Varcoe: Province unveils new plan to tackle old wells and environmental liabilities
Governments of different political stripes have tried for years to solve the Rubik’s Cube of Alberta’s broken oilpatch liability management system that oversees the cleanup of thousands of oil and gas wells.
Varcoe: Province unveils new plan to tackle old wells and environmental liabilities
Governments of different political stripes have tried for years to solve the Rubik’s Cube of Alberta’s broken oilpatch liability management system...
When a company no longer needs a well to support its oil and gas development, the well must be permanently sealed and taken out of service. This part of the closure process is known as abandonment.
Bill 197: Understanding the exemptions for Indigenous communities in Ontario’s EA reforms
Ontario's reform focuses on reducing process and consultation for "EA", but preserves specific consultation rights for Indigenous communities.
Land reclamation industry concerned with delays in Alberta’s $1B well cleanup program
Only 2.7% of remediation applications approved, according to industry survey
Planning key to avoiding getting in too deep with new excess soil regulation
The implementation of Ontario’s new excess soil regulation has been delayed until January 2021, to the relief of some stakeholders.
What is and is not modernized in Ontario’s re-write of its Environmental Assessment Act
Overall, the amended Act fails to deliver the vision of modernization set out in this Government's 2019 discussion paper on environmental assessment ("EA")
Ontario’s AG to investigate process that passed Bill 197 to streamline EAs
12 environmental groups are sounding the alarm on newly passed Ontario legislation that made sweeping changes to environmental laws.
The concept of investors using the environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance of a company to guide investment decisions is taking hold globally.
‘What they’re doing is potentially illegal’: Kingston MPP wants investigation into Bill 197
Kingston-area MPP, Ian Arthur, is sounding the alarm after the Ontario government passed an economic recovery bill on Tuesday without public consultation.
