Feature Stories
Wood Buffalo retains World Heritage status, for now
7/12/2019 | Full Story
LNG: essential transition fuel or "the new coal"?
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Pentagon Pushed to Put Price Tag on Climate Vulnerability
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Latest Environmental News
Federal carbon pricing: the rest of the story
The federal government has pulled back the curtain on the remaining pieces of its national carbon pricing backstop and its new Clean Fuel Standard.
7/5/2019 | Full Story
Industry May Have to Wait on EPA Air-Permit Exemption Help
Power plants, refineries, and factories may not know which routine repairs qualify for federal air permit exemptions this year because of the sudden departure of the EPA’s air chief, an agency official said. Read more.
7/5/2019 | Full Story
COLUMN: Focus on single-use plastics a waste of science
6/28/2019 | Full Story
Soaring demand for clean vehicles leads to incentive cut in BC
6/28/2019 | Full Story
Interior's 'Grand Experiment': An 11,000-Mile Wildfire Break Plan
6/28/2019 | Full Story
Standing committee will review BC mining code
6/28/2019 | Full Story
Que, Calif to hold joint auction Aug 20, 2019
6/26/2019 | Full Story
Feds consulting on aluminum in water
6/26/2019 | Full Story
Feds consulting on E. coli in drinking water
6/26/2019 | Full Story
COMPANIES in the news...
6/26/2019 | Full Story
New Brunswick proposes its own output-based pricing system
6/26/2019 | Full Story
Progress of Bills, regulations and guidelines
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SASKATCHEWAN - environment legislation
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Senate passes Bill C-69 without substantive amendments
“These changes are not major. The Impact Assessment Act is largely modelled on legislation we’ve had for decades, with some key improvements designed to enhance environmental protection while streamlining the process for...
6/26/2019 | Full Story
Sask launches development of province's carbon offset framework
Saskatchewan’s Ministry of Environment has commenced the development of a carbon offset framework with the release of Saskatchewan Offset Framework Discussion Paper.
6/26/2019 | Full Story
Convictions
COMPANIES in the news...
Husky Oil Operations Limited in Saskatchewan was fined $2.5 million after pleading guilty to depositing a deleterious substance in water frequented by fish or in a place where the deleterious substance may enter water frequented by fish,...
6/26/2019 | Full Story
SASKATCHEWAN - environment legislation
The Pest Control Products (Saskatchewan) Act. Section 5 is replaced. Section 10 is amended. In force May 15, 2019.
6/26/2019 | Full Story
Legal Commentary
It's not easy being green: Considering the environmental costs of cannabis cultivation
The passage of Bill C-45, the Cannabis Act, with Royal Assent in June 2018 put Canada on track to be the first G-7 country to legalize recreational cannabis. With the Cannabis Act and its regulations slated to come into force on October 17,...
10/25/2018 | Full Story
It's not easy being green: Considering the environmental costs of cannabis cultivation
The passage of Bill C-45, the Cannabis Act, with Royal Assent in June 2018 put Canada on track to be the first G-7 country to legalize recreational cannabis. With the Cannabis Act and its regulations slated to come into force on October 17,...
9/26/2018 | Full Story
Changes on the horizon: Alberta introduces amendments to its remediation certificate program
On June 1, 2018, the government of Alberta filed the Remediation Certificate Amendment Regulation (Alta. Reg. 97/2018), which will update the current Remediation Certificate Regulation (Alta. Reg. 154/2009) and will re-name it the Remediation...
7/27/2018 | Full Story
Everything old is new again: federal government proposes changes to Fisheries Act
In 2016, the federal government launched a review of federal environmental assessment and regulatory processes, including a review of changes made to the Fisheries Act in 2012. On February 6, 2018, the federal government announced amendments to...
3/27/2018 | Full Story
Process matters: Supreme Court of Canada quashes land use plan approval by Yukon government
On December 1, 2017, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) delivered its decision in First Nation of Nacho Nyak Dun v. Yukon, 2017 SCC 58, which overturned the Yukon government’s decision to open the Peel watershed for development and...
12/20/2017 | Full Story
Case Studies
Inadequate Due Diligence Left Bank Liable for $2.3 Million in Damages, Attorney Says
A recent case in California illustrates the importance of banks “fully understanding the costs potentially associated with a property before they either close the loan or take title,” an environmental attorney told Bloomberg BNA...
11/28/2014 | Full Story
STUDY: Canada's drinking water contaminated by excreted drugs
9/22/2014 | Full Story
Small appliance repair beaten down by throwaway culture
8/12/2014 | Full Story
Finnish researcher finds success using fungal remediation
White-rot fungus, mostly known for its ability to decay forest wood, can be used as a low-cost cleanser for contaminated soils, a Finnish researcher has found.
6/26/2014 | Full Story
VIDEOS: Sneak peek at Toronto's East Bayfront condo remediation
6/25/2014 | Full Story
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