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09 Apr The scales of just-fish: are letters of advice crappie ways to minnow-mize harm? The case of Cassiar Watch

Posted at 14:30h in Cumulative Effects, Environmental Assessment, Land Use, Public Participation, Species at Risk, Water by Environmental Law Centre 3 Comments

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The scales of just-fish: are letters of advice crappie ways to minnow-mize harm?  The case of Cassiar Watch   The federal Fisheries Act R.S.C. 1985, c. F-14 is one of...

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28 Feb Governments must assess the environmental impacts of a whole project MiningWatch Canada v. Canada (Fisheries and Oceans)

Posted at 13:00h in Agriculture, Forestry & Mining, Environmental Assessment, Land Use by Environmental Law Centre 0 Comments

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Governments must assess the environmental impacts of a whole project MiningWatch Canada v. Canada (Fisheries and Oceans)   In January the Supreme Court of Canada released a unanimous decision in...

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01 Dec Enforcing Environmental Law: A Guide to Private Prosecution, Second Edition

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Enforcing Environmental Law: A Guide to Private Prosecution, Second Edition 12/1/2004 Canadian law allows any individual to lay charges against a polluter or other environmental offender where there is evidence...

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21 Feb Pollution Management and Contaminated Sites in Alberta: Current Challenges, Jurisdictional Approaches and Law Reforms

Posted at 09:07h in Climate and Energy by Jason Unger 0 Comments

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    The Environmental Law Centre invites you to join our webinar discussion around contaminated sites and the law on February 27, 2024 at 12:00pm. Register here  Alberta has thousands...

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18 Nov Maybe not the last (plastic) straw: Federal Court quashes federal order aimed at regulating “Plastic Manufactured Items”

Posted at 00:00h in Constitution, EPR Extended Producer Responsibility, Polluter Pays, Pollution & Emissions, Waste Management by Rebecca Kauffman 0 Comments

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(Photo: Horia Varlan from Bucharest, Romania, CC BY 2.0) ___________________________________________________________________________   Attempts by the federal government to tackle plastic pollution suffered a setback yesterday as the Federal Court of Canada...

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26 Sep The Canadian Constitution, the Environment, and the Misguided Notions of Provincial Sovereignty

Posted at 18:47h in Constitution, Core Environmental Principles, Environmental Assessment by Rebecca Kauffman 0 Comments

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The Canadian Constitution, the Environment, and the Misguided Notions of Provincial Sovereignty   The proposed Alberta Sovereignty Act has been extensively discussed in the media and in the legal realm...

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27 Jan An update on the E.L. Smith Solar Farm: Case Comment on Edmonton River Valley Conservation Coalition Society v Council of the City of Edmonton

Posted at 18:12h in Habitat, Municipal Government Act, Solar by Rebecca Kauffman 0 Comments

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An update on the E.L. Smith Solar Farm: Case Comment on Edmonton River Valley Conservation Coalition Society v Council of the City of Edmonton   In August 2021, we released...

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05 Nov FALL 2020 REPORTS OF THE CESD

Posted at 17:52h in Climate and Energy, Climate Change, Core Environmental Principles, Energy, Waste Management by Brenda Heelan Powell 0 Comments

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FALL 2020 REPORTS OF THE CESD  A FOCUS ON THE TRANSPORTATION OF DANGEROUS GOODS IN CANADA   The Commissioner of Environment and Sustainable Development (CESD) recently released her Fall 2020...

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03 Jun The polluter pays principle in Alberta: Meeting economic challenges with regulatory certainty

Posted at 20:13h in Climate and Energy, Energy, Environmental Rights, Polluter Pays by Jason Unger 0 Comments

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The polluter pays principle in Alberta: Meeting economic challenges with regulatory certainty   To say these are “challenging times” is a gross understatement. Borders closed, energy prices in the basement,...

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05 Mar Climate Change Litigation in Canada: Environnement Jeunesse v. Canada

Posted at 15:33h in Climate and Energy, Climate Change, Environmental Rights by Kyra Leuschen 1 Comment

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Climate Change Litigation in Canada: Environnement Jeunesse v. Canada   This past November, ENvironnement JEUnesse (ENJEU), an environmental nonprofit in Quebec, applied to bring a class action lawsuit against the...

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03 Sep News Brief | Alberta EnviroLawConnect

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Subscribe to the Alberta EnviroLaw Connect Newsletter   Subscribe to the Alberta EnviroLaw Connect Newsletter  

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12 Aug Pollution Pocketbook #2: Determining when polluters should pay — “there’s no free lunch”

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Pollution Pocketbook #2: Polluter Pays Principle – Determining when polluters should pay — “there’s no free lunch”   Pollution pocketbook is a short blog series regarding how our laws and...

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