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Cabinet approves the Northern Gateway project Late last year, the National Energy Board (NEB) released its decision on the...
Empowering Municipalities for Environmental Management Recommendations to Strengthen Alberta’s Municipal Government Act In Alberta, the powers and activities of...
Calgary likes Green Regs & Ham! Last week, over 100 environmental nonprofit leaders, regulatory lawyers and industry representatives gathered...
Green Regs and Ham: Alberta Energy Regulator Year in Review 6/5/2014 Last month, over 100 environmental nonprofit leaders, regulatory...
“Turning Around the Supertanker”: Municipal panel sheds light on environmental management challenges at Green Regs & Ham Three municipal...
Cindy Chiasson to bid farewell to the ELC After 17 years of outstanding leadership, Executive Director Cindy Chiasson will...
Yet another denial of standing found unlawful BC court favors environmental groups, but “public interest standing” remains out of...
Cindy Chiasson to bid farewell to the ELC After 17 years of outstanding leadership, Executive Director Cindy Chiasson will...
Sound environmental monitoring for Alberta – will AEMERA deliver? With the proclamation of the Protecting Alberta’s Environment Act in...
Quads on Lake Shores: What are the rules and the state of enforcement? The Alberta Lake Management Society has...
Empowering Municipalities for Environmental Management, Municipal Government Act Consultations 2014 The ELC recognizes the important role that municipalities have...
Wellsite ordered reclaimed: in for a penny, now about that pound While the recently issued Environmental Protection Order that...
Canada’s proposed Fisheries Act regulations: do the feds want “out” of s.91(12) of the Constitution Act? Section 91 (12)...
The Federal Court finds unlawful delay by the government under the Species at Risk Act In our recent post...
Question: Who wants to know about oil spills? Answer: No one who doesn’t ask. Here’s a little story from...
Municipal Government Act consultations announced Municipalities have the potential to play a key role in environmental protection. Many private...
An overview of the Northern Gateway decision report The proposed Northern Gateway Project (the “Project”) consists of two pipelines...
2013 in review The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt:...
2013: environmental law and policy, the year in brief …. may 2014 bring us greater environmental protection Reflecting on...
Grousing about the value of species or “how much for that caribou in the window?” The first emergency protection...
Roxanne’s story: What your donations support When Roxanne Walsh first contacted the Environmental Law Centre on October 24, 2006,...
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