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Wondering what we’ve been up to? Check out the ELC’s 2009 Annual Report. (PDF) ABOUT THE...
Aboriginal peoples and the future of water management in Alberta The Canadian Institute of Resources Law has an interesting...
Update on federal Environmental Bill of Rights On Thursday, May 6th, a private members’ bill, C-469, An Act to establish...
Navigable waters protection update A few months ago we posted about the Ministerial Order under the federal Navigable Waters...
Get the Real Dirt on Remediation Certificates (Webinar) When contaminated land is remediated and re-used, one of the biggest...
Syncrude ducks the issue The prosecution has delivered its closing arguments in the ‘ducks in tailings pond’ case of...
Alberta Auditor General looks at managing Alberta’s water supply – compliance, wetland policy under scrutiny Last week, when local...
ELC Comments on Bill C-9 (Jobs and Economic Growth Act) Click here to read the ELC’s letter to Stephen...
Who gives a dam about hydroelectric in Alberta? Recently the provincial government directed the Alberta Utilities Commission (AUC) to...
Water transfers require due process MEDIA RELEASE Edmonton, AB, 21 April 2010 – Last month a public...
Industry and government are slowly defining the duty to consult and accommodate First Nations April 19, 2010 Published in...
View or download materials from April 14th Greenhouse Gas Roundup Part II Webinar If you’re like many Albertans, you’re...
The scales of just-fish: are letters of advice crappie ways to minnow-mize harm? The case of Cassiar Watch The...
Now you CEAA- it, now you don’t By Adam Driedzic and Laura Bowman Federal Budget Bill hides major...
Feds ‘gut’ environmental assessments: Changes in budget could mean less scrutiny in oilsands Apr 03, 2010 06:00 am |...
Greenhouse Gas Roundup – Part II: Agriculture (Webinar) If you’re like many Albertans, you’re probably asking yourself some pretty...
If you’re a News Brief reader, the ELC wants to hear from you! The Environmental Law Centre (ELC) is...
The right to water: World water scarcity makes the right to access a key question Sheryle Carlson VUE Weekly...
Lake Ontario Waterkeeper podcast on environmental prosecutions Environmental prosecutions are making headlines again as Syncrude finds itself in court...
View or download materials from the March 10th Bill 50 webinar In late 2009 the Alberta Government passed the...
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