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Environment Minister says Canada needs better price on oil to address climate change

  • Davis LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • May 15 2013

Canada's Environment Minister, Peter Kent, told the Financial Post in an interview from London that "the ability of the oil and gas sector to

Alberta's CCS projects will reduce emissions by 2.8 tonnes annually

  • Davis LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • May 10 2013

but they won't receive the bulk of their funding until they hit performance targets, Alberta's Energy Minister, Ken Hughes, said the other day

BC and Canada sign Memorandum of Understanding on the substitution of environmental assessments

  • Davis LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • March 18 2013

The BC Environmental Assessment Office (BC EAO) and the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (CEAA) announced today that they have entered into a

Federal emissions limits for oil and gas sector expected mid-year

  • Davis LLP
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  • Canada
  • -
  • March 7 2013

Federal Environment Minister Peter Kent, speaking before a House of Commons Committee this week, stated that he now expects that emissions

New federal emissions standards for heavy trucks

  • Davis LLP
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  • Canada
  • -
  • February 28 2013

The Federal Department this week announced new fuel economy standards for heavy on-road vehicles. The Heavy-Duty Vehicle and Engine Greenhouse Gas

Renewable content requirement for home heating oil to be scrapped

  • Davis LLP
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  • Canada
  • -
  • January 3 2013

As we have previously reported, the federal Renewable Fuels Regulation requires that fuels sold in Canada contain a minimum amount of renewable content:

Gas exploration project in protected area rejected by federal government

  • Davis LLP
  • -
  • Canada
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  • November 30 2012

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

Even more fuel efficient vehicles to hit Canadian roads

  • Davis LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • November 30 2012

In Canada, the transportation sector accounts for approximately 24 of Greenhouse Gas (“GHG”) emissions

OSEC argues Jackpine mine expansion against public interest

  • Davis LLP
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  • Canada
  • -
  • November 8 2012

Public hearings into the proposed Shell Jackpine oils and mine expansion are well underway in Fort McMurray, with the Oil Sands Environmental Coalition (OSEC) presenting evidence to the panel this week in support of their arguments that the mine is against public interest

Bill C-45 introduces further changes to federal environmental regulation; Navigable Waters Protection Act to be overhauled

  • Davis LLP
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  • Canada
  • -
  • October 23 2012

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