Feds gut environmental assessment (again). Public in the dark (again). By Adam Driedzic Staff Counsel, Environmental Law Centre You don’t have to be an environmentalist to be concerned with...
MEDIA RELEASE SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE PROTECTS THE ENVIRONMENT Edmonton, AB, 9 July 2010 – In the past few months, the Environmental Law Centre (ELC) has been actively...
Be sure to check the ELC website Staff Counsel members have been hard at work providing comments on proposed Alberta parks legislation, Bill C-9 (Jobs and...
Current plans, even if implemented appear to aim to keep the species in a perpetually threatened and in a declining habitat, without a truly viable...
We should take gravity more seriously No, not the apple on the head gravity, rather the gravity of potential harms arising from human activities on the...
ELC Comments on Proposed Alberta Parks Legislation Click here to read the ELC's comments on proposed new parks legislation in Alberta. (pdf) ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTRE: The...
Environmental Rights: Bill C-469 moves forward By Adam Driedzic, Staff Counsel Federal Bill C-469, the Private Members’ proposal for a Canadian Environmental Bill of Rights, has passed...
Canadian government decides that your sewage doesn’t stink for up to 30 years from now Last week, the Canadian Press reported the results of a two-year...
Bill C-311, riding on a wave of political apathy, represents a failure to take risks on real measures. Targets are the ends, but legislators...
Cindy Chiasson on CBC's The Current this morning speaking about Bill C-9 (Budget Bill). Listen to the audio recording on the CBC's website. ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL LAW...
Wondering what we've been up to? Check out the ELC's 2009 Annual Report. (PDF) ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTRE: The Environmental Law Centre (ELC) has been seeking strong...
Aboriginal peoples and the future of water management in Alberta The Canadian Institute of Resources Law has an interesting conference coming up: Aboriginal Peoples and the...