23 Feb Is Canada ready for the 2015 Paris Climate Change Conference?
Canada needs to have a strong, ambitious national carbon pricing policy in time for the 2015 Paris climate change conference. ...
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12 Feb What Lies Beneath? Buyer Beware.
What Lies Beneath? Buyer Beware. ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTRE: The Environmental Law Centre (ELC) has been seeking strong and effective environmental laws since it was founded in 1982. The ELC is...
02 Feb NEB begins cross-country consultation on pipeline safety
NEB begins cross-country consultation on pipeline safety The National Energy Board (the “NEB”) recently began its public engagement initiative relating to pipeline safety [the information about the cross-country engagement initiative in...
29 Jan What Lies Beneath? Buyer Beware.
What Lies Beneath? Buyer Beware. It’s every homeowner’s nightmare: You buy a home, move in, then find out there’s an abandoned gas well beneath, leaking and contaminating your property. Think it...
28 Jan Of backhoes and water woes: reviewing the breadth of landscaping regulation under the Water Act.
Of backhoes and water woes: reviewing the breadth of landscaping regulation under the Water Act We are not all hydrologists or hydrogeologists and this is likely a good thing (otherwise we...
26 Jan NEW at the ELC! Environmental Site Assessment Repository Search Service
Environmental Site Assessment Repository Search Service We are very pleased to announce a new Environmental Law Centre service! The Environmental Site Assessment Repository Search is a search of Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development's...
26 Jan The Regional ‘Plan to Plan’: South Saskatchewan Regional Plan
The Regional ‘Plan to Plan’: South Saskatchewan Regional Plan South Saskatchewan Regional Plan Avoids the Hard Choices In September 2014 the Government of Alberta released the first South Saskatchewan Regional Plan (SSRP)...
14 Jan Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency seeks comments on its Cumulative Effects Guideline
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency seeks comments on its Cumulative Effects Guideline Following significant changes to the federal environmental assessment regime, the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (CEA Agency) continues to revisit its...
05 Jan ELC Blog – 2014 in review
ELC Blog - 2014 in review The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. Here's an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people....
22 Dec Omnibus budgets bills that transformed Canada’s environmental laws visited by the Federal Court
Omnibus budgets bills that transformed Canada’s environmental laws visited by the Federal Court The Federal Court issued its decision in Courtoreille v Governor General in Council 2014 FC 1244 on December...
09 Dec Calmar: What lies beneath?
Calmar: What lies beneath? Yesterday the Edmonton Journal ran a piece called “Five years, five homes demolished and gas keeps bubbling from the deep.” It’s a story about any homeowner’s nightmare:...
20 Oct Is Canada prepared to meet the challenges of the future?
Is Canada prepared to meet the challenges of the future? Earlier this month, the Report of the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development (the “Report”) was released. This Report is...