Paying for pollution: who should be on the hook for environmental harm? Our lives invariably cause a level of...
Model for Harmonized Provincial Environmental and Sustainability Assessment The ELC is pleased to announce publication of its Model for...
Access to environmental information is vital to democratic participation and government accountability, as well as key to enabling environmental protections....
Highlights: Canary in the Coal Mine? The GOA announced its initiative to modernize coal mining (on Friday before Christmas) but...
In June 2023, the federal government finally amended the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, ostensibly, to reflect a modern interpretation of...
Engaging new regulatory approaches togenerate revenue for environmental management: ELC report Resources are needed to address a broad suite...
Accounting for nature: Increasing revenues in support of environmental management Alberta is no stranger to budgetary turmoil thanks to its...
Access to Environmental Justice: Costs and scientific uncertainty raise barriers to protecting communities For Access to Justice week in...
Highlights of Federal Environmental Legislation Reviews: Reports released for the Environmental Assessment, the National Energy Board, the Navigation Protection Act...
Whirling disease and the law: a call for precautionary environmental management on World Water Day Invasive species are a...
Environmental Rights Act: the “rights” path to sustainability Update: The Environmental Rights Act died on the order paper. A...
Omnibus budgets bills that transformed Canada’s environmental laws visited by the Federal Court The Federal Court issued its decision...
Facts, Reasons and Environmental Evils: Recent Canadian Environmental Law Decisions In recent months, there have been several interesting environmental...
2013: environmental law and policy, the year in brief …. may 2014 bring us greater environmental protection Reflecting on...
More changes to federal environmental assessment laws on the horizon The federal government has recently proposed amendments to the...
Environment or economy? The divergent perceptions of the purpose of environmental assessments This blog was triggered by a recent...
Environmental assessment and duplication: “Don’t we have a photocopier?” There is significant rhetoric around how the federal and provincial...
Environmental professionals and public participation An entire industry has developed in Canada that prepares environmental risk assessments and evaluations...
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