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Proposal to reduce use of HFCs

  • Torys LLP
  • -
  • Canada, Mexico, USA
  • -
  • May 14 2010

In April 2010, representatives of Canada, Mexico and the United States retabled their proposal under the Montreal Protocol for a gradual reduction of global production and consumption of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), chemicals commonly used in refrigeration equipment

EPA revises greenhouse gas reporting rule

  • Torys LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 14 2010

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

Durban conference ends in uncertainty and Canada withdraws from Kyoto Protocol

  • Torys LLP
  • -
  • Canada, Global
  • -
  • December 13 2011

From November 28 to December 11, 2011, delegates from 194 countries met in Durban, South Africa, for the 17th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

Canada, US and Mexico support new regulation of HFCs

  • Torys LLP
  • -
  • Canada, Mexico, USA
  • -
  • 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

New developments in Ontario

  • Torys LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • June 2 2009

On May 27, 2009, the Ontario government announced further steps toward its goal of implementing a greenhouse gas (GHG) cap-and-trade system by as early as 2012

Senate releases climate change bill

  • Torys LLP
  • -
  • Canada, USA
  • -
  • 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

UN concludes special summit on climate change

  • Torys LLP
  • -
  • Global
  • -
  • October 5 2009

The United Nations recently hosted a special summit on climate change, designed to build consensus among nearly 100 world leaders before the Copenhagen climate conference this December

Canadian and US officials continue Clean Energy Dialogue

  • Torys LLP
  • -
  • Canada, USA
  • -
  • 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

National Round Table responds to federal climate change report

  • Torys LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • September 11 2009

The National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy (NRTEE) recently released its response to the federal government’s 2009 Climate Change Plan, as required by the Kyoto Protocol Implementation Act

Climate change shareholder resolutions increasing

  • Torys LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 11 2009

The non-profit groups Ceres and the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility recently issued a report concluding that shareholder resolutions on the issue of climate change are increasing in frequency and success

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