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The Environmental Law Centre offers the following publications available for download at no charge to you.
Please note, these files are all pdf format and require an application such as Adobe Acrobat Reader, in order to view. Simply click on the links below to view, or right-click to download (or save).

CLEAN SLATE, CONTAMINATED LAND by Jason Unger Published: June 2nd, 2020 Download	Good Riddance – Waste Management Law in Alberta by Rebecca Kauffman Published: May 27th, 2020 Download	Extended Producer Responsibility by Allison Boutillier Published: May 27th, 2020 Download	The Polluter Pays Principle in Alberta Law by the Environmental Law Centre Published: December 16th, 2019 Download
Agricultural Lands Law and Policy in Alberta by Brenda Heelan Powell Published: November 14th, 2019 Download	Habitat Law in Alberta: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY by the Environmental Law Centre Published: October 11th, 2019 Download	Habitat Law in Alberta VOLUME 1: The State of Habitat Laws in Alberta by Rebecca Kauffman Published: October 11th, 2019 Download	Habitat Law in Alberta VOLUME 2: Barriers to Effective Habitat Management and Protection in Alberta by Brenda Heelan Powell Published: October 11th, 2019 Download
Habitat Law in Alberta VOLUME 3: Jurisdictional Review of Habitat Laws by Kyra Leuschen Published: October 11th, 2019 Download	Habitat Law in Alberta VOLUME 4: Recommended Reforms to Habitat Management & Protection Laws in Alberta by Jason Unger Published: October 11th, 2019 Download	Climate Change and the Law: An Introduction to Adaptation in Alberta by Kyra Leuschen Published: April 3rd, 2019 Download	Climate Change and the Law: An Introduction to Mitigation in Alberta by Rebecca Kauffman Published: March 27th, 2019 Download

Previous ELC Publications

Climate & Energy	Environmental Rights	HABITAT
Climate Change and the Law: An Introduction to Adaptation in Alberta	An Environmental Bill of Rights for Alberta	Agricultural Lands Law and Policy in Alberta
Climate Change and the Law: An Introduction to Mitigation in Alberta	A Road Map for Environmental Rights in Alberta: Rights for a Sustainable Future	Habitat Law in Alberta EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Future Flows: Climate resilience, environmental flows and Alberta’s water law	The Interaction of Environmental Rights and Property Rights	Habitat Law in Alberta VOLUME 1 The State of Habitat Laws in Alberta
Energy Consumption and Privacy	Environmental Rights. Phase 1: Do we have the rights we need?	Habitat Law in Alberta VOLUME 2 Barriers to Effective Habitat Management and Protection in Alberta
Oil Sands Emission Limit under the Climate Change Leadership Plan	Environmental Rights Module 1: Substantive Environmental Rights	Habitat Law in Alberta VOLUME 3 Jurisdictional Review of Habitat Laws
Climate Change Legal Roadmap: Carbon Pricing Recommendations for Alberta: Lessons from the Latest Developments in WCI Jurisdictions	Environmental Rights Module 2: Third Party Oversight	Habitat Law in Alberta VOLUME 4 Recommended Reforms to Habitat Management & Protection Laws in Alberta
Climate Change Legal Roadmap: A Snapshot of Alberta’s Climate Change Law & Policy	Environmental Rights Module 3: Citizen Enforcement
Climate Change Legal Roadmap: Methane Reduction under the Climate Change Leadership Plan	Environmental Rights – Module 4: Access to Environmental Information
2013 – Reclaiming Tomorrow Today: Regulatory timing for abandonment and reclamation of well sites in Alberta	Environmental Rights: Module 5 – Costs in Court and Regulatory Proceedings
2011 – Nuclear Power in the Prairies	Environmental Rights: Module 6 – Rights to a Hearing
2010 – Seeking the Right Balance: Financial Security for Conservation and Reclamation of Alberta’s Oil Sands Mines

Market based instruments	WATER	PUBLIC LANDS
Volume 1: An Introduction to Market-Based Instruments & the Alberta Land Stewardship Act	Groundwater Policy and Planning in Alberta: a path forward for sustainable groundwater management and protection	2016: Managing recreation on public land: How does Alberta compare? ADDENDUM
Volume 2: Transfer of Development Credits under the Alberta Land Stewardship Act	2015- In Water We Trust? Engaging Albertans in Restoration and Maintenance of Environmental Flows	2015: Managing recreation on public land: How does Alberta compare?
Volume 3: Conservation Offsets under the Alberta Land Stewardship Act	2015- In Water We Trust Appendix B ( A Review of Water Market Impacts)
Volume 4: Stewardship Units & the Exchange under the Alberta Land Stewardship Act	2015- In Water We Trust Appendix A (Alberta Law and Policy for the Protection of Environmental Flows)
Market Based Instruments Backgrounder – Overview	2015-In Water We Trust Bibliography
Market Based Instruments Property Rights Backgrounder	2010 – Consistency and Accountability in Implementing Watershed Plans in Alberta: A jurisdictional review and recommendations for reform
Market Based Instruments Advanced Property Rights Backgrounder
2015- Conservation Directives: Alberta’s unknown and untested conservation tool
2008 – Legal Aspects of Conservation Easements
buyer beware and what lies beneath	standing and public participation	environmental assessment
2015 – Buyer Beware: Where and how to find environmental information about a property in Alberta	2014 – Standing in Environmental Matters	2015 – Model for Harmonized Provincial Environmental and Sustainability Assessment
2015 – What Lies Beneath? Access to Environmental Information in Alberta	2010 – A Guide to Public Participation in Environmental Decision-Making in Alberta	2014 – Environmental Assessment & the Canadian Constitution: Substitution and Equivalency
2014 – What Lies Beneath? Access to Environmental Information in Alberta	2008 – Municipal Powers, Land Use Planning, and the Environment: Understanding the Public’s Role	2013 – A Model Environmental and Sustainability Assessment Law (without annotations)
	1999 – Community Action Materials	2013 – A Model Environmental and Sustainability Assessment Law (Annotated Version)
		2008 – The ABC’s of Environmental Jurisdiction

The Environmental Law Centre offers the above publications available for download at no charge to you.
Please note, these files are all pdf format and require an application such as Adobe Acrobat Reader, in order to view. Simply click on the links below to view, or right-click to download (or save).