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A Better PACE for Alberta: ELC recommends law reforms to increase financing and flexibility of Alberta’s Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) programs

Since 2018, Alberta has had legislation which supports PACE programming via the Clean Energy Improvements Regulation (CEIP Regulation) and amendments...

Federal role in assessing project impacts is reset, not rejected, by Supreme Court of Canada

Authors: Brenda Heelan Powell & Jason Unger Has the Supreme Court of Canada dismantled the foundation of federal project assessments...

Alberta’s Renewables are on Hold: Utilities Commission Sets Path Forward to Gather Input

As has been widely reported, in early August, the Government of Alberta (GOA) unexpectedly placed a moratorium on the issuance...

The Next Government needs to address Alberta’s Fossil Fuel Liabilities Part 2

The Next Government needs to address Alberta’s Fossil Fuel Liabilities Part 2: Oil Sands Fluid Tailings Management   Part 1...

The Next Government needs to address Alberta’s Fossil Fuel Liabilities Part 1

The Next Government needs to address Alberta’s Fossil Fuel Liabilities Part 1: Management of Liabilities, Orphans and Post-closure Sites The...

Ontario Court finds Climate Litigation Fails on Charter Arguments

Ontario Court finds Climate Litigation Fails on Charter Arguments   In April 2023, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice released...

The Environment & The Constitution Series: Interprovincial Matters and Impact Assessment

The Environment & The Constitution Series: Interprovincial Matters and Impact Assessment AN ELC REPORT SERIES The ELC is pleased to present...

The Environment & The Constitution Series: Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Toxic Substances

The Environment & The Constitution Series: GHGs and Toxic SubstancesAN ELC REPORT SERIES The ELC is pleased to present a...

Updates to Alberta’s Geothermal Resource Regulatory System

Updates to Alberta’s Geothermal Resource Regulatory System Alberta’s system for regulating geothermal resources is relatively new and continues to be...

Canada still has a long way to go on addressing the Climate Crisis

Canada still has a long way to go on addressing the Climate Crisis: The Commissioner of Environment and Sustainable Development...

Geothermal Webinar Series:Alberta’s Existing Geothermal Regulatory Framework
GAINING STEAM: An ELC Webinar Series

JOIN US FOR AN ELC WEBINAR SERIES May 31, June 7 and June 14 GAINING STEAM: A REGULATORY AND POLICY...

Video and Links: Lessons Learned from Canada’s Record on Climate Change

Video and Links: Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development, Office of the Auditor General of Canada: Lessons Learned from...

WEBINAR – Lessons Learned from Canada’s Record on Climate Change

Lessons Learned from Canada’s Record on Climate Change Join the Environmental Law Centre as we welcome Canada’s Commissioner of the...

An update on the E.L. Smith Solar Farm: Case Comment on Edmonton River Valley Conservation Coalition Society v Council of the City of Edmonton

An update on the E.L. Smith Solar Farm: Case Comment on Edmonton River Valley Conservation Coalition Society v Council of...

The Geothermal Resource Development Act is now in force

The Geothermal Resource Development Act, along with the Geothermal Resource Development Regulation and Geothermal Resource Tenure Regulation, is now in...

Managing Forests not Forestry: Law and Policy Recommendations for Ecosystem-based Management of Alberta’s Forests
Still simmering… Alberta’s geothermal resources development regulatory scheme

Still simmering… Alberta’s geothermal resources development regulatory scheme   At the end of 2020, the Geothermal Resources Development Act (GRDA)...

Policy Tools to Support Geothermal Resource Development

Policy Tools to Support Geothermal Resource Development Geothermal energy – that is, the heat energy generated and stored in the...

Managing oil and gas liability in Alberta: Changes are being made (kind of)

Managing oil and gas liability in Alberta: Changes are being made (kind of)   In July 2020, the Government of...

Oil & Gas Liability in Alberta at a Glance

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