Alberta Court of Appeal to consider two more decisions on standing before the ERCB 11/19/2010 Leave to Appeal Granted in Kelly #2 Kelly v. Alberta (Energy Resources Conservation Board), 2010 ABCA 307 (CanLII) (Kelly...
End of the line for Caribou in Jasper – Maligne Lake Road 11/19/2010 Despite the declines of caribou in Jasper, and the extirpation of caribou from Banff, still no plans to close...
Bill 29 (Alberta Parks Act) - Frequently Asked Questions 11/17/2010 Click here to read the ELC's Bill 29 (Alberta Parks Act) - Frequently Asked Questions. (pdf) ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTRE: The Environmental Law Centre (ELC)...
How a change of plans can jeopardize environmental goals: The trouble with results-based environmental management 11/10/2010 Published in Alberta Oil Magazine, November 2010 By Jason Unger, Staff Counsel, Environmental Law Centre An application has recently...
Time to apply ‘polluter pays’ principle 11/8/2010 Edmonton Journal November 7, 2010 Re: “Good call on carbon-capture liability,” Opinion, Nov. 3. The Journal editorial fails to consider a core principle regarding how we...
Synergy 2010 Conference follow Up 11/1/2010 Adam Driedzic, Staff Counsel at the ELC, recently presented at the Synergy Alberta 2010 Conference in Red Deer. His session, “Access to Information in Alberta,” brought...
Everyone DUCK! 10/29/2010 The notion that tailings pond duck deaths should be trivialized because of how many birds die through other means is getting under my skin. (On occasion I read comments...
Implementation of Watershed Plans: Approaches, issues and recommendations (Slides) 10/28/2010 Watershed Planning and Advisory Councils (WPACs) are at various stages of creating and implementing water and watershed management plans. There are numerous...
International Year of Biodiversity closes on a depressing note 10/21/2010 The 193 UN parties to the 1993 Convention on Biodiversity (CBD) are meeting in Japan this month, including Canada. This coincides with...
Water markets and winning the lottery 10/15/2010 As it is Blog Action Day regarding water…What is the “water lottery”? It’s a phrase I will use to describe the current system in which senior...
What lies beneath? Accessing environmental information on real estate (Slides) 10/14/2010 "I would never have bought if I knew...
Scratching the surface of water quality guidelines: From agriculture to oilsands 10/8/2010 In the wake of James Cameron’s visit, and with the knowledge that the next Avatar installment is to take place...