On November 16, a federal court quashed Canada’s ‘plastics ban’ in a lawsuit filed on behalf of several Big Plastic industry members, including Dow Chemical, Nova Chemicals Corporation, and Imperial Oil.

On Monday, November 27, 2023, Alberta’s legislature tabled a resolution to invoke its controversial Alberta Sovereignty Within a United Canada Act for the first time. The Act allows Alberta’s legislature to pass resolutions to identify and disregard specific federal legislation or policies as either unconstitutional or causing harm to Albertans.

The Supreme Court of Canada found a large part of the federal Impact Assessment Act unconstitutional in an advisory opinion issued on October 13, 2023.

The first phase of the European Union’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism has taken effect. The new rules aim to ensure EU businesses are not disadvantaged by the bloc’s ambitious decarbonization efforts.

Amidst embarrassing revelations of procedural irregularities and ethics violations, both Ontario’s Housing Minister and his Chief of Staff have resigned in quick succession, while the RCMP ponders launching a formal investigation into their conduct. We explain what happened in Ontario’s Greenbelt privation scandal and why.

Montana youth climate activists’ recent legal victory against pro-fossil fuel state policies resulted in a narrow but consequential precedent for international climate jurisprudence.

Canada’s federal government has proposed a framework policy to phase out certain “inefficient” fossil fuel industry subsidies.

On June 27, 2023, the Government of Canada announced the launch of its National Adaptation Strategy, set out in a framework plan which identifies various goals and focus areas for future climate adaptation-related policies and investments.

The proposed Canadian Sustainable Jobs Act seeks to establish a framework by which Canada’s government will plan for and assist the national workforce in transitioning to a new, more sustainable economy.

Canada’s parliament is in the final staging of passing updates to Canada’s principal environmental law, including legal recognition of a right to a healthy environment.