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Appeal Court confirms that innocent party must clean up pollution

  • Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • May 13 2013

In a decision in Kawartha Lakes (City) v. Ontario (Environment), on May 10, 2013, the Ontario Court of Appeal unanimously dismissed the appeal of

Ontario court dismisses “speculative” challenge to a prospective wind turbine project

  • Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • May 6 2013

In Wiggins v. WPD Canada Corporation, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice dismissed the plaintiffs' claims for injunctive relief and $16.6 million

Ontario court recognizes “light” as a contaminant under the Environmental Protection Act

  • Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • March 27 2013

In February 2013, Justice Green of the Ontario Court of Justice held that sunlight reflected from a building can be considered a contaminant under

Ontario court rejects damage recovery in contamination claim, adopting a strict analysis that may hinder future claims

  • Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • March 27 2013

In Midwest v. Thordarson (Midwest) 2013 ONSC 775, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice dismissed a property owner's claim for damages for

Ontario resurrects proposed Great Lakes Protection Act as part of larger Great Lakes Strategy

  • Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • February 28 2013

On February 25, 2013, Ontario's Minister of the Environment, Jim Bradley, re-introduced the Great Lakes Protection Act, the government's first major

Change is in the air: Ontario closer to a cap-and-trade system

  • Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • February 21 2013

On January 21, 2013, Ontario's Ministry of the Environment (MOE) posted the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reductions in Ontario: A Discussion Paper (the

U.S. Advisory Committee releases draft climate change report for public consultation

  • Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • January 23 2013

On January 11, 2013, the U.S. National Climate Assessment and Development Advisory Committee (NCADAC) released a draft Climate Assessment Report (the

When can environmental regulatory orders be compromised claims under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act? Supreme Court of Canada provides clarification

  • Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • December 11 2012

In its decision released on December 7, 2012, the Supreme Court of Canada held that claims in respect of provincial environmental clean-up orders can be compromised under the federal Companies Creditors’ Arrangement Act (CCAA

Ontario court dismisses billion dollar damages claim relating to moratorium on offshore wind farms

  • Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • October 16 2012

On October 5, 2012, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice struck out an action brought by Trillium Power Wind Corporation (Trillium) against the Ontario government seeking $2.5 billion in damages occasioned by Ontario’s February 2011 moratorium on offshore wind farms

Challenge to changes in the feed-in tariff program dismissed by Divisional Court

  • Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • September 12 2012

In its recent decision in SkyPower CL I LP et al v Minister of Energy issued on September 10, 2012, the Divisional Court dismissed the Applicants’ assertions that the Minister of Energy and the Ontario Power Authority (the OPA) had acted unreasonably in failing to process applications in accordance with the Feed-in Tariff (the FIT) rules and that the changes to the FIT rules were unfair, discriminatory, and ultra vires the enabling legislation