McCarthy Tétrault LLP | Canada | 19 Mar 2019
In October 2018, the federal government announced certain details on the scope and application of its carbon pricing backstop system. Under the…
Hogan Lovells | South Africa | 24 May 2018
Carbon tax seeks to give effect to the polluter pays principle by ensuring that the real cost of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to the environment and…
McCarthy Tétrault LLP | Canada | 10 May 2018
On May 7, 2018, the BC government unveiled Bill 34, the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Targets Amendment Act, 2018, which updates the province’s greenhouse…
Langlois Lawyers LLP | Canada | 18 Jan 2018
Le 13 décembre 2017, le gouvernement du Québec a publié le Projet de règlement relatif à l’évaluation et l’examen des impacts sur l’environnement de…
Pestalozzi Attorneys at Law | Switzerland | 18 Dec 2017
The Federal Council recently published its dispatch regarding the total revision of the Federal Act on the Reduction of Carbon Dioxide Emissions for 2021 to 2030. The parliamentary debate on the revision of the act will start in 2018. This will define the development and course of Swiss climate policy for upcoming years. Switzerland aims to tighten the act and reinforce its contribution to......
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP | USA | 15 Dec 2017
On December 12, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published issue 55 of Market Watch, its newsletter on market conduct and transaction…
Baker McKenzie | Canada | 2 Feb 2017
The Ontario Cap and Trade regime is finally here, with its (complex) allocations, offsets and auction mechanisms. Ontario large emitters (25,000+ CO2e…
Stikeman Elliott LLP | Canada | 25 Oct 2016
The recent federal plan for a national Canadian carbon price - rising to $50/+ CO2e by 2022 - has increased interest in carbon pricing policies and…
K&L Gates LLP | USA | 4 Aug 2016
On August 2, 2016, the White House Council on Environmental Quality ("CEQ") published a final version of its guidance to federal agencies requiring…
Aird & Berlis LLP | Aird & McBurney LP | Canada | 29 Jul 2016
On July 28, 2016, the Ontario Energy Board (OEB) released a decision providing some details about how Ontario's gas utilities are to implement…