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An approval too far: Cumulative effects must be considered prior to approving activities The Government of Alberta (GOA) has...
The quandary of cumulative effects: Fitting a science peg in a law hole In March 2012, ELC Executive Director...
Closed waters: Managing toxins in Alberta’s surface waters will be far from simple A recent study about high microcystin...
The ELC submits Comments on the Regulations Designating Physical Activities under the new CEAA, 2012 On July 6, 2012,...
An overview of Bill C-38: The budget bill that transformed Canada’s federal environmental laws In late April 2012, the...
Rio +20 = 1867? Canada’s interesting math On the verge of the end of Rio +20 and the passage...
Failing Grade: New federal approach to environmental assessment leaves Canadians at risk and without a voice West Coast Environmental...
Environmental groups respond to federal budget changes What exactly are the changes to environmental law proposed by the 2012...
ATV Roundup: Managing motorized recreation in Alberta Published in Wildlands Advocate, April 2012 By Adam Driedzic, Staff Counsel, Environmental...
The land gives us more than food, but can the law give back? Published in LawNow, May/June 2012 By...
Environmental Shock Doctrine The 2012 federal Budget Bill is out. Once again it will change environmental laws in ways...
Environmental assessment and duplication: “Don’t we have a photocopier?” There is significant rhetoric around how the federal and provincial...
Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development issues its report on the CEAA Seven Year Review Last week, the...
Core Principles for Environmental Assessment Following on the heels of a disappointing process for the seven-year review of the...
Is basic science taking a back seat in policy development? There is a mantra that I hear all too...
Castle logging tests public lands law Regulated access to public land in Alberta has undergone a major overhaul. As...
The times, are they a-changin’? Standing and the ERCB For many years, one of the most troublesome points in...
EPA finds fracking causes water contamination A draft report from the US Environmental Protection Agency on fracking for natural...
Core Environmental Principles for Environmental Laws, Policies and Legal Processes The Environmental Law Centre recognizes that the environment is...
Pipelines and participation: Radical rhetoric, planning and public interest There has been significant ink devoted to the recent pipeline...
2011 in review The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt:...
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