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08 Nov Where to from here? More Green Regs and Ham in Calgary (October 24, 2019)

Posted at 17:28h in Climate and Energy, Energy, Green Regs and Ham, Pollution & Emissions by Brenda Heelan Powell 0 Comments

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Where to from here? More Green Regs and Ham in Calgary (October 24, 2019) On October 24, 2019 the Environmental Law Centre (ELC) hosted its Calgary Green Regs and Ham event. (Spring 2020 will see our law and policy breakfast feast in Edmonton). The breakfast discussion included...

19 Sep Where to from here? Green Regs ‘n’ Ham Calgary October 24 2019

Posted at 19:16h in Climate and Energy, Green Regs and Ham by Kara Tersen 3 Comments

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THIS EVENT IS NOW OVER. Please subscribe to our newsletter (on the right) to learn about future events. Alberta has a crisis on its hands. A mountain of environmental obligations exists across the Alberta landscape. These obligations take the form of abandonment and reclamation (and remediation) requirements...

17 Sep Where to from here? SAVE THE DATE for Green Regs ‘n’ Ham Calgary October 24 2019

Posted at 23:07h in Climate and Energy, Green Regs and Ham by Jason Unger 0 Comments

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Alberta has a crisis on its hands. A mountain of environmental obligations exists across the Alberta landscape. These obligations take the form of abandonment and reclamation (and remediation) requirements for the oil and gas sector; a sector under a cash crunch. Low resource prices have pushed...

03 Sep Legal Tools for a Healthy Environment: A WORKSHOP FOR ENGOS

Posted at 20:04h in About ELC, Environmental Rights by Jason Unger 0 Comments

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The Environmental Law Centre and EcoJustice jointly present Legal Tools for a Healthy Environment: A WORKSHOP FOR ENGOS This one-day workshop, being held in both Calgary and Edmonton, is designed to help groups working in the environmental sector become more familiar with the legal tools available to them. Join lawyers...

18 Mar ELC presents Green Regs and Ham: Coastal Conundrums April 15, Edmonton

Posted at 15:58h in About ELC, Climate and Energy, Cumulative Effects, Energy, Environmental Rights, Fisheries, Green Regs and Ham, Habitat, Indigenous affairs, Pollution & Emissions, Public Participation, Species at Risk, Water by Jason Unger 0 Comments

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THIS EVENT IS NOW OVER. FOR THE OCTOBER 24 2019 EVENT PLEASE VISIT: https://elc.ab.ca/where-to-from-here-save-the-date-for-green-regs-n-ham-calgary-october-24-2019-2/ NOTE - TICKET SALES ARE NOW CLOSED Coastal environmental concerns are highly relevant to land locked Alberta, but rarely do we discuss them. Join the ELC and our guest speakers to look beyond Alberta’s...

31 Oct Science and impact assessment: Green Regs and Ham

Posted at 18:10h in Cumulative Effects, Environmental Assessment, Green Regs and Ham by Jason Unger 0 Comments

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Science and impact assessment: Green Regs and Ham THIS EVENT IS NOW OVER. [perfectpullquote align="full" bordertop="false" cite="" link="" color="" class="" size=""]Science is the foundation of impact assessment, and we have failed to properly build this foundation in our law and in impact assessment practice. If we improve...

13 Jun WEBINAR June 21: ELC presents the Interaction of Environmental Rights and Property Rights

Posted at 15:48h in About ELC, Environmental Rights, Land Use, Market Based Instruments, Webinars by Kara Tersen 0 Comments

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WEBINAR June 21: ELC presents the Interaction of Environmental Rights and Property Rights You are invited to an online Zoom webinar hosted by the Environmental Law Centre. When: Jun 21, 2018 11:00 AM Mountain Time (US and Canada) Topic: ELC presents the Interaction of Environmental Rights and...

25 Apr Picking up the PACE and Running with City Charters

Posted at 19:58h in About ELC, Municipal Government Act, Sustainable Communities by Brenda Heelan Powell 4 Comments

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Picking up the PACE and Running with City Charters: Update on Municipal Government Act As has been covered in several of our previous blog posts, the Municipal Government Act (MGA) has been undergoing review and revision for a few years now (see our most recent post for...

12 Apr Announcing the ELC’s Upcoming Webinar Series

Posted at 20:10h in About ELC, Climate and Energy, Environmental Rights, Nature and Biodiversity, Public Participation, Sustainable Communities by Jason Unger 0 Comments

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The Environmental Law Centre is pleased to announce a new webinar series. The webinars are based on current areas of focus at the ELC and seek to address how laws and regulations can contribute to managing environmental impacts on habitat, water or air. Topics for the 2018...

06 Mar ELC Staff Counsel Kyra Leuschen: Lifelong love of the outdoors

Posted at 17:00h in About ELC, Uncategorized by Kyra Leuschen 1 Comment

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Kyra Leuschen recently joined the Environmental Law Centre as staff counsel, and we want to introduce you to her and the work she is undertaking. Kyra Leuschen holds a B.A. with Honours from the University of Guelph and a J.D. from the University of Ottawa. She...

01 Mar Introducing ELC Staff Counsel Rebecca Kauffman

Posted at 22:02h in About ELC, Uncategorized by Rebecca Kauffman 0 Comments

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Rebecca Kauffman recently joined the Environmental Law Centre as staff counsel, and we want to introduce you to her and the work she is undertaking. Rebecca is a born and raised Edmontonian, who graduated law school at the University of Alberta. She also spent a year...