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Changes made to Alberta’s forest laws in May 2021 but has anything really changed?

Changes made to Alberta’s forest laws in May 2021 but has anything really changed? The need to shift to managing...

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...

Accounting for Nature: The Kananaskis Conservation Pass

Accounting for Nature: The Kananaskis Conservation Pass   In 2022, the Environmental Law Centre (“ELC”) will be releasing a report...

Reimagining Rivers: Animals as Legal Beings – Webinar October 29

Reimagining Rivers: Animals as Legal Beings – Contesting Anthropocentric Legal Orders   Friday, October 29 @ 12:00 pm – 1:30...

Here Comes the Sun: Solar Law in Alberta with ELC’s Rebecca Kauffman
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
Bank Swallows and Motorsports

Bank Swallows and Motorsports: In the race to save species at risk, we need to pick up the pace  ...

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...

Reimagining Rivers Webinar Series

Reimagining Rivers Webinar Series: An online journey Join the Centre for Constitutional Studies and the Environmental Law Centre as we...

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