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ELC’s Executive Director has been selected as one of 40 Energy Future Lab Fellows We are pleased to announce that...
Alberta releases its new Climate Leadership Plan The Alberta Government released its long anticipated Climate Leadership Plan yesterday. The...
Alberta Energy Regulator receives the Final Report in the Best-in-Class Initiative The Final Report entitled Listening, Learning, and Leading:...
Conservation directives: an unknown and untested tool When we think of protecting Alberta’s landscapes there are a variety of...
What might the future of Canada’s environmental laws and policies hold? A look at the federal Liberal environmental platform ...
I Do So Like Green Regs and Ham! Thank You! Thank You! The ELC hosted its third annual Green...
Best-in-Class Initiative: Alberta Energy Regulator receives a Framework for Regulatory Excellence As mentioned in previous blog posts, we have...
Quick update on Municipal Government Act Review Update Earlier in the year, prior to the provincial election, several amendments...
Model for Harmonized Provincial Environmental and Sustainability Assessment The ELC is pleased to announce publication of its Model for...
Pollution Pocketbook #2: Polluter Pays Principle – Determining when polluters should pay — “there’s no free lunch” Pollution pocketbook...
Exciting Developments in Climate Change Action Last week was a busy week for climate change law and policy…. A...
Our North Saskatchewan Region: ELC launches regional plan information website (but will there be a plan?) Where will the...
From Platform to Policy? Where might environmental policy be heading? The election is behind us and a new majority...
Update on the Alberta Energy Regulator’s Best-in-Class Initiative Earlier this month, we had the opportunity to participate in the...
Do Courts Take Judicial Notice of Climate Change? At the recent 2015 Canadian Bar Association Symposium on “Environment...
Pollution Pocketbook #1: Who pays for pollution? Pollution pocketbook is a short blog series regarding how our laws and...
Fracking Fall Out Controversial spin-off industries expose gaps in regulation Click Here for some media coverage about a dispute...
OWC interviews ELC Counsel Adam Driedzic on Watershed Stewardship The Oldman Watershed Council (OWC) interviewed Adam Driedzic, Staff Counsel...
Brenda Heelan Powell, ELC Counsel, participates in AER’s Best-in-Class Regulator Initiative Brenda Heelan Powell, Staff Counsel at the Environmental...
ELC Counsel Jason Unger on Water Quality in Alberta Panel Discussion In celebration of Canadian Water Day last March...
Municipal Government Act Review Update: Bill 20 is introduced and it’s disappointing Earlier this month, the Alberta government introduced...
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