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29 Feb Drought Watch 2024: Wetlands & Drought Management in Alberta

Posted at 11:42h in Climate and Energy, Climate Change, Water, Water management, Watershed management by Rebecca Kauffman 0 Comments

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“This winter, snowpack is below average, rivers are at record low levels and multiple reservoirs remain well below capacity.”[1] This is the stark introduction to a Government of Alberta announcement...

21 Feb Pollution Management and Contaminated Sites in Alberta: Current Challenges, Jurisdictional Approaches and Law Reforms

Posted at 09:07h in Climate and Energy by Jason Unger 0 Comments

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The Environmental Law Centre invites you to join our webinar discussion around contaminated sites and the law on February 27, 2024 at 12:00pm. Register here Alberta has thousands of estimated contaminated...

08 Jan Job Post: Staff counsel term position at the ELC

Posted at 22:02h in Job Opportunity by Jason Unger 0 Comments

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The Environmental Law Centre is seeking a lawyer to fill a term position as Staff Counsel. Our activities focus on law reform, research and public legal education in areas of environmental and natural resources...

18 Nov Maybe not the last (plastic) straw: Federal Court quashes federal order aimed at regulating “Plastic Manufactured Items”

Posted at 00:00h in Constitution, EPR Extended Producer Responsibility, Polluter Pays, Pollution & Emissions, Waste Management by Rebecca Kauffman 0 Comments

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(Photo: Horia Varlan from Bucharest, Romania, CC BY 2.0) ___________________________________________________________________________ Attempts by the federal government to tackle plastic pollution suffered a setback yesterday as the Federal Court of Canada quashed the federal...

16 Nov Join us for a panel discussion – The SCC Impact Assessment Act Decision: federal assessments – past, present, and future

Posted at 18:07h in Climate and Energy, Environmental Assessment, Indigenous Rights by Jason Unger 0 Comments

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Join our panelists Brenda Heelan Powell (ELC) and Prof. Andrew Leach, and Prof. Cameron Jefferies, from the Faculty of Law (University of Alberta) as we dive into the Supreme Court...

06 Nov A Better PACE for Alberta: ELC recommends law reforms to increase financing and flexibility of Alberta’s Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) programs

Posted at 21:48h in Climate and Energy, Climate Change, Energy, Municipal Government Act, Solar by Brenda Heelan Powell 0 Comments

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Since 2018, Alberta has had legislation which supports PACE programming via the Clean Energy Improvements Regulation (CEIP Regulation) and amendments to the Municipal Government Act (MGA).[1] The amendments to the...

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24 Oct The ELC looks forward to new opportunities as an affiliated institute with Faculty of Law at the University of Alberta

Posted at 20:02h in About ELC by Jason Unger 0 Comments

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The ELC is excited to share that we are now an affiliated institute with the Faculty of Law at the University of Alberta. We see this affiliation as a great...

18 Oct Federal role in assessing project impacts is reset, not rejected, by Supreme Court of Canada

Posted at 22:09h in Climate and Energy, Climate Change, Cumulative Effects, Environmental Assessment, Fisheries, Habitat, Nature and Biodiversity, Public Participation by Brenda Heelan Powell 0 Comments

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Authors: Brenda Heelan Powell & Jason Unger Has the Supreme Court of Canada dismantled the foundation of federal project assessments or have we simply reset the foundation of the past? Alberta...

14 Sep Alberta’s Renewables are on Hold: Utilities Commission Sets Path Forward to Gather Input

Posted at 15:05h in Climate and Energy, Renewable energy by Brenda Heelan Powell 1 Comment

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As has been widely reported, in early August, the Government of Alberta (GOA) unexpectedly placed a moratorium on the issuance of approvals for hydro developments and power plants producing renewable...

13 Jul The Right to a Healthy Environment (and more) in the Canadian Environmental Protection Act: A First for Canadians

Posted at 16:26h in Environmental Rights by Rebecca Kauffman 2 Comments

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In June 2023, the federal government finally amended the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, ostensibly, to reflect a modern interpretation of toxic substance management and environmental principles. The main changes to...

25 May The Next Government needs to address Alberta’s Fossil Fuel Liabilities Part 2

Posted at 16:50h in Climate and Energy, Climate Change, Energy, Polluter Pays by Brenda Heelan Powell 1 Comment

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The Next Government needs to address Alberta’s Fossil Fuel Liabilities Part 2: Oil Sands Fluid Tailings Management Part 1 of this blog (see here) looked at the end of life environmental liabilities...

24 May The Next Government needs to address Alberta’s Fossil Fuel Liabilities Part 1

Posted at 18:35h in Climate and Energy, Climate Change, Energy, Polluter Pays by Brenda Heelan Powell 0 Comments

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The Next Government needs to address Alberta’s Fossil Fuel Liabilities Part 1: Management of Liabilities, Orphans and Post-closure Sites The management of oil and gas liability in Alberta is not working. Estimates...