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Ontario Releases Ambitious Climate Change Action Plan

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June 8, 2016

This morning, Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne released Ontario’s Climate Change Action Plan (the “Plan”). The Plan outlines how the proceeds of Ontario’s Cap and Trade Program – estimated at between $5.9B and $8.3B over the next four years – will be invested in a variety of carbon reduction initiatives to meet legislated GHG reduction targets…

Ontario Proposes New Mandatory Energy & Water Reporting for Large Buildings

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March 14, 2016

On February 25th, Ontario’s Ministry of Energy released a proposed regulatory amendment to the Green Energy Act, which would require mandatory province-wide energy and water reporting for large buildings. In 2013, buildings were responsible for 19% of Ontario’s total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.[1] Mandatory tracking and reporting of energy use is seen as a key…