Author: Environmental Law Centre

  • Environmental Rights and Principles
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Volume 1: An Introduction to Market-Based Instruments & the Alberta Land Stewardship Act
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  • Environmental Rights and Principles
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Environmental Rights Module 3: Citizen Enforcement
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  • Environmental Rights and Principles
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Environmental Rights Module 2: Third Party Oversight
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  • Environmental Rights and Principles
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Environmental Rights Module 1: Substantive Environmental Rights
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  • Environmental Rights and Principles
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Environmental Rights. Phase 1: Do we have the rights we need?
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  • Land Use
  • Climate Change and Energy
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The collateral costs of abandoned wells

The collateral costs of abandoned wells   By Chinomso Iliya-Ndule & Jason Unger When a headline starts with “Taxpayers could...

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  • Climate Change and Energy
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Climate Change Legal Roadmap: Carbon Pricing Recommendations for Alberta: Lessons from the Latest Developments in WCI Jurisdictions
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  • Municipal Government Act, Sustainable Communities
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Mind the Gap: the Municipal Government Act needs to bridge environmental management

Mind the Gap: The Municipal Government Act needs to bridge environmental management   The ongoing review of Alberta’s Municipal Government...

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Federal government initiates review of federal environmental regulation: time to rollback the rollbacks?
The Government of Canada announced today that it will be pursuing consultation on federal environmental regulations...
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  • Environmental Rights and Principles
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Market Based Instruments Advanced Property Rights Backgrounder
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  • Environmental Rights and Principles
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Market Based Instruments Property Rights Backgrounder
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  • Ecosystems and Biodiversity
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2016: Managing recreation on public land: How does Alberta compare? ADDENDUM
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  • Climate Change and Energy
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Oil and gas well site reclamation, polluter pays and pie crust promises

Oil and gas well site reclamation, polluter pays and pie crust promises   As was reported last week, a large...

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  • Public Participation
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Environmental Rights Act: the “rights” path to sustainability

Environmental Rights Act: the “rights” path to sustainability   Update: The Environmental Rights Act died on the order paper. A...

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  • Cumulative Effects, Land Use
  • Ecosystems and Biodiversity
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Biodiversity Management Framework

Biodiversity Management Framework   The Environmental Law Centre (ELC) has been involved with the Land Use Framework (LUF) and Alberta...

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Market Based Instruments Backgrounder – Overview
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  • Environmental Assessment
  • Pollution and Human Health
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A Solstice Jingle

A Solstice Jingle   A light-hearted look back at 2015 is in order. (This time to “Jingle Bells” – nice...

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  • Environmental Rights and Principles
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2015: Managing recreation on public land: How does Alberta compare?
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  • Public Participation, Water, Water management, Watershed management
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Government as sole protector of instream flows: let’s expand who we trust

Government as sole protector of instream flows: let’s expand who we trust   Water Conservation Trust of Canada v Alberta...

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  • Cumulative Effects, Land Use, Species at Risk, Water
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Conservation directives: an unknown and untested tool

Conservation directives: an unknown and untested tool   When we think of protecting Alberta’s landscapes there are a variety of...

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2015- In Water We Trust? Engaging Albertans in Restoration and Maintenance of Environmental Flows
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