Climate Change Law Practice Group Blog
Legal, business and financial news about Canadian renewable energy and sustainable developments.
Author: Casper Bych, Sarah Ciarrocchi, Sarah Dale-Harris, Dean Dalke, Adam Nott, Irina Schnitzer and Alec R. Szibbo are all lawyers at Davis, which has eight offices in Canada. The firm also authors Video Game Law Blog, Municipal, Planning & Environmental Law Group Blog and Davis LLP Newsroom.
Blawg Related Categories: Energy Law • Environmental Law • International • North America • Canada
Recent Posts from Climate Change Law Practice Group Blog
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Canada's climate change credibility suffers on world stage
In recent weeks, Canada has been repeatedly criticised abroad for the position it is taking with respect to climate change. First, WWF and Allianz, a global insurer and financial institution, released a report ranking Canada's…
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Clean Energy Dialogue Roundtable Meeting Concludes
The Clean Energy Dialogue between Canada and the United States continued this week as meetings between the two nations wrapped up in Washington. The public-private meeting, held June 29-30 at the Department of Energy Headquarters…
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Davis LLP releases Climate Change Law Bulletin on the Waxman-Markey Bill
As reported earlier this week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 (more commonly known as the "Waxman-Markey Bill") on June 26. The Bill, which must still…
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Davis LLP releases Climate Change Law Bulletin on the proposed Canadian Offset System
As discussed previously, Canada's Environment Minister Jim Prentice announced on June 10 that the Federal Government will be moving forward with its Offset System for Greenhouse Gases. On June 12, the government released two draft…
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US Congress Passes Climate Change Bill
The U.S. House of Representatives passed what is being called "historic" climate change legislation on Friday. The Waxman-Markey bill passed through Congress by a vote of 219-212. Eight Republicans voted in favour of the bill;…
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Support for a Global Climate Change Fund?
A global climate fund proposed by Mexico over a year ago is beginning to gain support at UN climate talks in Bonn. One of the major issues anticipated to be addressed in Copenhagen in December…
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Deutsche Bank puts huge carbon counter in Times Square
Like proverbial frogs plunked into water that is being slowly brought to a boil, many people have difficulty appreciating that climate change is happening now and is creating "unmanageable risks" for global society. To help…
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OEB launches new portal for its Green Energy Act initiatives
The Ontario Energy Board ("OEB") recently launched a web portal for its green energy initiatives. The OEB is being called upon to help Ontario transition to a green economy powered by renewable energy. Following the…
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Canada's pulp and paper industry receives $1 billion in new funding targeted at green energy initiatives
The federal Natural Resources Minister recently announced a $1 billion Pulp and Paper Green Transformation Program. The program will provide funding tied to the amount of black liquor produced by pulp mills. Black liquor, a…
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Quebec Takes a Bold Step on Cap-and-Trade
On May 12, 2009, Bill 42 entitled An Act to amend the Environment Quality Act and other legislative provisions in relation to climate change was tabled by Line Beauchamp, Quebec's Minister of Sustainable Development, Environment…