Environmental

Our world has entered a new era of environmental awareness. The laws that govern this area continue to develop at an expansive pace and today’s institutions, corporations and governments require legal professionals who understand the sophisticated challenges inherent in this area of law. Macleod Dixon environmental lawyers specialize in environmental finance, emissions trading, energy market transition and renewable electricity finance law, as well as related areas such as natural resource, Aboriginal and water law.

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REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE

Predecessor legislation regarding oil and gas wells

Under predecessor legislation to the Canadian Nuclear Safety and Control Act, we provided regulatory advice to a client who was forced to abandon an oil and gas well with a well logging tool licensed by federal nuclear regulators irretrievably stuck deep in the well bore.

NORMs Long-term Storage

For over ten years we have acted for a client with two large naturally occurring radioactive materials (NORMs) long-term storage sites in Alberta. The scope of this ongoing retainer includes analysis of the Act and regulations to avoid legislative and civil liabilities to the owner, local and provincial land use planning matters to ensure future development of the sites is controlled or prohibited, interaction with local, provincial and federal regulators, and contract law advice on the decommissioning, remediation and reclamation of the sites.

Extensive Kyoto Expertise

Natural Gas Transmission and Power Company
Advising on the international trade implications (NAFTA, WTO) of Canadian implementation of the Kyoto Protocol.

Global Emissions/Carbon Consultant
Providing legal analysis of the Kyoto Protocol and Baseline Protection Initiative.

African-based Resource Company
Advising on the ability to create international emission commodities from a project owned by a Kyoto Party but based in the territory of a non-Party.

Multi-National Energy Company
Opining individually on the ability to pass through Kyoto-related costs resulting from: (i) legislation/regulation; and (ii) environmental covenants, under long term contractual arrangements.

Various
Acting through the Canadian International Development Agency in Brazil to raise capacity and awareness of legal issues surrounding the Kyoto Protocol, the CDM, and climate change within the Brazilian legal community.

Large Wind Power Developer

We advised on precedent-setting cross border fund-related purchase and sale of Renewable Energy Certificates from wind power facilities into the US North East Renewable Performance Standard markets.