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International Year of Biodiversity Closes on a depressing note The 193 UN parties to the 1993 Convention on Biodiversity...
Water markets and winning the lottery As it is Blog Action Day regarding water…What is the “water lottery”? It’s...
Scratching the surface of water quality guidelines: From agriculture to oilsands By Jason Unger Staff Counsel, Environmental Law Centre...
Landfill intervener has genuine interest “Pity the fool who mess with Mr. T“. No, this is not the A-Team...
The landowner’s dilemma: Are reasonable expectations obsolete? University of Calgary Faculty of Law Sep 28 2010 – 12:15pm – 2:00pm...
Thinking outside the (single-use) bag: How Fort Mac’s ban came to be Sean Graham is the driving force behind...
National pollutant data finally released, sort of In 2009 MiningWatch Canada won a federal court case launched in 2007...
The rivers be dammed, or is that damned? By Jason Unger Staff Counsel, Environmental Law Centre If we are...
Accountable for what? When we talk about accountability we are, by necessity, drawn into the world of law. The...
Feds gut environmental assessment (again). Public in the dark (again). By Adam Driedzic Staff Counsel, Environmental Law Centre You...
MEDIA RELEASE SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE PROTECTS THE ENVIRONMENT Edmonton, AB, 9 July 2010 – In the past few...
Be sure to check the ELC website Staff Counsel members have been hard at work providing comments on proposed...
We should take gravity more seriously No, not the apple on the head gravity, rather the gravity of potential...
ELC Comments on Proposed Alberta Parks Legislation Click here to read the ELC’s comments on proposed new parks legislation...
Environmental Rights: Bill C-469 moves forward By Adam Driedzic, Staff Counsel Federal Bill C-469, the Private Members’ proposal for...
Canadian government decides that your sewage doesn’t stink for up to 30 years from now Last week, the Canadian...
Cindy Chiasson on CBC’s The Current this morning speaking about Bill C-9 (Budget Bill). Listen to the audio recording...
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