Climate Change and the Law: A Primer for Alberta Part One: An Introduction to Climate Change Mitigation in Alberta 30% Renewable Energy in Alberta by 2030: Where are we now? The Environmental Law Centre...
ELC presents Green Regs and Ham: Coastal Conundrums April 15, Edmonton THIS EVENT IS NOW OVER. Please check here for future events. NOTE - TICKET SALES ARE NOW CLOSED Coastal environmental concerns are...
Moving from Conversion to Conservation: Intermunicipal Planning and Agricultural Lands Alberta has lost and continues to lose valuable agricultural lands. As found in the Alberta Land Institute’s Economic Evaluation of Farmland...
Climate Change Litigation in Canada: Environnement Jeunesse v. Canada This past November, ENvironnement JEUnesse (ENJEU), an environmental nonprofit in Quebec, applied to bring a class action lawsuit against the Government of Canada...
Keeping up the PACE: An Update on the Pace Program and Associated Regulations A previous blog post “Picking up the PACE and Running with City Charters: An Update on Municipal Government Act”...
Future Flows: maintaining environmental flows through precaution and adaptation The Environmental Law Centre is calling for a rethinking of water law and policy in Alberta. The ELC's report Future Flows: climate...
The Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development Reports: Fall 2018 Edition In late 2018, the Commissioner of Environment and Sustainable Development (CESD) released her Fall 2018 Reports. There are four...
New Small Scale Generation Regulation aims to fill the gap between micro-generation and large utility companies On November 22, 2018, the Government of Alberta (GoA) released the Small Scale Generation Regulation (SSGR)[1], in force on January 1, 2019. This regulation clarifies the regulatory process...
ELC Regulatory Watch: MD of Pincher Creek denies Windy Point Wind Farm Development Permits As part of the Alberta Climate Leadership Plan (ALCP), the Government of Alberta has committed to have 30%...
Alberta Energy Regulator finalizes new Methane Requirements for Upstream Oil and Gas As set out in Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) Bulletin 2018-37 issued December 13, new requirements meant to reduce methane...
ELC Regulatory Watch: Upcoming AER appeal will shed light on EPEA approval amendments The Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) recently amended an Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act (EPEA) approval to add conditions...
Habitat, what habitat? The Greater Sage-Grouse emergency order and a call for heightened due diligence [Revised] This story is about investing in activities that occur in the habitat of species at...