Canada: Clean Air / Pollution

With the need for faster project approvals, "streamlined permitting" has become a new focus for Canadian jurisdictions. In Ontario, it has led to the introduction of Bill 5...

On June 4, 2025, Bill 5, titled Protect Ontario by Unleashing our Economy Act, 2025 ("Bill 5") passed its third and final reading in the Ontario legislature.

The province of Ontario has maintained its spring tradition of introducing measures to support its Housing Supply Action Plan, passing two omnibus bills...

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.

The Alberta Utilities Commission (AUC) is making changes to its application guidelines which provide a framework for the growing reality of Indigenous partnership on power generation and utility projects.

A review of the federal carbon pricing program will soon be underway after the Liberal government was re-elected in Canada's 2025 election.

Public companies have long developed best practices and legal expertise in drafting compliant securities disclosure documents. With the increase in required and voluntary disclosure...

On December 31, 2024, the Government of Canada released the Guide for Reporting to the Federal Plastics Registry – Phase 1 (the Guide).

The United Nations' efforts towards establishing a legally binding global plastics treaty have encountered an obstacle resulting in recent negotiations coming to an end on December 1, 2024 without reaching an agreement.

In 2024, there were four major international efforts to secure agreement to address biodiversity loss, climate change, desertification and plastic pollution.