Articles 2023

Laura summarizes the Paris Agreement to decarbonize the economy, work collectively to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions and limit global temperature increases that was adopted by 195 nations on December 12, 2015 at COP 21.

Laura Zizzo, a trained lawyer and strategic advisor focusing on climate risk management at Zizzo Strategy Inc., reports on the Untied Nations Climate Summit.

The authors briefly review the recognition of good faith performance obligations and the recent Bhasin v. Hrynew decision and go on to discuss the applications for this duty in litigation and environmental law contexts.

Sarah provides an overview of three of the many interesting topics covered by the Environmental Commissioner of Ontario ("ECO") in her Annual Report for 2014/2015, which was released on November 3, 2015.

Disappointed purchaser of a contaminated plaza loses multimillion dollar claim against the vendors and his own lawyer.

Within the next 5 years, a live GHG cap and trade system will be a reality in Ontario.

The Court of Appeal has recently discussed the drafting of expert reports and the nature of expert testimony (Westerhof v Gee, 2015 ONCA 206 (CanLII)).

Paper originally presented for Ontario Bar Association Annual Institute “Managing New Environmental Quagmires – Perspectives from the Litigation, Regulatory and Transactional Context” - February 4, 2015

Since 2009, new wind farms being developed in Ontario require a renewable energy approval ("REA"). REAs are issued by Ontario's Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change ("MOECC"). The issuance of a REA by the MOECC gives rise to a statutory appeal right pursuant to section 142.1 of the Environmental Protection Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.E.19 ("EPA").

More than 650 million cows, pigs, and chickens are slaughtered each year in Canada for food. By some estimates, 95 per cent of these animals are raised in intensive livestock operations (“ILOs”). The environmental effects associated with feeding, housing, and transporting them can be significant.