Tag: Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act

Cindy Chiasson to bid farewell to the ELC

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?

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?

Quads on Lake Shores: What are the rules and the state of enforcement?   The Alberta Lake Management Society has...

News Brief – April 2014

Municipal powers, reclamation orders and the effects of AER

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Empowering Municipalities for Environmental Management, Municipal Government Act Consultations 2014

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

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?

Canada’s proposed Fisheries Act regulations: do the feds want “out” of s.91(12) of the Constitution Act?   Section 91 (12)...

News Brief – March 2014

Who wants to know about oil spills?

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The Federal Court finds unlawful delay by the government under the Species at Risk Act

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?

Question: Who wants to know about oil spills?   Answer: No one who doesn’t ask. Here’s a little story from...

News Brief – February 2014

Buyer Beware, Backhoes and Water Woes

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Municipal Government Act consultations announced

Municipal Government Act consultations announced   Municipalities have the potential to play a key role in environmental protection. Many private...

News Brief – January 2014

Northern Gateway, Grousing about Caribou and Timely Reclamation

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An overview of the Northern Gateway decision report

An overview of the Northern Gateway decision report   The proposed Northern Gateway Project (the “Project”) consists of two pipelines...

2013 in review

2013 in review   The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt:...

2014 – Environmental Assessment & the Canadian Constitution: Substitution and Equivalency
2014 – What Lies Beneath? Access to Environmental Information in Alberta
2013: environmental law and policy, the year in brief ….may 2014 bring us greater environmental protection

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?”

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

Roxanne’s story: What your donations support   When Roxanne Walsh first contacted the Environmental Law Centre on October 24, 2006,...

Changes to Fisheries Act take effect November 25

Changes to Fisheries Act take effect November 25   As part of its Omnibus Budget Bill last year, the government...

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