¶ Published Monday, December 7th at %I:%M %p ∞ In Environment ∞ No Comments »
On December 3rd, Ontario passed Bill 185, amending the Environmental Protection Act to provide a framework for a cap-and-trade system for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the province. The amended act now allows Ontario to join other cap-and-trade systems systems in North America and abroad.
It authorizes the Environment Minister to regulate emissions trading and [...]
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Martin Wolf of the Financial Times offers three criteria for post-Copenhagen climate change policies to be truly effective.
First, we need prices for carbon that apply over relevant planning horizons. That price cannot be fixed forever, but must change with events. But it needs to be far more stable than in the European Union’s market for [...]
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The Ontario government is seeking comments on a draft Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions Reporting regulation that would phase in requirements and support the implementation of a cap and trade program that can link to other GHG systems. This proposal has been posted for a 30 day public review and comment period starting October 07, 2009 [...]
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In my latest article for National magazine, I assess some of the challenges facing lawyers and businesses in addressing the growing patchwork of climate change legislation.
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Dianne Saxe discusses the options available to Ottawa and the provincial governments when it comes to climate change legislation. Here’s what she has to say about Ontario’s current situation:
“Comments on Ontario’s cap and trade plan are due in three weeks, on July 24. However, the policy context has changed dramatically since Ontario’s discussion paper was [...]
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On May 27, 2009, Ontario’s first Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Bill 185 was introduced. If passed, this Bill will allow Ontario to develop a cap-and-trade system, and integrate it with the other systems being developed in other Canadian jurisdictions and the United States, as Ontario is member of the Western Climate Initiative. This Bill will [...]
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I attended the CCCA’s spring conference in Montreal this week where the keynote speaker was Jeff Rubin, until recently the chief strategist and chief economist at CIBC World Markets, and who’s now coming out with a new book in May.
According to Rubin the current global economic downturn was caused by high oil prices, [...]
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Ontario seems to be taking a lead in consultations aimed at designing a greenhouse gas cap-and-trade system. In December the province released its discussion paper on the issue. Gowlings gives a good breakdown of the details.
A copy of the discussion paper can be found here. Comments will be accepted until March 3, 2009, [...]
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