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Remediation work is taking place at the former Domtar wood treatment facility for a brownfield infill development in the community of Homesteader in northeast Edmonton.

24 Jul Regulating Pollution and Contaminated Sites in Alberta: Case Study of the Verte Homesteader Community

Posted at 16:01h in Environmental Assessment, Pollution & Emissions, Sustainable Communities, Waste Management by Kyra Leuschen 0 Comments

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Cover Photo - "Fencing around the old Domtar site" Photograph. 2021. CTV News Edmonton. https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/precautionary-park-fencing-comes-down-at-former-domtar-site-1.5651392 Imagine that you invested your life savings in buying a home. One day, you receive a...

03 Jun Amending what’s not broken: The proposed amendments to the federal Impact Assessment Act

Posted at 14:31h in Climate and Energy, Constitution, Environmental Assessment by Anya Manukyan 0 Comments

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The Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) in its reference opinion determined that portions of the federal Impact Assessment Act (“IAA”) are unconstitutional. The federal government has recently proposed amendments to...

16 Nov Join us for a panel discussion – The SCC Impact Assessment Act Decision: federal assessments – past, present, and future

Posted at 18:07h in Climate and Energy, Environmental Assessment, Indigenous Rights by Jason Unger 0 Comments

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Join our panelists Brenda Heelan Powell (ELC) and Prof. Andrew Leach, and Prof. Cameron Jefferies, from the Faculty of Law (University of Alberta) as we dive into the Supreme Court...

18 Oct Federal role in assessing project impacts is reset, not rejected, by Supreme Court of Canada

Posted at 22:09h in Climate and Energy, Climate Change, Cumulative Effects, Environmental Assessment, Fisheries, Habitat, Nature and Biodiversity, Public Participation by Brenda Heelan Powell 0 Comments

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Authors: Brenda Heelan Powell & Jason Unger Has the Supreme Court of Canada dismantled the foundation of federal project assessments or have we simply reset the foundation of the past? Alberta...

26 Sep The Canadian Constitution, the Environment, and the Misguided Notions of Provincial Sovereignty

Posted at 18:47h in Constitution, Core Environmental Principles, Environmental Assessment by Rebecca Kauffman 0 Comments

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The Canadian Constitution, the Environment, and the Misguided Notions of Provincial Sovereignty The proposed Alberta Sovereignty Act has been extensively discussed in the media and in the legal realm since it...

19 May Red Tape or Duct Tape?

Posted at 15:08h in Core Environmental Principles, Environmental Assessment, Sustainable Communities by Rebecca Kauffman 0 Comments

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Red Tape or Duct Tape: When is the red tape we are cutting actually duct tape holding it all together? In our work, the ELC focuses on a number of core environmental principles...

27 Apr An Update to CEPA – A long time coming or too little, too late?

Posted at 15:16h in Core Environmental Principles, Environmental Assessment, Environmental Rights, Nature and Biodiversity by Rebecca Kauffman 0 Comments

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An Update to CEPA – A long time coming or too little, too late? On April 13, 2021, the federal government brought forward the Strengthening Environmental Protection for a Healthier Canada Act...

27 Sep Impact Assessment, the Canadian Energy Regulator & Navigable Waters:

Posted at 15:49h in Climate and Energy, Climate Change, Cumulative Effects, Energy, Environmental Assessment by Brenda Heelan Powell 1 Comment

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Impact Assessment, the Canadian Energy Regulator & Navigable Waters: An Overview of what was Bill C-69 and now is Law What is Bill C-69? In response to significant changes made to federal environmental...

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. Here are just a couple of the central ideas in the ELC’s Green Regs and Ham event, featuring Dr....

10 Jul Overhaul of Alberta’s Remediation Certificate Regulation

Posted at 14:46h in Climate and Energy, Cumulative Effects, Energy, Environmental Assessment, Habitat, Pollution & Emissions by Kyra Leuschen 4 Comments

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Overhaul of Alberta’s Remediation Certificate Regulation On June 1, 2018 the Government of Alberta passed the Remediation Certificate Amendment Regulation by Order in Council. This regulation updates the current Remediation Certificate...

14 Feb Bill 69 and the Impact Assessment Act: public trust regained or more of the same

Posted at 21:00h in Climate and Energy, Climate Change, Cumulative Effects, Environmental Assessment, Public Participation, Sustainable Communities by Jason Unger 0 Comments

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Bill 69 and the Impact Assessment Act: public trust regained or more of the same The Government of Canada’s promise to review the 2012 changes to various federal environmental laws has now...

08 Feb Back to what we once HADD (plus more)

Posted at 22:59h in Environmental Assessment, Fisheries, Habitat, Nature and Biodiversity, Species at Risk, Water management by Brenda Heelan Powell 1 Comment

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Back to what we once HADD: Fisheries Act Amendments are Introduced Since the 1970s, section 35 of the Fisheries Act operated to protect fish and fish habitat throughout Canada by prohibiting the...