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Action on Climate Needed Now!

Action on Climate Needed Now! The Commissioner of Environment and Sustainable Development releases his Fall 2021 Report   Since 1995,...

A Yearly Update on Climate Change Litigation, the 2021 Edition

A Yearly Update on Climate Change Litigation, the 2021 Edition If you are interested in reading about about climate change...

Here Comes the Sun: Solar Access in Alberta

 Here Comes the Sun: Solar Access in Alberta If you have been keeping up with the ELC blog, you may...

Leasing your Land for Solar Energy

Leasing your Land for Solar Energy In conjunction with our recently released report Here Comes the Sun: Solar Law in...

Leasing your Condo for Solar Energy

Leasing your Condo for Solar Energy In conjunction with our recently released report Here Comes the Sun: Solar Law in...

So, you want to start a solar co-op?

So, you want to start a solar co-op?   In conjunction with our recently released report Here Comes the Sun:...

Geothermal Resource Development in Alberta: The ELC’s comments on the Alberta Energy Regulator’s proposed directive

Geothermal Resource Development in Alberta: The ELC’s comments on the Alberta Energy Regulator’s proposed directive   At the end of...

New ELC Publication – Here Comes the Sun: Solar Law in Alberta

New ELC Publication – Here Comes the Sun: Solar Law in Alberta The ELC is pleased to announce the publication...

Climate change widespread, rapid, and intensifying

“Climate change widespread, rapid, and intensifying”   Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change August 9, 2021 Press Release   The impacts...

So, you want to Lease Your Property to a Solar Company
So, you want to Lease Your Condo Roof to a Solar Company
So you want to Start A Solar Coop
Here Comes the Sun: Solar Law in Alberta by Rebecca Kauffman
On the Road to 2050: The Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act

On the Road to 2050: The Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act On June 29, 2021, more than 7 months after...

Coal Policy Engagement: Submissions to the Coal Policy Committee

Coal Policy Engagement: Submissions to the Coal Policy Committee   The Environmental Law Centre made submissions to the Coal Policy...

Coal, Climate & Cutthroat Trout: Some updates on coal in Alberta

Coal, Climate & Cutthroat Trout: Some updates on coal in Alberta   Just over a year ago, the Government of...

The Inquiry Into Anti-Alberta Energy Campaigns: What’s Next?

The Inquiry Into Anti-Alberta Energy Campaigns: What’s Next?   In July 2019, shortly after the provincial election, the Kenney government...

ELC Submission on the Coal Policy

ELC’s Written Submission on the Coal Policy   The Environmental Law Centre (ELC) is Alberta’s oldest public interest environmental law...

I Read the Carbon Tax Decision So You Don’t Have To: A Detailed Summary of the Main Issues

I Read the Carbon Tax Decision So You Don’t Have To: A Detailed Summary of the Main Issues   On...

Procedural Fairness and the Inquiry into Anti-Alberta Energy Campaigns

Procedural Fairness and the Inquiry into Anti-Alberta Energy Campaigns   We hear a lot these days about the rule...

Alberta’s Oil & Gas Liability Management Framework

Alberta’s Oil & Gas Liability Management Framework: Changes to Oil and Gas Conservation Rules, the Pipeline Rules, and Directive 067...

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