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July 2010
Select E-FlashWCI Releases Detailed Cap-and-trade Strategy: Ontario, B.C. and Quebec to begin issuing greenhouse gas allowances by January 2012
Select E-FlashWillms & Shier Sparks Low-Income Energy Program
June 2010
Select E-FlashWillms & Shier honoured, Hazmat magazine (June 7, 2010)
May 2010
Select E-FlashOmnibus Open for Business Act would replace much of the existing environmental approvals process with a streamlined compliance approval and online registry system
Select E-FlashUS Senate will take a third crack at passing climate change legislation
January 2010
Select E-FlashMunicipalities and the Green Energy Act article - Municipal World January 2010
Select E-FlashMOE Revises Brownfields Regulations
December 2009
Select E-FlashProspects for Copenhagen: W+SEL interview with Green Business
Select E-FlashOntario has Filed its GHG Emissions Reporting Regulation
October 2009
Select E-FlashPaul Manning quoted in Toronto Star (Oct 3, 3009) article, Opening up the green energy tent
September 2009
Select E-FlashThe Green Energy Act Regulations September 2009
Select E-FlashMunicipalities and the Green Energy Act: Benefits, Burdens and the Loss of Power
July 2009
Select E-FlashThe Green Energy Act - The Devil in the Detail
Select E-FlashLaw Times (July 2009) - John Willms quoted in article "Climate change intertwined with energy and cleantech are the new horizons for environmental lawyers.
June 2009
Select E-FlashOntario offering foundries and forest products companies some relief from local air quality standards, tougher ESDM requirements
Select E-FlashOntario moves to replace environmental assessment for renewable energy projects with streamlined approval process
May 2009
Select E-FlashOntario prepares legislative groundwork for GHG cap-and-trade system
Select E-FlashGreen Energy and Green Economy Act, 2009
Select E-FlashOntario releases long-awaited amendments to Mining Act
April 2009
Select E-FlashGreen Business - Paul Manning quoted in article "Federal government makes cuts to environmental review processes"
March 2009
Select E-FlashFor a briefing on the new Federal Environmental Enforcement Act, Bill C-16, listen to Doug Petrie's radio interview with Law Correspondent Naomi Jehlicka, CIUT 89.5 FM.
February 2009
Select E-FlashOntario Government Introduces the Green Energy Act
January 2009
Select E-FlashDivisional Court Curtails MOE Investigation Power
October 2008
Select E-FlashBrownfields: Ontario Proposes Significant Regulatory Changes
April 2008
Select E-FlashW+SEL Helps Exploration Company and First Nation Reach Agreement
Select E-FlashIPSP – Ontario Energy Board Issues Decision
Select E-FlashOntario Brownfields: New QP Regulation Cedes Control to Engineers and Geoscientists
March 2008
Select E-FlashSummary of Canada’s Climate Change Regulatory Framework Announcement (March 10, 2008)
Select E-FlashAboriginal Law: Kemess North Mine Refused by Government
July 2007
Select E-FlashOntario’s 3Rs Regulations: Ramping Up Inspections of Businesses for 3Rs Compliance
Select E-FlashEnvironmental Penalties Spill Regime Now In Force
Select E-FlashClean Water Act, 2006 Proclaimed in Force July 3, 2007
March 2007
Select E-FlashOntario Brownfields Clean-Up Standards To Be Revised
Select E-FlashW+SEL's Donna Shier on Canada's Best Environmental Lawyers List
January 2007
Select E-FlashMining: Civil Immunity For "Good Samaritan" Mine Rehabilitation
Select E-FlashOntario MOE proposes Brownfields Changes
October 2006
Select E-FlashProposed Moe Spill Report and Plan Requirements
Select E-FlashOdours Are Public Nuisance: Newmarket Gets Injunction
August 2006
Select E-FlashOntario MOE Begins Enforcement of 3Rs Regulations
Select E-FlashRegulatory Amendments Proposed For Recycling, Alternative Fuels, New Waste Technologies
March 2006
Select E-FlashOntario Reduces Reporting Burden - 127/01
Select E-FlashStorage Tanks 2006 - Now Available!
December 2005
Select E-FlashNew Ontario Source Protection Law: Proposed Clean Water Act, 2005
November 2005
Select E-FlashOntario Court of Appeal Dismisses Obstruction Charge -Leaves Door Open To Charge Spill Reporters
July 2005
Select E-FlashBrownfields Consultation Mandatory for CPU
June 2005
Select E-FlashBrownfields Mandatory RSC Filing Takes Effect October 1, 2005
Select E-FlashSpills Bill 133 Passes
May 2005
Select E-FlashOntario's New Air Emissions Regulation Posted
Tougher Air Emissions Regime Coming
April 2005
Select E-FlashOntario Environmental Assessment Recommendations Released For Consultation
Select E-FlashBill 133 - You Spill You Pay! Goes to Committee
Changes May Be Coming
February 2005
Select E-FlashNew provincial policy statement takes effect March 1
Planning act now requires decisions
December 2004
Select E-FlashNew Water Taking / Source Protection Initiatives

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