Core Principles for Environmental Assessment Following on the heels of a disappointing process for the seven-year review of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act (“CEAA”), core principles for environmental assessment laws have...
Is basic science taking a back seat in policy development? There is a mantra that I hear all too often in reference to environmental management. “We can’t manage what we don’t...
Castle logging tests public lands law Regulated access to public land in Alberta has undergone a major overhaul. As of September 2011, the Public Lands Administration Regulation is in force under...
The times, are they a-changin'? Standing and the ERCB For many years, one of the most troublesome points in environmental law in Alberta has been the very narrow scope of standing,...
EPA finds fracking causes water contamination A draft report from the US Environmental Protection Agency on fracking for natural gas in Wyoming found that disposal pits caused shallow groundwater contamination. The...
Core Environmental Principles for Environmental Laws, Policies and Legal Processes The Environmental Law Centre recognizes that the environment is a public good that must be protected. The Environmental Law Centre’s Strategic...
Pipelines and participation: Radical rhetoric, planning and public interest There has been significant ink devoted to the recent pipeline proposals in the United States and Canada linking oilsands production to world...
2011 in review The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here's an excerpt: The concert hall at the Syndey Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was...
Twas an Alberta night before Christmas (adapted from Twas the Night Before Christmas, C. Moore or H. Livingston) Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house Not a creature was stirring,...
Help us get it right in 2012: A note to our friends 2012 will be a significant year for our environment. Political change is in the wind, a provincial election is coming,...
Will Statoil's "creative sentencing" prevent illegal water use? Norwegian giant Statoil has pled guilty to breaching the terms of a Water Act license, joining Suncor and Syncrude as the third oil...
Seven Year Review of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act (CEAA): An update A comprehensive review of the provisions and operation of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act (CEAA) was due to be...