Legal & Regulatory
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CanadaCarbon Levels & MeasurementDrought, Famine & WildfiresEnergy PoliticsFirst PeoplesLegal & RegulatorySevere Storms & Flooding
First Nations List Climate Action as First Priority for Next Federal Government
Just two days ahead of the official launch of Canada’s federal election, expected later this morning, the Assembly of First Nations released a policy ... -
BuildingsDemand & EfficiencyEnergy PoliticsLegal & RegulatoryPost-Carbon TransitionSupply Chains & ConsumptionUnited States
Trump’s Light Bulb Efficiency Rollback to Cost Consumers $14 Billion Per Year
In what one major business-environment coalition is calling an “unforced error”, the Trump administration is moving to weaken a George W. Bush-era light bulb ... -
Opioid Judgement Against Major Drugmaker Holds Hope for Court Action Against U.S. Fossils
A landmark Oklahoma court decision holding a major drugmaker responsible for its part in the opioid addiction crisis is catching the attention of the ... -
Bitumen BubbleCanadaCitiesHealth & SafetyHot SpotsLegal & RegulatoryPipelines/Rail TransportSub-National Governments
Trans Mountain Wouldn’t Respond Fast Enough to Burnaby Mountain Tank Farm Fire, Federal Regulator Concludes
Trans Mountain Corporation won’t be able to respond fast enough if one of the bitumen storage tanks in its massive Burnaby Mountain tank farm ... -
Auto & Alternative VehiclesEnergy PoliticsHealth & SafetyLegal & RegulatorySub-National GovernmentsUnited States
‘Cruel Parody of Anti-Trust Enforcement’ as Trump Justice Department Probes Automakers’ Emissions Deal with California
In what a New York Times editorial calls a “cruel parody of anti-trust enforcement”, the U.S. Justice Department has launched an investigation after four ... -
Bitumen BubbleCanadaCanada's Pipeline-Climate Policy ParadoxEnergy PoliticsFirst PeoplesLegal & RegulatoryPipelines/Rail Transport
Appeals Court to Hear First Nations’ Case on Trans Mountain Pipeline Re-Approval
Six British Columbia First Nations are getting ready for a “long road ahead”, in the words of Coldwater Indian Band Chief Lee Spahan, after ... -
Civil Liberties Lawsuit Says Ontario’s ‘Sticker Act’ Violates Free Speech Guarantees
The Ontario government is violating free speech provisions in the Canadian Constitution by forcing gas stations to display its propaganda stickers opposing the federal ... -
Arctic & AntarcticaBiodiversity & HabitatForests & DeforestationLegal & RegulatorySub-National GovernmentsUnited States
Trump Moves to Roll Back Protections for World’s Largest Intact Temperate Rainforest
Donald Trump and U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue are planning to roll back Bill Clinton-era logging restrictions in Alaska’s 16.7-million-acre/6.75-million-hectare Tongass National Forest, exposing ... -
Energy PoliticsLegal & RegulatoryMethaneOil & GasPipelines/Rail TransportShale & FrackingUnited States
Trump Methane Rollback Sows Divisions Among U.S. Fossils
The Trump administration drove a wedge into the U.S. fossil industry last week with a proposal to roll back Obama-era regulations to control climate-busting ... -
CanadaClimate Action/"Blockadia"Energy PoliticsEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsLegal & RegulatoryMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionSub-National Governments
Sticker Campaign Counters Ontario Carbon Tax Propaganda as Ford Government Launches Supreme Court Challenge
A new non-partisan volunteer group in Ontario is handing out free pro-carbon-tax stickers to counter the mandatory propaganda campaign mounted earlier this year by ... -
CanadaClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsEnergy PoliticsEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsLegal & Regulatory
Liberals Would Not Raise Carbon Tax During a Second Term, But Might Talk About It: McKenna
A re-elected Liberal government that took office this fall would not raise the federal carbon tax above its current 2022 threshold of C$50 per ...
