03 Mar Buying a Better Environment?
Buying a Better Environment? Market-Based Instruments Project Backgrounder Now Available In Alberta, the Alberta Land Stewardship Act (ALSA) enables the use of Market-Based Instruments (MBIs) for...
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04 Feb Biodiversity Management Framework
Biodiversity Management Framework The Environmental Law Centre (ELC) has been involved with the Land Use Framework (LUF) and Alberta Land Stewardship Act (ALSA) from the beginning....
12 Nov Conservation directives: an unknown and untested tool
Conservation directives: an unknown and untested tool When we think of protecting Alberta’s landscapes there are a variety of tools that are quite well understood and...
19 Oct Quick update on Municipal Government Act Review Update
Quick update on Municipal Government Act Review Update Earlier in the year, prior to the provincial election, several amendments to the Municipal Government Act (MGA) were...
13 May Our North Saskatchewan Region: ELC launches regional plan information website (but will there be a plan?)
Our North Saskatchewan Region: ELC launches regional plan information website (but will there be a plan?) Where will the province's regional plans be going with the new...
17 Apr Fracking Fall Out
Fracking Fall Out Controversial spin-off industries expose gaps in regulation Click Here for some media coverage about a dispute over the storage of fracking sand in Penhold, Alberta....
15 Apr OWC interviews ELC Counsel Adam Driedzic on Watershed Stewardship
OWC interviews ELC Counsel Adam Driedzic on Watershed Stewardship The Oldman Watershed Council (OWC) interviewed Adam Driedzic, Staff Counsel at the Environmental Law Center (ELC), for...
30 Mar Municipal Government Act Review Update: Bill 20 is introduced and it’s disappointing
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Municipal Government Act Review Update: Bill 20 is introduced and it’s disappointing Earlier this month, the Alberta government introduced its proposed amendments to the Municipal Government...
02 Mar Paying for pollution: who should be on the hook for environmental harm
Paying for pollution: who should be on the hook for environmental harm? Our lives invariably cause a level of pollution: we drive, we use chemicals to...
02 Feb NEB begins cross-country consultation on pipeline safety
NEB begins cross-country consultation on pipeline safety The National Energy Board (the “NEB”) recently began its public engagement initiative relating to pipeline safety [the information about...
28 Jan Of backhoes and water woes: reviewing the breadth of landscaping regulation under the Water Act.
Of backhoes and water woes: reviewing the breadth of landscaping regulation under the Water Act We are not all hydrologists or hydrogeologists and this is likely...
26 Jan The Regional ‘Plan to Plan’: South Saskatchewan Regional Plan
The Regional ‘Plan to Plan’: South Saskatchewan Regional Plan South Saskatchewan Regional Plan Avoids the Hard Choices In September 2014 the Government of Alberta released the first...