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Alberta’s Carbon Tax arrived: Bill 20 proposes the Climate Leadership Act and Energy Efficiency Alberta Act This is the...
A Preliminary View on Alberta’s New Carbon Tax This is the sixth post in the Environmental Law Centre’s new...
Spring Update on the Municipal Government Act Review As indicated in previous posts on this blog, the Alberta government...
Climate Change Law Blog Series: The Paris Agreement and the Federal Sustainable Development Strategy This is the fifth post...
Alberta Energy Regulator issues its Model for Regulatory Excellence The Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) has recently issued The Alberta...
Climate Change Law Blog Series: A Look at British Columbia’s Carbon Pricing Approach This is the fourth post in...
Oil and gas well site reclamation, polluter pays and pie crust promises As was reported last week, a large...
Environmental Rights Act: the “rights” path to sustainability Update: The Environmental Rights Act died on the order paper. A...
Buying a Better Environment? Market-Based Instruments Project Backgrounder Now Available In Alberta, the Alberta Land Stewardship Act (ALSA) enables...
Climate Change Law Blog Series: Cities and Climate Change This is the third post in the Environmental Law Centre’s...
Biodiversity Management Framework The Environmental Law Centre (ELC) has been involved with the Land Use Framework (LUF) and Alberta...
Climate Change Blog Series: Problems with Pesticides and Pipelines (Fall 2015 Report of Canada’s Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable...
Climate Change Law Blog Series: Climate Change Litigation in Canada This is the first post in the Environmental Law...
A Solstice Jingle A light-hearted look back at 2015 is in order. (This time to “Jingle Bells” – nice...
Government as sole protector of instream flows: let’s expand who we trust Water Conservation Trust of Canada v Alberta...
ELC’s Executive Director has been selected as one of 40 Energy Future Lab Fellows We are pleased to announce that...
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