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To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. For Canada to meet its recently announced "Net Zero by 2050" climate commitment, reducing the carbon intensity of natural gas production, distribution and consumption is a priority - all the more so given Canada's bold ambition to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 40 to 45 per cent below 2005 levels by 2030 (announced on April 22, 2021, at the Leaders Summit on Climate). Renewable Natural Gas (RNG), also known as biomethane, is often seen as the key to decarbonizing the natural gas s...

GGPPA's constitutionality for encroaching on the provincial power to legislate over their natural resources. The  The  GGPPA is a federal law which aims to put a price on GHG emissions in Canada through binding "minimum national standards" on Canada's federal government and its provinces and territories. The pricing standards are divided in two parts: a regulatory charge on carbon-based fuels and an output-based emissions trading system for polluting industries. The  GGPPA  requires that all provincial and territorial governments establish a pollution pricing scheme that meets the nation...

Guest Commentary: Grateful to have served By Francis Rooney - | Jan 13, 2021 As my time serving Southwest Florida in Congress comes to a close, I would like to take a moment to reflect on what we have accomplished these last four years. One of my main reasons in running for Congress, and my most important focus, has been on developing a bipartisan commitment to Everglades restoration and water quality. When I was first elected, I began immediately to work on getting the funds appropriated to complete repairs of the Herbert Hoover Dike and to expedite completion of the major projects of the...

Guest Commentary: Grateful to have served By Francis Rooney - | Jan 13, 2021 As my time serving Southwest Florida in Congress comes to a close, I would like to take a moment to reflect on what we have accomplished these last four years. One of my main reasons in running for Congress, and my most important focus, has been on developing a bipartisan commitment to Everglades restoration and water quality. When I was first elected, I began immediately to work on getting the funds appropriated to complete repairs of the Herbert Hoover Dike and to expedite completion of the major projects of the ...

To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. Federalism and energy policy are once again dominating the national discussion. The situation is complicated by the emergence of the environment as an important constitutional subject that cuts across both sides of the division of powers allocated between federal and provincial governments by the Constitution. Due to their complexity, courts frequently rely upon flexible constitutionalism and the doctrine of cooperative federalism to resolve disputes. This article considers whether the inte...