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Canada’s Landlords Need Green Incentives

When it comes to getting landlords to retrofit the buildings responsible for up to 18% of Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions, bad incentives are leading to bad outcomes.

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US Congress Passes Historic Climate Spending Bill

On Friday, the United States House of Representatives passed the Inflation Reduction Act, clearing the way for President Biden to imminently sign the legislation, which passed the Senate last week, into law.

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Canada Proposes Oil Industry "Cap and Cut" Emission Reduction Options

Environment and Climate Change Canada is considering two options to put a steadily-lowering ‘cap’ on oil and gas sector emissions: a national oil industry cap and trade program, or additional regulations under the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act that could result in an industry-specific carbon pricing rate.

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Canada Launches Regulated Carbon Offset Program

On Wednesday, Canada launched its Greenhouse Gas Offset Credit System to regulate the sale of carbon offsets under the national carbon pricing law. The program will allow registered parties to generate and sell verified carbon offset credits issued by Canada’s federal environmental agency, Environment and Climate Change Canada.

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SEC Proposes ESG Standards Rule

On Wednesday, the US Securities and Exchange Commission proposed a regulation to establish standardized requirements for funds marketed as featuring environmental, social, and governance (ESG) characteristics.

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Ontario Election 2022: Comparing Parties’ Climate Plans

With the writ dropped for Ontario’s 2022 election on June 2, voters must decide what the next four years of provincial environmental policy will look like. To assist, we’ve outlined some of the key features and differences between the four major parties’ climate and environment plans, and provided a short analysis to illustrate what’s good, what’s bad, and what’s missing in each party’s proposal.

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Ontario Quietly Updated Its Climate Plan

The new plan is to “coast”, in the words of Greenpeace Canada, largely on initiatives either begun by the previous provincial Liberal government (i.e., coal-fired power generation phase-out) or mandated by the current federal Liberal government (i.e., carbon pricing).

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Canada Releases First Report Under Climate Accountability Law

The recent 271 page report describes, sector by sector, how Canada’s emissions are being generated, and what policies the federal government - budgeting $9.1 billion in new climate-related spending - is planning or implementing to decarbonize Canada’s economy, with a near term goal of 40-45% emissions reduction (as compared to 2005 levels) by 2030.

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