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EPA revises greenhouse gas reporting rule

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USA
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May 14 2010

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently proposed amendments to its Mandatory Reporting of Greenhouse Gases Rule

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

Appeal court dismisses challenge of proposed carbon dioxide emissions limits for power plants

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USA
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December 21 2012

On December 13, 2012, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit dismissed as premature a challenge to the Environmental

Ground source heat pumps exempt from environmental compliance approval

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Canada
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August 8 2012

On June 2, 2012, O. Reg. 9812 was enacted

States sign agreement on offshore wind development

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USA
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April 26 2012

On March 30, 2012, New York, Minnesota, Michigan, Illinois, Pennsylvania and several federal U.S. agencies signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) intended to streamline offshore wind development in the Great Lakes

Canada and Nova Scotia coordinate efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

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Canada
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April 26 2012

The environment ministers of Canada and Nova Scotia recently announced that their governments are working toward an equivalency agreement on coal-fired electricity generation greenhouse gas (GHG) regulations

Canada announces plans to streamline the approval process for major resource projects

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Canada
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April 18 2012

On April 17, 2012, the Canadian federal government announced further plans to streamline the federal environmental assessment (EA) process for certain major resource projects as part of the government’s Responsible Resource Development initiative

Environmental Protection Agency issues new natural gas drilling regulations

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USA
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June 1 2012

The Environmental Protection Agency recently issued regulations governing emissions of air pollutants from hydraulically fractured natural gas wells

Ministries developing new rules for offshore wind projects

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Canada
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September 30 2010

The Ontario Ministry of the Environment is now considering comments received on its proposed approach to permit offshore wind projects seeking a Renewable Energy Approval (REA) under Ontario's Environmental Protection Act