Canada: Environment

On July 23, 2025, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) announced the release of the Plan of Priorities, a multi-year plan that outlines upcoming priorities for the assessment of chemical substances.

In an era where sustainability sells, environmental claims are everywhere: from "carbon neutral" labels on packaging to promises of "net-zero" operations on corporate websites. These claims are now facing heightened legal...

In Ross River Dena Council v. Yukon (Government of), the Court of Appeal of Yukon found that the Canadian and Yukon governments (the Decision Bodies) failed to adequately...

Recently, the Ministry of Northern Development and Mines (the "Ministry") posted proposed regulations pursuant to section 176 of the Mining Act on Ontario’s Environmental Registry (the "EBR").

Notice was given on June 4, 2011 that a Climate Change Plan had been prepared by the Minister of Environment pursuant to Section 5(1) of the "Kyoto Protocol Implementation Act". This was the fifth iteration of the Plan required under the "Act".

In January, much of the European Union carbon trading system was shut down in response to the theft of carbon credits from a Czech carbon registry.

On July 23, 2025, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) announced the release of the Plan of Priorities, a multi-year plan that outlines upcoming priorities for the assessment of chemical substances.

With the increasing threat wildfires pose to the safety, health and economic wellbeing of Canadians and ecosystems across the country, the federal government has established...

Le 23 juillet 2025, la Cour internationale de Justice (la « CIJ ») a publié son avis consultatif[1] fort attendu sur les obligations des États en matière de changement climatique en vertu du droit international (l'« Avis consultatif »).

This information that follows is taken from sources including The Car Connection, Autoweek, Green Car Reports, and other industry sources.

On April 20, 2024, the federal Department of the Environment published a notice in the Gazette ("Notice") pursuant to section 46(1) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999...

The federal government has recently launched the Federal Plastics Registry (the "FPR"), a new initiative that establishes mandatory requirements to monitor and track plastics from manufacturing through to end-of-life.