07 Dec Seven Year Review of CEAA: An update
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...
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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...
Court directs precaution in pesticide review case A recent decision from the Federal Court of Canada is notable for its interpretation of the how the precautionary principle must guide government decisions...
Alberta Land Stewardship Act (ALSA): Digging Deeper (Webinar) The Alberta Land Stewardship Act (ALSA), which provides the legal framework for the province’s new land use planning and management system, has been...
ELC launches public interest standing project “Standing”: Basically the right to a hearing. Greatly in need of law reform. • Are you a lawyer for parties that represent public viewpoints? • Are you...
What does the future hold for the Alberta Land Stewardship Act? Two weeks have passed since Alison Redford became Alberta’s newest premier. One of her first statements as premier was that...
Cumulative environmental defects The Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development released a report yesterday covering the federal government’s climate change plans and cumulative environmental effects assessment of oil sands projects....
The one-two punch for Alberta's Woodland Caribou Within the past 7 days the federal and provincial governments published documents that may result in Alberta’s Woodland Caribou going down for the count. ...
Lower Athabasca Regional Plan: Conservation areas mean something A Draft Lower Athabasca Regional Plan has barely been public for a week and already the criticisms sound familiar: Conservation areas are based more...
Alberta Government puts $5m toward conservation easements A recent media release indicates that the Government of Alberta has created a Land Trust Grant program for the purchase and management of conservation...
Emergency order: Court wonders why some caribou herds need not survive A recent decision of the Federal Court has resulted in the setting aside of the federal Minister of Environment’s decision...
Buffalo Lake Integrated Shoreland Management Plan: A model for lake management? The Government of Alberta recently published the Buffalo Lake Integrated Shoreland Management Plan (BLISMP) with the view of managing current...
Timelines placed on federal comprehensive studies The Establishing Timelines for Comprehensive Studies Regulations under the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act were recently published in the Canada Gazette. These timelines apply to all...