02 Dec Action on Climate Needed Now!
Action on Climate Needed Now! The Commissioner of Environment and Sustainable Development releases his Fall 2021 Report Since 1995, the Office of the Auditor General of Canada has a mandate related to...
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25 Nov Extended Producer Responsibility in Alberta: A Few Inches Forward
Extended Producer Responsibility in Alberta: A Few Inches Forward On November 15, 2021, the provincial Minister of Environment and Parks, Jason Nixon, introduced Bill 83, which is the Environmental Protection and...
03 Nov On the wrong path: the proposed Trails Act needs changes to ensure trail management reflects science
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE On the wrong path: the proposed Trails Act needs changes to ensure trail management reflects science Edmonton, Alberta - November 3, 2021 - The Trails Act (Bill 79) was tabled...
29 Oct The right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment is recognized as a universal human right
The right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment is recognized as a universal human right On October 5th, the UN’s Human Rights Council passed Resolution 48/13 (the Resolution) recognizing...
28 Oct Changes made to Alberta’s forest laws in May 2021 but has anything really changed?
Changes made to Alberta’s forest laws in May 2021 but has anything really changed? The need to shift to managing forests not forestry Earlier this year, changes were made to the Forests...
26 Oct A Yearly Update on Climate Change Litigation, the 2021 Edition
A Yearly Update on Climate Change Litigation, the 2021 Edition [perfectpullquote align="left" bordertop="true" cite="" link="" color="#42678f" class="" size="15"] If you are interested in reading about about climate change litigation cases we've...
21 Oct Accounting for Nature: The Kananaskis Conservation Pass
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Accounting for Nature: The Kananaskis Conservation Pass In 2022, the Environmental Law Centre (“ELC”) will be releasing a report about the funding of conservation. For our purposes, conservation funding broadly refers to...
13 Oct Reimagining Rivers: Animals as Legal Beings – Webinar October 29
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Reimagining Rivers: Animals as Legal Beings – Contesting Anthropocentric Legal Orders Friday, October 29 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm MDT Professor Maneesha Deckha (UVic) and Assistant Professor Jessica Eisen (UAlberta)...
28 Sep Here Comes the Sun: Solar Access in Alberta
Here Comes the Sun: Solar Access in Alberta If you have been keeping up with the ELC blog, you may remember the first blog post we wrote about solar access, back...
21 Sep Leasing your Land for Solar Energy
Leasing your Land for Solar Energy In conjunction with our recently released report Here Comes the Sun: Solar Law in Alberta, we have released three topical guides, including one that provides some...
14 Sep Leasing your Condo for Solar Energy
Leasing your Condo for Solar Energy In conjunction with our recently released report Here Comes the Sun: Solar Law in Alberta, this topical guide provides a brief introduction to solar energy...
08 Sep So, you want to start a solar co-op?
So, you want to start a solar co-op? In conjunction with our recently released report Here Comes the Sun: Solar Law in Alberta we have released a topical guide that looks more...