Buying a Better Environment? Market-Based Instruments Project Backgrounder Now Available In Alberta, the Alberta Land Stewardship Act (ALSA) enables...
Fracking Fall Out Controversial spin-off industries expose gaps in regulation Click Here for some media coverage about a dispute...
And justice for whom? Questions of “standing” split the audience: Standing in Environmental Matters In late 2014 the Environmental...
The Regional ‘Plan to Plan’: South Saskatchewan Regional Plan South Saskatchewan Regional Plan Avoids the Hard Choices In September...
Does a flood mitigation “dry dam” require an environmental assessment? This question was raised at the Oldman Watershed Council...
Clearing the air on recreation and public land I have been misrepresented by the Lethbridge Herald in the June...
“Turning Around the Supertanker”: Municipal panel sheds light on environmental management challenges at Green Regs & Ham Three municipal...
Yet another denial of standing found unlawful BC court favors environmental groups, but “public interest standing” remains out of...
Quads on Lake Shores: What are the rules and the state of enforcement? The Alberta Lake Management Society has...
Question: Who wants to know about oil spills? Answer: No one who doesn’t ask. Here’s a little story from...
South Saskatchewan Regional Plan tests the Land Use Framework The Draft South Saskatchewan Regional Plan (Draft SSRP) is a...
Province acknowledges destructive recreation: upped enforcement or flavor of the month? “There’s no God-given right to mud-boggers” (Minister of...
Public interest standing: Environmental groups denied standing on water appeals Water brokerage puts water conservation at risk. An appeal...
Environmental groups respond to federal budget changes What exactly are the changes to environmental law proposed by the 2012...
Environmental Shock Doctrine The 2012 federal Budget Bill is out. Once again it will change environmental laws in ways...
Castle logging tests public lands law Regulated access to public land in Alberta has undergone a major overhaul. As...
EPA finds fracking causes water contamination A draft report from the US Environmental Protection Agency on fracking for natural...
Will Statoil’s “creative sentencing” prevent illegal water use? Norwegian giant Statoil has pled guilty to breaching the terms of...
ELC launches public interest standing project “Standing”: Basically the right to a hearing. Greatly in need of law reform....
Lower Athabasca Regional Plan: Conservation areas mean something A Draft Lower Athabasca Regional Plan has barely been public for...
Edmonton Food and Agriculture Policy Project On May 28th, a savvy Mayor used high noon at the Strathcona Farmers’...
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