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BACKGROUNDER: What is Tenure?
Aquatic Ecosystems – Gaps Opportunities and Law Reforms
Accounting for Nature: Regulatory approaches to filling environmental budget gaps in Alberta
The Intersection of Environmental Law and Indigenous Rights
Environmental law and litigation Updates – January 2025.

 Highlights: Canary in the Coal Mine? The GOA announced its initiative to modernize coal mining (on Friday before Christmas) but...

The Right to a Healthy Environment (and more) in the Canadian Environmental Protection Act: A First for Canadians

In June 2023, the federal government finally amended the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, ostensibly, to reflect a modern interpretation of...

Battleground Environment:The Intersection of Environmental Law and Indigenous Rights
It’s Getting Hot in Here: GHG Regulation and the Constitution
All Things Considered: Impact Assessment and the Constitution
A Fish Out of Water: Inland Fisheries, Water Management and the Constitution
The Canadian Constitution, the Environment, and the Misguided Notions of Provincial Sovereignty

The Canadian Constitution, the Environment, and the Misguided Notions of Provincial Sovereignty   The proposed Alberta Sovereignty Act has been...

Red Tape or Duct Tape?

Red Tape or Duct Tape: When is the red tape we are cutting actually duct tape holding it all together?...

The Other Battle of Alberta

The Other Battle of Alberta Set-Up for Conflict: Albertans’ Values vs Alberta’s Resources Opinion Editorial Submission by Brenda Heelan Powell,...

The right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment is recognized as a universal human right

The right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment is recognized as a universal human right   On October...

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...

Alberta’s Agricultural Lands A Policy Toolbox for Moving from Conversion to Conservation
Gaining Steam: A Regulatory and Policy Framework for the Geothermal Energy Development in Alberta (All Modules)
Gaining Steam:Geothermal Regulation and Policy in Alberta with ELC’s Brenda Heelan Powell
The Supreme Court of Canada prevents a SLAPP-ing

The Supreme Court of Canada prevents a SLAPP-ing   Decision considered: 1704604 Ontario Ltd. v Pointes Protection Association, 2020 SCC...

Waste Management in Alberta: ELC publishes two reports on waste management and reduction in the province

Waste Management in Alberta:ELC publishes two reports on waste management and reduction in the province   Waste management is clearly...

Good Riddance – Waste Management Law in Alberta

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