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Edmonton river valley, looking towards Saskatchewan Drive and the U of A.

20 Nov Enforceable By Law? Edmonton’s River Valley Area Redevelopment Plan and the Role of Discretion

Posted at 12:14h in Climate and Energy, Land Use, Municipal Government Act, Nature and Biodiversity, Parks & Recreation, Sustainable Communities by Kyra Leuschen 0 Comments

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Inside this blog A review of the existing Edmonton’s River Valley Area Redevelopment Plan with a look at challenges and legal gaps The improvements of the draft ARP and some...

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...

19 Apr Renewables Moratorium Shifted not Lifted: AUC’s Module A Renewables Inquiry Report Released to the Public

Posted at 08:38h in Climate and Energy, Conservation, Land Use, Renewable energy, Sustainable Communities by Brenda Heelan Powell 0 Comments

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Following the release of the Alberta Utilities Commission’s (AUC) Module A report, the moratorium on renewable energy development has ended. However, in light of the Government of Alberta’s (GOA) response...

17 Nov Engaging new regulatory approaches to generate revenue for environmental management: ELC report

Posted at 21:13h in Accounting for nature, Nature and Biodiversity, Sustainable Communities by Jason Unger 0 Comments

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Engaging new regulatory approaches to generate revenue for environmental management: ELC report Resources are needed to address a broad suite of environmental challenges in Alberta: point source pollution, non-point source pollution and...

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...

02 Dec Action on Climate Needed Now!

Posted at 21:31h in Climate and Energy, Climate Change, Energy, Sustainable Communities by Brenda Heelan Powell 0 Comments

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Action on Climate Needed Now! The Commissioner of Environment and Sustainable Development releases his Fall 2021 Report Since 1995, the Office of the Auditor General of Canada has a mandate related to...

03 Nov On the wrong path: the proposed Trails Act needs changes to ensure trail management reflects science

Posted at 21:00h in Habitat, Parks & Recreation, Sustainable Communities by Jason Unger 2 Comments

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE On the wrong path: the proposed Trails Act needs changes to ensure trail management reflects science Edmonton, Alberta - November 3, 2021 - The Trails Act (Bill 79) was tabled...

29 Oct The right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment is recognized as a universal human right

Posted at 15:25h in Environmental Rights, Sustainable Communities by Brenda Heelan Powell 0 Comments

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The right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment is recognized as a universal human right On October 5th, the UN’s Human Rights Council passed Resolution 48/13 (the Resolution) recognizing...

21 Oct Accounting for Nature: The Kananaskis Conservation Pass

Posted at 16:00h in Conservation, Habitat, Land Use, Nature and Biodiversity, Parks & Recreation, Sustainable Communities by Rebecca Kauffman 0 Comments

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Accounting for Nature: The Kananaskis Conservation Pass In 2022, the Environmental Law Centre (“ELC”) will be releasing a report about the funding of conservation. For our purposes, conservation funding broadly refers to...

13 Oct Reimagining Rivers: Animals as Legal Beings – Webinar October 29

Posted at 15:08h in Environmental Rights, Sustainable Communities, Water, Watershed management by Jason Unger 0 Comments

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Reimagining Rivers: Animals as Legal Beings – Contesting Anthropocentric Legal Orders Friday, October 29 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm MDT Professor Maneesha Deckha (UVic) and Assistant Professor Jessica Eisen (UAlberta)...

23 Aug Climate change widespread, rapid, and intensifying

Posted at 17:53h in Climate and Energy, Climate Change, Sustainable Communities by Brenda Heelan Powell 0 Comments

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“Climate change widespread, rapid, and intensifying” Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change August 9, 2021 Press Release The impacts of climate change are becoming more apparent in our daily lives: increased forest fire activity,...

27 Jul Bank Swallows and Motorsports

Posted at 22:38h in Habitat, Nature and Biodiversity, Parks & Recreation, Species at Risk, Sustainable Communities by Rebecca Kauffman 0 Comments

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Bank Swallows and Motorsports: In the race to save species at risk, we need to pick up the pace This story, like many that deal with species at risk in Canada, is...