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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

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

  • Davis LLP
  • -
  • 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

Renewable content requirement for home heating oil to be scrapped

  • Davis LLP
  • -
  • 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
  • -
  • 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

OSEC argues Jackpine mine expansion against public interest

  • Davis LLP
  • -
  • 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

Québec to permanently ban fracking?

  • Davis LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • September 20 2012

Fracking in Québec has been subject to a moratorium since 2011, when then-premier Jean Charest imposed a ban while studies could be conducted on the health and environmental effects of the practice

New federal GHG rules for coal fired power plants

  • Davis LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • September 5 2012

Environment Minister Peter Kent announced new regulations for coal-fired power plants this afternoon

Alberta Government finalizes Lower Athabasca regional plan

  • Davis LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • August 24 2012

The Alberta Government has now published the final Lower Athabasca regional plan

Federal government to announce proposed measures for streamlining project approvals

  • Davis LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • April 17 2012

One of the highlights of last month's budget speech was the announcement by the federal government that it would overhaul the environmental approval process for major resources projects