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Twas an Alberta night before Christmas (adapted from Twas the Night Before Christmas, C. Moore or H. Livingston) Twas...
Help us get it right in 2012: A note to our friends 2012 will be a significant year for...
Will Statoil’s “creative sentencing” prevent illegal water use? Norwegian giant Statoil has pled guilty to breaching the terms of...
Seven Year Review of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act (CEAA): An update A comprehensive review of the provisions and...
Court directs precaution in pesticide review case A recent decision from the Federal Court of Canada is notable for...
Alberta Land Stewardship Act (ALSA): Digging Deeper (Webinar) The Alberta Land Stewardship Act (ALSA), which provides the legal framework...
Who governs the government?; challenging administrative decisions; remedies through judicial review; public participation update, standing and costs
...Where do laws come from?; Is this a law?; reading and interpreting statutes and regulations; rights to participate in municipal...
Grassland management; recreation and water; the Greater Sage Grouse; water transfers; contaminated land regulation
...ELC launches public interest standing project “Standing”: Basically the right to a hearing. Greatly in need of law reform....
What is standing and why should you care?; Alberta’s energy regulators split on common mandate; the ERCB and consistency in...
What does the future hold for the Alberta Land Stewardship Act? Two weeks have passed since Alison Redford became...
Cumulative environmental defects The Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development released a report yesterday covering the federal government’s...
The one-two punch for Alberta’s Woodland Caribou Within the past 7 days the federal and provincial governments published documents...
Lower Athabasca Regional Plan: Conservation areas mean something A Draft Lower Athabasca Regional Plan has barely been public for...
Alberta Government puts $5m toward conservation easements A recent media release indicates that the Government of Alberta has created...
Emergency order: Court wonders why some caribou herds need not survive A recent decision of the Federal Court has...
Buffalo Lake Integrated Shoreland Management Plan: A model for lake management? The Government of Alberta recently published the Buffalo...
Timelines placed on federal comprehensive studies The Establishing Timelines for Comprehensive Studies Regulations under the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act...
The Alberta Water Authority: should the idea sink or swim? Last month the Report of the Premier’s Council for...
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