Michael T. Pickersgill

Monthly Climate Change Update - November 2009
Tyson Dyck, Patricia A. Koval, Dennis E. Mahony, Michael T. Pickersgill, November 18, 2009
On October 28, 2009, the Federal Court of Appeal rejected the appeal of Friends of the Earth (FOTE), an environmental non-profit organization, which alleged that the federal government had not fulfilled its obligations under the Kyoto Protocol Implementation Act (KPIA). The KPIA requires, among...

Canadian Legislators Still Debating Bill to Impose Social Responsibility Standards on Mining Companies
Michael T. Pickersgill, John A. Terry, November 2, 2009
The federal parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development has extended until January 28, 2010 its review of Bill C-300, a private member's bill whose stated purpose is to ensure that mining and oil and gas companies with operations in developing countries, and that...

Climate Change: U.S. Senate Releases Climate Change Bill, and Other Recent Developments
Patricia A. Koval, Dennis E. Mahony, Michael T. Pickersgill, Tyson Dyck, October 8, 2009
On October 1, 2009, the U.S. Senate released a draft energy and climate change bill - known as the Kerry-Boxer bill after its sponsors Senators John Kerry and Barbara Boxer. The Kerry-Boxer bill is similar in many respects to the Waxman-Markey bill that was passed in the U.S. House of...