Author: Rebecca Kauffman

Leasing your Land for Solar Energy

Leasing your Land for Solar Energy In conjunction with our recently released report Here Comes the Sun: Solar Law in...

Leasing your Condo for Solar Energy

Leasing your Condo for Solar Energy In conjunction with our recently released report Here Comes the Sun: Solar Law in...

So, you want to start a solar co-op?

So, you want to start a solar co-op?   In conjunction with our recently released report Here Comes the Sun:...

New ELC Publication – Here Comes the Sun: Solar Law in Alberta

New ELC Publication – Here Comes the Sun: Solar Law in Alberta The ELC is pleased to announce the publication...

Bank Swallows and Motorsports

Bank Swallows and Motorsports: In the race to save species at risk, we need to pick up the pace  ...

On the Road to 2050: The Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act

On the Road to 2050: The Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act On June 29, 2021, more than 7 months after...

An Update to CEPA – A long time coming or too little, too late?

An Update to CEPA – A long time coming or too little, too late?   On April 13, 2021, the...

Climate Litigation in Canada – An Update

Climate Litigation in Canada – An Update   Earlier this month, we released a blog post on climate litigation in...

Climate Litigation in Canada and beyond – Where are we in 2020?

Climate Litigation in Canada and beyond – Where are we in 2020? This is the fifth post in our recent...

The Supreme Court of Canada prevents a SLAPP-ing

The Supreme Court of Canada prevents a SLAPP-ing   Decision considered: 1704604 Ontario Ltd. v Pointes Protection Association, 2020 SCC...

Sun & the Law: Harnessing Germany’s Solar Power for Alberta

Sun & the Law: Harnessing Germany’s Solar Power for Alberta If we are going to successfully pursue our climate goals,...

Good Riddance: Reduce, Reuse, Reread

Good Riddance: Reduce, Reuse, Reread   In 2003, the Environmental Law Centre (ELC) published the second edition of ‘Good Riddance’,...

Waste Management in Alberta: ELC publishes two reports on waste management and reduction in the province

Waste Management in Alberta:ELC publishes two reports on waste management and reduction in the province   Waste management is clearly...

Climate Change Litigation – 1 step forward, 2 steps back

Climate Change Litigation – 1 step forward, 2 steps back   Climate litigation is still very new and Canada did...

Woodland Caribou vs. Everybody

Woodland Caribou vs. Everybody   When you think of Canada and its wildlife, there are a few iconic animal species...

Access to Environmental Justice: Costs and scientific uncertainty raise barriers to protecting communities

Access to Environmental Justice: Costs and scientific uncertainty raise barriers to protecting communities   For Access to Justice week in...

Climate Change and the Law: Regulating Geothermal

Regulating Geothermal: How do we own heat? Climate Change and the Law: A Primer for Alberta Part One: An Introduction...

Climate Change and the Law: Solar Rights – Can anyone really have a right to sun?

Climate Change and the Law: A Primer for Alberta Part One: An Introduction to Climate Change Mitigation in Alberta Solar...

Climate Change and the Law: An Introduction to Mitigation in Alberta

Climate Change and the Law: A Primer for Alberta Part One: An Introduction to Climate Change Mitigation in Alberta 30%...

Keeping up the PACE: An Update on the Pace Program and Associated Regulations

Keeping up the PACE: An Update on the Pace Program and Associated Regulations   A previous blog post “Picking up...

New Small Scale Generation Regulation aims to fill the gap between micro-generation and large utility companies

New Small Scale Generation Regulation aims to fill the gap between micro-generation and large utility companies   On November 22,...

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