Update on the Alberta Energy Regulator’s Best-in-Class Initiative Earlier this month, we had the opportunity to participate in the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER)’s Best-in-Class Initiative. This initiative is being conducted by...
Do Courts Take Judicial Notice of Climate Change? At the recent 2015 Canadian Bar Association Symposium on "Environment in the Courtroom” in Calgary, I delivered a presentation on the topic “Judicial Notice of...
Pollution Pocketbook #1: Who pays for pollution? Pollution pocketbook is a short blog series regarding how our laws and policies incorporate the polluter pays principle. [caption id="" align="alignright" width="270"] Imperial Refinery,...
Fracking Fall Out Controversial spin-off industries expose gaps in regulation Click Here for some media coverage about a dispute over the storage of fracking sand in Penhold, Alberta. Here is some more coverage...
OWC interviews ELC Counsel Adam Driedzic on Watershed Stewardship The Oldman Watershed Council (OWC) interviewed Adam Driedzic, Staff Counsel at the Environmental Law Center (ELC), for the film "Oldman Goes to...
Brenda Heelan Powell, ELC Counsel, participates in AER’s Best-in-Class Regulator Initiative Brenda Heelan Powell, Staff Counsel at the Environmental Law Center (ELC), has been selected to participate in the Alberta Energy...
ELC Counsel Jason Unger on Water Quality in Alberta Panel Discussion In celebration of Canadian Water Day last March 22, 2015, the Strathcona County invited Jason Unger, Staff Counsel at the...
Municipal Government Act Review Update: Bill 20 is introduced and it’s disappointing Earlier this month, the Alberta government introduced its proposed amendments to the Municipal Government Act (MGA) in the form...
And justice for whom? Questions of "standing" split the audience: Standing in Environmental Matters In late 2014 the Environmental Law Centre released what might be the first comprehensive Report on Standing in...
Springbank dry dam and environmental assessments In today’s Calgary Herald: “Prentice confident Springbank dry dam most cost-effective option to protect Calgary.” The article outlines the reasons behind building a dry reservoir around...
Paying for pollution: who should be on the hook for environmental harm? Our lives invariably cause a level of pollution: we drive, we use chemicals to clean our clothes and our...
Buyer Beware: What happened before on that property you're thinking about buying? Today’s Edmonton Journal features an article about Alberta Environment ordering Leduc County to clean up a former landfill and...