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Federal government releases regulations to reduce carbon dioxide emissions

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Canada
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October 5 2012

On September 12, 2012, the federal government released the Reduction of Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Coal-fired Generation of Electricity Regulations (SOR2012 - 167

First appeal of renewable energy approval dismissed

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Canada
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July 19 2011

On July 18, 2011, Ontario’s Environmental Review Tribunal (ERT) issued its highly anticipated decision in Erickson v. Director, Ministry of the Environment, finding that the appellants who had challenged the issuance of a renewable energy approval (REA) for the Kent Breeze Wind Project (the Project) had failed to show that it will cause serious harm to human health

Natural Heritage Assessment Guide for Renewable Energy Projects released

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Canada
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September 6 2011

On August 5, 2011, the Ministry of Natural Resources released the Natural Heritage Assessment Guide for Renewable Energy Projects under the Environmental Protection Act

Code of practice for metal mines released

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Canada
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July 31 2009

On June 27, 2009, Environment Canada issued an Environmental Code of Practice for Metal Mines (the Code), which describes the operational activities of the metal mining sector and associated environmental risks

Alberta court finds Syncrude guilty in duck deaths

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Canada
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July 20 2010

On June 25, 2010, Syncrude Canada Ltd. was found guilty of two charges stemming from the April 2008 death of approximately 1,600 ducks in its Aurora Settling Basin, a tailings pond serving part of the company’s Fort McMurrayarea oil sands operations

Court affirms decision to order “innocent” landowner to remediate its property

Torys LLP
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Canada, USA
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July 3 2012

The Ontario Divisional Court recently upheld the Environmental Review Tribunal’s decision, which in turn upheld an order that required the City of Kawartha Lakes to remediate the contamination on its land resulting from a heating oil spill on a neighbouring property

Proposed amendments to mining legislation

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Canada
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June 2 2009

On April 30, 2009, Bill 173, An Act to amend the Mining Act, was introduced into the Ontario legislature

Green energy legislation comes into force

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Canada
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June 2 2009

On May 14, 2009, the Green Energy and Green Economy Act, 2009 came into force

Proposed regulations to green energy legislation

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Canada
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June 30 2009

Ontario has proposed a new regulation and amendments to five existing regulations to establish a new environmental approval process for renewable energy projects under the Green Energy and Green Economy Act, 2009, which came into force last month

Ministry of Natural Resources proceeds with policy framework to modernize approvals

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Canada
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March 11 2013

The Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) recently decided to proceed with its Policy Framework for the Modernization of MNR Approvals as that