Pollution & Emissions

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

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 borders at the conundrums of crude and coastal communities. Up for discussion...

18 March, 2019 / 0 Comments

ELC Regulatory Watch: Upcoming AER appeal will shed light on EPEA approval amendments

The Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) recently amended an Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act (EPEA) approval to add conditions dealing with remediation of contamination at the Gibson Hardisty terminal. Gibson Energy is appealing the amendment, saying “the amendment decision contravenes EPEA and is outside of the...

30 November, 2018 / 0 Comments

Overhaul of Alberta’s Remediation Certificate Regulation

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 Regulation and re-names it the Remediation Regulation. The changes introduced by the Remediation Regulation are...

10 July, 2018 / 4 Comments

Pickerel, Pipelines and Pancakes: A Summary of ELC’s Green Regs and Ham breakfast discussion

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 to a lack of access to lucrative Asian breakfast markets.” With such an introduction and welcome...

08 May, 2018 / 0 Comments

Competing Methane Regulations: Alberta and Canada Release Methane Regulations in the Same Week

Competing Methane Regulations: Alberta and Canada Release Methane Regulations in the Same Week One of the pillars of the Alberta Climate Leadership Plan (ACLP) is the introduction of a methane emission reduction plan. The Alberta Climate Leadership Panel set the goal of reducing methane emissions from oil...

02 May, 2018 / 0 Comments

Green Regs and Ham: Pickerel, Pipelines and Pancakes Tickets now available

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22 March, 2018 / 0 Comments

Delay, Environmental Offences and Private Prosecutions

A case comment on the impact of Jordan in two recent environmental cases: R. v. The Lake Louise Ski Area Ltd., 2017 ABPC 262 and R. v. HMTQ, Executive Flight Centre et al. BCPC File No: 25268 The Supreme Court of Canada’s decision in R. v Jordan...

02 November, 2017 / 0 Comments

It’s a wrap: Hockey Fights and Contaminated Sites

A wrap-up from October 3rd Green Regs 'n' Ham Who landed in the penalty box? Tackling a topic that is of increasing concern to Albertans was on the agenda for an early morning breakfast talk on Tuesday, October 3rd 2017. Government representatives, environmental lawyers, industry professionals, law...

10 October, 2017 / 0 Comments

Methane Reduction under the Climate Change Leadership Plan

The ELC releases its latest paper in the Climate Change Legal Roadmap series: Methane Reduction under the Climate Change Leadership Plan This blog is part of the Environmental Law Centre’s blog series exploring climate change law in Canada. This blog series provides updates on climate change law...

08 August, 2017 / 1 Comment

Supreme Court of Canada issues Decision in Jessica Ernst’s Claim for Charter Damages

On January 13th, in Ernst v. Alberta Energy Regulator, the Supreme Court of Canada issued its decision regarding Jessica Ernst’s claim for damages pursuant to s. 24(1) of the Charter. Ernst alleges that her Charter right to freedom of expression was breached by the actions...

07 February, 2017 / 0 Comments