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Environment Canada publishes 2009 GHG reporting data

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Canada
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April 19 2011

Environment Canada has published the GHG emissions data disclosed by the large Canadian facilities that are required to report their emissions each calendar year

Chicago Climate Exchange incorporates international standards in offset

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Canada
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September 11 2009

The Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX), a voluntary emissions trading program, recently announced that it will be incorporating International Organization for Standardization (ISO) standards into its project design criteria; currently, project proponents must follow these criteria before the CCX will issue them tradable offset credits which it bundles as Carbon Financial Instruments (CFIs) for the sequestration, destruction or reduction of GHG emissions

Canada releases draft offset system guidelines

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Canada
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June 12 2009

On June 10, 2009, the federal government released for comment long-awaited draft guidance, which was originally promised for last fall, on a proposed Canadian offset system for greenhouse gases (GHGs

Recent developments in the Western Climate Initiative

Torys LLP
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Canada, USA
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March 6 2009

On February 19, 2009, the Western Climate Initiative (WCI), an initiative of several U.S. states and Canadian provinces to establish a regional greenhouse gas (GHG) cap-and-trade system by 2012, released its 2009-2010 Work Plan

Senate releases climate change bill

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Canada, USA
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October 5 2009

On October 1, 2009, the U.S. Senate released a draft energy and climate change bill known as the Kerry-Boxer bill after its sponsors Senators John Kerry and Barbara Boxer

Canada, US and Mexico support new regulation of HFCs

Torys LLP
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Canada, Mexico, USA
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October 5 2009

The United States, Canada and Mexico have proposed using the Montreal Protocol an international treaty that limits the use of the ozone-depleting hydrochlorofluorocarbons to also limit emissions of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), potent GHGs

Canadian and US officials continue Clean Energy Dialogue

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Canada, USA
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October 5 2009

On September 16, 2009, Environment Minister Jim Prentice and his American counterpart, Energy Secretary Steven Chu, presented their first Report to Leaders on the Canada-U.S. Clean Energy Dialogue

U.S. Senate releases climate change bill, and other recent developments

Torys LLP
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Canada, USA
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October 5 2009

On October 1, 2009, the U.S. Senate released a draft energy and climate change bill known as the Kerry-Boxer bill after its sponsors Senators John Kerry and Barbara Boxer