Jason Unger, Author at Environmental Law Centre

12 Apr Announcing the ELC’s Upcoming Webinar Series

Posted at 20:10h in About ELC, Climate and Energy, Environmental Rights, Nature and Biodiversity, Public Participation, Sustainable Communities by Jason Unger 0 Comments

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The Environmental Law Centre is pleased to announce a new webinar series. The webinars are based on current areas of focus at the ELC and seek to address how laws and...

16 Feb Environmental Rights Module 6: Access to Justice and the Right to be Heard

Posted at 18:01h in Environmental Rights, Public Participation by Jason Unger 0 Comments

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The Environmental Law Centre is publishing a series of educational materials concerning legal rights related to environmental quality. This work is in support of enacting laws that will foster environmental...

14 Feb Bill 69 and the Impact Assessment Act: public trust regained or more of the same

Posted at 21:00h in Climate and Energy, Climate Change, Cumulative Effects, Environmental Assessment, Public Participation, Sustainable Communities by Jason Unger 0 Comments

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Bill 69 and the Impact Assessment Act: public trust regained or more of the same The Government of Canada’s promise to review the 2012 changes to various federal environmental laws has now...

24 Jan Our energy footprints: carbon emissions and privacy

Posted at 19:14h in Climate and Energy, Climate Change, Environmental Rights by Jason Unger 2 Comments

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Our energy footprints: carbon emissions and privacy We live in a data rich environment. We also leave a carbon footprint in our day to day lives. Current approaches to reducing emissions...

22 Dec Christmas Constitutional

Posted at 20:26h in Climate and Energy, Climate Change, Environmental Assessment by Jason Unger 0 Comments

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CHRISTMAS CONSTITUTIONAL As we gather for Christmas, I have decided to return to my habit of lightheartedly looking back at the year. (Looking back on previous years I am struck by...

23 Nov The cost of protecting the environment: Judicial and regulatory proceedings

Posted at 23:35h in Environmental Rights, Public Participation by Jason Unger 0 Comments

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The Cost of Protecting the Environment: Judicial and regulatory proceedings The Environmental Law Centre is publishing a series of educational materials concerning legal rights related to environmental quality. This work is...

02 Nov Delay, Environmental Offences and Private Prosecutions: The impact of R. v Jordan

Posted at 22:39h in Climate and Energy, Environmental Rights, Pollution & Emissions, Public Participation, Water by Jason Unger 0 Comments

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Delay, Environmental Offences and Private Prosecutions: The impact of R. v Jordan A case comment on the impact of Jordan in two recent environmental cases: R. v. The Lake Louise Ski Area...

29 Sep Environmental Bill of Rights: Action Today for Albertans Tomorrow

Posted at 16:04h in Environmental Rights by Jason Unger 3 Comments

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Environmental Bill of Rights: Action Today for Albertans Tomorrow The Environmental Law Centre thinks that future Albertans should be able to look to our laws as a source of pride for...

22 Mar Whirling disease and the law: a call for precautionary environmental management on World Water Day

Posted at 17:18h in Agriculture, Forestry & Mining, Cumulative Effects, Environmental Assessment, Nature and Biodiversity, Water, Water management, Watershed management by Jason Unger 0 Comments

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Whirling disease and the law: a call for precautionary environmental management on World Water Day Invasive species are a huge challenge for our ever shrinking world. Whirling disease being found in the...

08 Dec ENVIRONMENTAL RIGHTS IN ALBERTA Phase I: Do We Have the Rights We Need?

Posted at 21:50h in Environmental Rights, Public Participation, Sustainable Communities by Jason Unger 7 Comments

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In this paper, we look at what is a right to a healthy environment and why is it important. We examine what environmental rights look like, and look at procedural...

https://thenarwhal.ca/the-story-of-albertas-100-billion-well-liability-problem-how-did-we-get-here/

13 Sep The collateral costs of abandoned wells

Posted at 16:04h in Climate and Energy, Energy, Land Use, Pollution & Emissions by Jason Unger 1 Comment

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The collateral costs of abandoned wells By Chinomso Iliya-Ndule & Jason Unger When a headline starts with “Taxpayers could be on hook…” people take notice (–funnily enough the headline changed during the...

05 Jul Mind the Gap: the Municipal Government Act needs to bridge environmental management

Posted at 14:45h in Municipal Government Act, Sustainable Communities by Jason Unger 0 Comments

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Mind the Gap: The Municipal Government Act needs to bridge environmental management The ongoing review of Alberta’s Municipal Government Act (MGA), along with the proposed amendments introduced in Bill 21 this spring,...

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