain a minimum amount of renewable content: generally, 2% for diesel and home heating [read more]Wednesday, 2 January 2013 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| The Senate voted 50-27 this morning to pass the second omnibus budget (implementation) Bill C-45. The bill, now the Jobs and Growth Act, 2012 c.31 received royal assent shortly thereafter [read more]Friday, 14 December 2012 | アンジェリーン・ナイス、R.P.F. |
| The Canadian Federal government approved the $15b takeover of Nexen by CNOOC and the $5.9b takeover of Progress Energy by Petronas on Friday.
The Progress-Petronas transaction was initially [read more]Wednesday, 12 December 2012 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| Further to Davis LLP's earlier blog, the second of two omnibus federal budget bills has undergone its third parliamentary reading and was passed in the House of Commons [read more]Monday, 10 December 2012 | アンジェリーン・ナイス、R.P.F. |
| In a news release issued on Friday, the NDP leadership called for an extension of the moratorium on coalbed methane extraction in the Sacred Headwaters in northern British Columbia, [read more]Monday, 10 December 2012 | アンジェリーン・ナイス、R.P.F. |
| The Government of Canada announced last week that it would clarify the process for reviewing proposed investments by foreign SOEs in order to determine whether they are likely to provide a net [read more]Monday, 10 December 2012 | アンジェリーン・ナイス、R.P.F. |
| Recently the BC Ministry of Environment released an intentions paper for consulting on three aspects of BC's land based spill preparedness and response regime which can be found here. The deadline [read more]Friday, 7 December 2012 | アンジェリーン・ナイス、R.P.F. |
| The Alberta Utilities Commission announced today that AltaLink's Western Alberta Transmission Line has been approved for construction.
This follows on last month's approval of ATCO's [read more]Thursday, 6 December 2012 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| The Alberta Court of Appeal has denied leave to appeal the Jackpine mine expansion Joint Review Panel’s finding that it lacks jurisdiction to decide whether the federal and provincial governments [read more]Sunday, 2 December 2012 | Laura Easton |
| Federal environment minister Peter Kent announced today that Cenovus' proposed drilling of 1275 shallow natural gas wells in the Suffield, Alberta area had been turned down by the federal government [read more]Friday, 30 November 2012 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| The Alberta Energy Resources Conservation Board is inviting feedback on a revamped Directive 71, Emergency Preparedness and Response Requirements.
The new Directive 71, when implemented, will [read more]Wednesday, 28 November 2012 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| The recent decision by the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission to grant a five year uranium exploration license to Strateco Resources for a project in the Otish Basin in northern Québec has [read more]Monday, 26 November 2012 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| Québec's Bill 18, titled "An Act to Limit Oil and Gas Activities", was passed by the Québec National Assembly in June, 2011, and had the effect of revoking rights which [read more]Tuesday, 20 November 2012 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| Last week, the Alberta Utilities Commission announced that it had approved the construction by ATCO Electric Ltd. of the Eastern Alberta Transmission Line.
