Bat Week runs from October 24 to October 31st Correction: An earlier version of this blog has been corrected to note that non-licenced animals may be hunted under s.24 of the...
Loss Prevention vs. Replacement: Alberta Needs a Policy Framework for Sustainable Agriculture The ELC’s Role in Moving from Conversion to Conservation With the support of our donors and noted experts in the field,...
ELC presents Green Regs and Ham: Coastal Conundrums April 15, Edmonton THIS EVENT IS NOW OVER. Please check here for future events. NOTE - TICKET SALES ARE NOW CLOSED Coastal environmental concerns are...
Moving from Conversion to Conservation: Intermunicipal Planning and Agricultural Lands Alberta has lost and continues to lose valuable agricultural lands. As found in the Alberta Land Institute’s Economic Evaluation of Farmland...
Future Flows: maintaining environmental flows through precaution and adaptation The Environmental Law Centre is calling for a rethinking of water law and policy in Alberta. The ELC's report Future Flows: climate...
Habitat, what habitat? The Greater Sage-Grouse emergency order and a call for heightened due diligence [Revised] This story is about investing in activities that occur in the habitat of species at...
Groundwater sustainability: evolving groundwater policy and regulation for Alberta Groundwater management in Alberta is governed by a wide variety of regulation and policy. Sustainable groundwater management is challenged by isolated reviews...
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...
Spring Reports of the CESD The Commissioner of Environment and Sustainable Development (CESD) recently released her Spring 2018 Reports. There are three Reports: Report 1: Salmon Farming; Report 2: Canada’s Preparedness...
Pickerel, Pipelines and Pancakes: A Summary of ELC's Green Regs and Ham breakfast discussion “For too long Alberta has been forced to accept drastically reduced prices for our iconic fish-flavoured flat-cakes due...
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...
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...