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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...

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...

Bank Swallows and Motorsports

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

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...

Take a Stand, Make Decisions Better

Take a Stand, Make Decisions Better: Alberta Court of Appeal reboots standing test of the Alberta Environmental Appeals Board Normtek...

Climate Litigation in Canada – An Update

Climate Litigation in Canada – An Update   Earlier this month, we released a blog post on climate litigation in...

Climate Litigation in Canada and beyond – Where are we in 2020?

Climate Litigation in Canada and beyond – Where are we in 2020? This is the fifth post in our recent...

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...

Let’s Show our Love for Wetlands

Let’s Show our Love for Wetlands   While February is best known for celebrating love on Valentines’ Day, it is...

Climate Change Litigation – 1 step forward, 2 steps back

Climate Change Litigation – 1 step forward, 2 steps back   Climate litigation is still very new and Canada did...

Woodland Caribou vs. Everybody

Woodland Caribou vs. Everybody   When you think of Canada and its wildlife, there are a few iconic animal species...

Are We Just Winging It? Legislative protections for bats: A Bat Week Blog

Bat Week runs from October 24 to October 31st   Correction: An earlier version of this blog has been corrected...

Groundwater sustainability: evolving groundwater policy and regulation for Alberta

Groundwater sustainability: evolving groundwater policy and regulation for Alberta   Groundwater management in Alberta is governed by a wide variety...

Pickerel, Pipelines and Pancakes: A Summary of ELC’s Green Regs and Ham breakfast discussion

Pickerel, Pipelines and Pancakes: A Summary of ELC’s Green Regs and Ham breakfast discussion   “For too long Alberta has...

Back to what we once HADD (plus more)

Back to what we once HADD: Fisheries Act Amendments are Introduced   Since the 1970s, section 35 of the Fisheries...

The cost of protecting the environment: Judicial and regulatory proceedings

The Cost of Protecting the Environment: Judicial and regulatory proceedings   The Environmental Law Centre is publishing a series of...

Federal Government Discussion Paper on the Reviews

Federal Government Discussion Paper on the Reviews Federal Response to the Environmental Assessment, the National Energy Board, the Navigation Protection...

Welcome Jason Unger as ELC’s new Executive Director

Welcome Jason Unger as ELC’s new Executive Director   Perhaps you’ve read a few of Jason’s blog posts and wondered...

Climate Change Legal Roadmap: Carbon Pricing Recommendations for Alberta

Climate Change Legal Roadmap: Carbon Pricing Recommendations for Alberta   This is the tenth post in the Environmental Law Centre’s...

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