The EATL has had an interesting path [read more]Monday, 19 November 2012 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| Public hearings into the proposed Shell Jackpine oilsands mine expansion are well underway in Fort McMurray, with the Oil Sands Environmental Coalition (OSEC) presenting evidence to the panel [read more]Thursday, 8 November 2012 | Laura Easton |
| Alberta's Energy Minister Ken Hughes announced this week that a new arms-length regulatory body, the Alberta Energy Regulator, would be formed as part of the province's ongoing efforts to [read more]Wednesday, 31 October 2012 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| With the introduction of Bill 8, the Electric Utilities Amendment Act, 2012, in the Alberta legislature, the story of Critical Transmission Infrastructure (CTI) in the province is about to come full [read more]Tuesday, 30 October 2012 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| On October 18, 2012, the federal government tabled a second omnibus bill, Bill C-45, which includes among a myriad of changes, reforms to the federal environmental regulatory regime. This bill follows [read more]Tuesday, 23 October 2012 | James Kelsall, Sarah Robicheau |
| In a surprising move Industry Minister Christian Paradis announced on Friday that Petronas' $5.9 billion takeover bid for Progress Energy had been rejected under the Investment Canada Act [read more]Saturday, 20 October 2012 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| University of Ottawa Law Professor, Nathalie Chalifour, gave a compelling presentation on the merits – and cautions – of carbon tax at the University of Calgary on October 16, 2012 [read more]Wednesday, 17 October 2012 | Laura Easton |
| The Globe and Mail, citing the Canadian Press, is reporting that the Federal environment minister and his provincial counterparts will announce tomorrow that they have reached agreement on new steps [read more]Wednesday, 10 October 2012 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| On September 27, 2012 the Supreme Court of Canada granted leave to hear the appeal of Castonguay Blasting Ltd. v. Her Majesty the Queen in Right of the Province of Ontario as represented by The Minister [read more]Friday, 28 September 2012 | Sarah Robicheau |
| At a time when the mining and manufacture of asbestos has been virtually eradicated from the developed world, the plan to continue mining and exporting chrysotile asbestos from the Jeffrey Mine in [read more]Friday, 21 September 2012 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| In Encana Corporation v Devon Canada Corporation, 2012 ABCA 271, the Alberta Court of Appeal has confirmed that coalbed methane forms part of the natural gas title (and not the coal title) in [read more]Friday, 21 September 2012 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| Fracking in Québec has been subject to a moratorium since 2011, when then-premier Jean Charest imposed a ban while studies could be conducted on the health and environmental effects of the [read more]Thursday, 20 September 2012 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| Environment Minister Peter Kent announced new regulations for coal-fired power plants this afternoon.
The new regulations will come into effect on July 1, 2015, and will require new power plants [read more]Wednesday, 5 September 2012 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| The Alberta Government has now published the final Lower Athabasca regional plan.
The plan would protect from development 2 million hectares of land in Northeastern Alberta, out of a total of [read more]Friday, 24 August 2012 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| The new penalty scheme for federal environmental statutes is now in full effect, with the passing of new regulations under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA, 1999) on July [read more]Thursday, 16 August 2012 | Sarah Robicheau |
| Recently the Federal Government introduced amendments to several environmental statutes through Bill C-38, titled the “Jobs, Growth and Long-Term Prosperity Act”. Bill C-38 is a budget [read more] |
| Critical debates have been sparked following the announcement by Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver of an overhaul of environmental assessment rules. So far it appears that voters have accepted [read more]Thursday, 3 May 2012 | Jennifer Cleall |
| One of the highlights of last month's budget speech was the announcement by the federal government that it would overhaul the environmental approval process for major resources projects.
The [read more]Tuesday, 17 April 2012 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| The Court of Appeal for Ontario released an important decision this week on the definition of “adverse effect” under the Environmental Protection Act (the “EPA”). Many provisions [read more]Tuesday, 10 April 2012 | Sarah Robicheau |
| Finance Minister Jim Flaherty delivered the Harper government’s 2012 budget today, mixing together austerity measures, pension reforms, and the end of the penny.
For the energy and resources [read more]Thursday, 29 March 2012 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| Finance Minister Jim Flaherty will deliver the federal government's 2012 budget on Thursday. The budget is expected to deliver spending cuts in the $4B range and provide for other austerity [read more]Wednesday, 28 March 2012 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency proposed on Tuesday a rule to cut carbon dioxide emissions from power plants. The EPA Proposal will effectively require any new coal-fired plants to incorporate [read more] |
| As we previously reported, the federal government intends to enact regulations to phase out coal fired generation in Canada. These regulations will require both new coal-fired power plants, and any [read more] |
| Ontario Energy Minister Chris Bentley told a crowd of electricity interest stakeholders that he would be making an announcement regarding the results of the FIT review process next week.
Minis [read more]Tuesday, 13 March 2012 | Andrew Lord |
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