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Employment Opportunity: ELC is seeking a law student for a summer research position. Apply today!

APPLICATION DEADLINE: March 25, 2024   The Environmental Law Centre (Alberta) (ELC) is inviting applications from law students for a...

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  • Water, Water management, Watershed management
  • Climate Change and Energy
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Drought Watch 2024: Wetlands & Drought Management in Alberta

“This winter, snowpack is below average, rivers are at record low levels and multiple reservoirs remain well below capacity.”[1] This...

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  • Pollution and Human Health
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Contaminated sites in Alberta: Current challenges and law reforms
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  • Pollution and Human Health
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The Regulation of Pollution and Contaminated Sites in Alberta
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  • Climate Change and Energy
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Pollution Management and Contaminated Sites in Alberta: Current Challenges, Jurisdictional Approaches and Law Reforms

The Environmental Law Centre invites you to join our webinar discussion around contaminated sites and the law on February 27,...

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  • Climate Change and Energy
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A Better Pace for Alberta: Eliminating barriers to private financing of Alberta’s Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) programs
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Job Post: Staff counsel term position at the ELC

The Environmental Law Centre is seeking a lawyer to fill a term position as Staff Counsel. Our activities focus on...

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  • Constitution, EPR Extended Producer Responsibility, Polluter Pays, Waste Management
  • Pollution and Human Health
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Maybe not the last (plastic) straw: Federal Court quashes federal order aimed at regulating “Plastic Manufactured Items”

(Photo: Horia Varlan from Bucharest, Romania, CC BY 2.0) ___________________________________________________________________________   Attempts by the federal government to tackle plastic pollution...

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  • Environmental Assessment, Indigenous Rights
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Join us for a panel discussion – The SCC Impact Assessment Act Decision: federal assessments – past, present, and future

Join our panelists Brenda Heelan Powell (ELC) and Prof. Andrew Leach, and Prof. Cameron Jefferies, from the Faculty of Law...

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  • Municipal Government Act, Solar
  • Climate Change and Energy
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A Better PACE for Alberta: ELC recommends law reforms to increase financing and flexibility of Alberta’s Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) programs

Since 2018, Alberta has had legislation which supports PACE programming via the Clean Energy Improvements Regulation (CEIP Regulation) and amendments...

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The ELC looks forward to new opportunities as an affiliated institute with Faculty of Law at the University of Alberta

The ELC is excited to share that we are now an affiliated institute with the Faculty of Law at the...

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  • Cumulative Effects, Environmental Assessment, Fisheries, Habitat, Public Participation
  • Climate Change and Energy
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Federal role in assessing project impacts is reset, not rejected, by Supreme Court of Canada

Authors: Brenda Heelan Powell & Jason Unger Has the Supreme Court of Canada dismantled the foundation of federal project assessments...

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  • Renewable Energy
  • Climate Change and Energy
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Alberta’s Renewables are on Hold: Utilities Commission Sets Path Forward to Gather Input

As has been widely reported, in early August, the Government of Alberta (GOA) unexpectedly placed a moratorium on the issuance...

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  • Environmental Rights and Principles
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The Right to a Healthy Environment (and more) in the Canadian Environmental Protection Act: A First for Canadians

In June 2023, the federal government finally amended the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, ostensibly, to reflect a modern interpretation of...

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  • Polluter Pays
  • Climate Change and Energy
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The Next Government needs to address Alberta’s Fossil Fuel Liabilities Part 2

The Next Government needs to address Alberta’s Fossil Fuel Liabilities Part 2: Oil Sands Fluid Tailings Management   Part 1...

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  • Polluter Pays
  • Climate Change and Energy
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The Next Government needs to address Alberta’s Fossil Fuel Liabilities Part 1

The Next Government needs to address Alberta’s Fossil Fuel Liabilities Part 1: Management of Liabilities, Orphans and Post-closure Sites The...

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  • Constitution
  • Climate Change and Energy
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Ontario Court finds Climate Litigation Fails on Charter Arguments

Ontario Court finds Climate Litigation Fails on Charter Arguments   In April 2023, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice released...

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  • Environmental Rights and Principles
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Battleground Environment:The Intersection of Environmental Law and Indigenous Rights
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  • About ELC, Constitution, Indigenous Affairs
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Cumulative Impacts on the Exercise of Treaty Rights

  Cumulative Impacts on theExercise of Treaty Rights: Lessons from the Blueberry RiverFirst Nation Decision and Agreement The entirety of...

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  • About ELC, General
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Job Posting: Communications Manager

Communications Manager The Environmental Law Centre is currently looking to recruit for two positions to join our team: 1) Director...

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  • About ELC, General
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Job Posting: Director of Strategy & Engagement 

Director of Strategy & Engagement The Environmental Law Centre is currently looking to recruit for two positions to join our...

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