Looking back at 30 years of environmental law; conservation easements in Alberta; governance for environmental outcomes; back to the Oldman...
Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 2012; Fisheries Act changes; Alberta’s single energy regulator;
...Charities and political activity; Northern Gateway Project and the joint review process; assessing environmental risks; Enbridge risk assessment; super-boards and...
Taking the political route; environmental platforms; SLAPP suits; getting heard through petitions; lessons learned from “Potatogate”
...Navigable waters may be litigable waters if Bill C-45 passes As has been widely reported, the second omnibus budget...
Optimistic policy is not what Woodland Caribou need The federal Recovery Strategy for the Woodland Caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou),...
An approval too far: Cumulative effects must be considered prior to approving activities The Government of Alberta (GOA) has...
Closed waters: Managing toxins in Alberta’s surface waters will be far from simple A recent study about high microcystin...
Rio +20 = 1867? Canada’s interesting math On the verge of the end of Rio +20 and the passage...
Environmental assessment and duplication: “Don’t we have a photocopier?” There is significant rhetoric around how the federal and provincial...
Is basic science taking a back seat in policy development? There is a mantra that I hear all too...
Pipelines and participation: Radical rhetoric, planning and public interest There has been significant ink devoted to the recent pipeline...
Twas an Alberta night before Christmas (adapted from Twas the Night Before Christmas, C. Moore or H. Livingston) Twas...
Court directs precaution in pesticide review case A recent decision from the Federal Court of Canada is notable for...
Who governs the government?; challenging administrative decisions; remedies through judicial review; public participation update, standing and costs
...Where do laws come from?; Is this a law?; reading and interpreting statutes and regulations; rights to participate in municipal...
Grassland management; recreation and water; the Greater Sage Grouse; water transfers; contaminated land regulation
...What is standing and why should you care?; Alberta’s energy regulators split on common mandate; the ERCB and consistency in...
Cumulative environmental defects The Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development released a report yesterday covering the federal government’s...
The one-two punch for Alberta’s Woodland Caribou Within the past 7 days the federal and provincial governments published documents...
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