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B.C. Implements New Output-Based Pricing System for Carbon Emissions

Recently, British Columbia made changes to its industrial greenhouse gas emissions regime by implementing a mandatory carbon emissions output-based pricing system (OBPS) for major industrial operations. The OBPS replaces the...more

5/28/2024 / Canada , Carbon Emissions , Climate Change , Greenhouse Gas Emissions , Renewable Fuel

Le gouvernement du Canada finalise le Règlement sur les combustibles propres

Le 6 juillet 2022, le gouvernement du Canada a publié la version finale du Règlement sur les combustibles propres (le « RCP »). Aux termes de ce dernier, les producteurs et importateurs de combustibles fossiles liquides, tels...more

7/14/2022 / Canada , Carbon Emissions , Clean Energy , Greenhouse Gas Emissions , Renewable Fuel

Canada Finalizes Clean Fuel Regulations

On July 6, 2022, Canada released the final version of the long-awaited Clean Fuel Regulations (CFR or Regulations). The CFR will require producers and importers of liquid fossil fuels, such as gasoline and diesel, to...more

7/12/2022 / Canada , Carbon Emissions , Clean Energy , Greenhouse Gas Emissions , Renewable Fuel

Répercussions de la constitutionnalité de la Loi sur la tarification de la pollution causée par les gaz à effet de serre

Dans le Renvoi relatif à la Loi sur la tarification de la pollution causée par les gaz à effet de serre (l’« arrêt »), une majorité de juges de la Cour suprême du Canada (la « CSC ») a déclaré que la Loi sur la tarification...more

4/5/2021 / Canada , Carbon Pricing , Carbon Taxes , Climate Change , Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Now That the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act Has Been Determined to be Constitutionally Valid – What Does it All Mean?

In Reference re Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act (Decision), a majority of the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) declared that the federal Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act (Act) is constitutional. This Bulletin discusses...more

3/30/2021 / Canada , Carbon Pricing , Carbon Taxes , Climate Change , Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Changements climatiques: mesures gouvernementales, réserve judiciaire et obligations d’information des sociétés

En cette période de pandémie mondiale, si les questions de santé monopolisent une grande partie de notre attention, les changements climatiques n’en demeurent pas moins à l’avant-plan des enjeux avec lesquels les...more

1/5/2021 / Canada , Carbon Emissions , Carbon Pricing , Carbon Taxes , Climate Change , Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Climate Change: Government Action, Judicial Restraint and Corporate Disclosure

While our attention is primarily on health issues during this global pandemic, climate change remains at the forefront of issues being addressed by governments, courts and businesses. This bulletin summarizes some of the...more

12/22/2020 / Canada , Carbon Emissions , Carbon Pricing , Carbon Taxes , Climate Change , Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Federal Overhaul of Environmental Laws to Take Effect August 28, 2019: New Impact Assessment Triggers and Other Details Released

The federal government’s long-awaited overhaul of key environmental laws (Bill C-69, which implements the new Impact Assessment Act, the Canadian Energy Regulator Act and the Canadian Navigable Waters Act and related...more

8/13/2019 / Canada , CEAA , Environmental Assessments , Environmental Policies , Greenhouse Gas Emissions , Oil & Gas

B.C.’s Updated Climate Action Plan: What You Need to Know, What’s in, and What’s Been Left Out

The B.C. government recently released the much anticipated Climate Leadership Plan (Plan), which updates the 2008 Climate Action Plan (2008 Plan) and responds to the government-appointed Climate Leadership Team’s (Panel) 32...more

8/29/2016 / Canada , Cap-and-Trade , Climate Action Plan , Climate Change , Environmental Assessments , Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

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