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20 Jun Drought Watch 2024: Grasslands and Drought Management in Alberta

Posted at 19:36h in Climate Change, Conservation, Constitution, Nature and Biodiversity, Water management by Brenda Heelan Powell 0 Comments

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It is essential to ensure the maintenance of Alberta’s grasslands – especially native grasslands – for their significant carbon storage and biodiversity services. Unfortunately, Alberta’s approach to the conservation and...

03 Apr Climate Change and the Law: An Introduction to Adaptation in Alberta

Posted at 15:12h in Climate and Energy, Climate Change by Kyra Leuschen 0 Comments

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Climate Change and the Law: A Primer for Alberta Part Two: An Introduction to Climate Adaptation in Alberta The Environmental Law Centre (ELC) encourages all Albertans to consider how governments, industry, communities and...

27 Mar Climate Change and the Law: An Introduction to Mitigation in Alberta

Posted at 17:39h in Climate and Energy, Climate Change, Energy, Sustainable Communities by Rebecca Kauffman 0 Comments

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Climate Change and the Law: A Primer for Alberta Part One: An Introduction to Climate Change Mitigation in Alberta 30% Renewable Energy in Alberta by 2030: Where are we now? The Environmental Law Centre...

05 Mar Climate Change Litigation in Canada: Environnement Jeunesse v. Canada

Posted at 15:33h in Climate and Energy, Climate Change, Environmental Rights by Kyra Leuschen 1 Comment

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Climate Change Litigation in Canada: Environnement Jeunesse v. Canada This past November, ENvironnement JEUnesse (ENJEU), an environmental nonprofit in Quebec, applied to bring a class action lawsuit against the Government of Canada...

02 May Competing Methane Regulations: Alberta and Canada Release Methane Regulations in the Same Week

Posted at 20:37h in Climate and Energy, Climate Change, Energy, Pollution & Emissions by Brenda Heelan Powell 0 Comments

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Competing Methane Regulations: Alberta and Canada Release Methane Regulations in the Same Week One of the pillars of the Alberta Climate Leadership Plan (ACLP) is the introduction of a methane emission reduction...

02 May Climate Change Law Blog Series: The Paris Agreement and the Federal Sustainable Development Strategy

Posted at 19:44h in Climate and Energy, Climate Change by Brenda Heelan Powell 3 Comments

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Climate Change Law Blog Series: The Paris Agreement and the Federal Sustainable Development Strategy This is the fifth post in the Environmental Law Centre’s blog series exploring climate change law in Canada. ...

05 Nov What might the future of Canada’s environmental laws and policies hold? A look at the federal Liberal environmental platform

Posted at 17:35h in Climate and Energy, Climate Change, Environmental Assessment by Brenda Heelan Powell 0 Comments

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What might the future of Canada’s environmental laws and policies hold? A look at the federal Liberal environmental platform This post provides an overview of the Liberal environmental platform which can be...

30 Jun Exciting Developments in Climate Change Action

Posted at 12:18h in Climate Change by Brenda Heelan Powell 1 Comment

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Exciting Developments in Climate Change Action Last week was a busy week for climate change law and policy…. A victory for strong domestic climate change action: Urgenda Foundation v. State of the...

24 Apr Do Courts Take Judicial Notice of Climate Change?

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Do Courts Take Judicial Notice of Climate Change? At the recent 2015 Canadian Bar Association Symposium on "Environment in the Courtroom” in Calgary, I delivered a presentation on the topic “Judicial Notice of...

23 Feb Is Canada ready for the 2015 Paris Climate Change Conference?

Posted at 11:13h in Climate Change, Pollution & Emissions by Environmental Law Centre (ELC) 0 Comments

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Canada needs to have a strong, ambitious national carbon pricing policy in time for the 2015 Paris climate change conference. ...

20 Oct Is Canada prepared to meet the challenges of the future?

Posted at 09:31h in Climate Change, Environmental Assessment by Brenda Heelan Powell 1 Comment

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Is Canada prepared to meet the challenges of the future? Earlier this month, the Report of the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development (the “Report”) was released. This Report is...

01 Oct Facts, Reasons and Environmental Evils: Recent Canadian Environmental Law Decisions

Posted at 09:24h in Environmental Assessment, Pollution & Emissions by Brenda Heelan Powell 0 Comments

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Facts, Reasons and Environmental Evils: Recent Canadian Environmental Law Decisions In recent months, there have been several interesting environmental law decisions issued by the Federal Court of Canada. In both Greenpeace Canada...

Climate Change Tag

20 Jun Drought Watch 2024: Grasslands and Drought Management in Alberta

03 Apr Climate Change and the Law: An Introduction to Adaptation in Alberta

27 Mar Climate Change and the Law: An Introduction to Mitigation in Alberta

05 Mar Climate Change Litigation in Canada: Environnement Jeunesse v. Canada

02 May Competing Methane Regulations: Alberta and Canada Release Methane Regulations in the Same Week

02 May Climate Change Law Blog Series: The Paris Agreement and the Federal Sustainable Development Strategy

05 Nov What might the future of Canada’s environmental laws and policies hold? A look at the federal Liberal environmental platform

30 Jun Exciting Developments in Climate Change Action

24 Apr Do Courts Take Judicial Notice of Climate Change?

23 Feb Is Canada ready for the 2015 Paris Climate Change Conference?

20 Oct Is Canada prepared to meet the challenges of the future?

01 Oct Facts, Reasons and Environmental Evils: Recent Canadian Environmental Law Decisions