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The Right to a Healthy Environment (and more) in the Canadian

WEBAs a refresher, the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (“CEPA”) is the federal law that manages and regulates prescribed types of pollution. Generally, CEPA …

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Climate Litigation in Canada

WEBThe Environmental Law Centre (ELC) has been seeking strong and effective environmental laws since it was founded in 1982. The ELC is dedicated to providing …

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Paying for pollution: who should be on the hook for …

WEBThe Environmental Law Centre (ELC) has been seeking strong and effective environmental laws since it was founded in 1982. The ELC is dedicated to providing …

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An Update to CEPA – A long time coming or too little, too late

WEBA long time coming or too little, too late? On April 13, 2021, the federal government brought forward the Strengthening Environmental Protection for a Healthier …

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Access to Environmental Justice: Costs and scientific uncertainty …

WEBEnvironmental justice, sometimes called environmental racism, is “the intentional siting of hazardous waste sites, landfills, incinerators and polluting industries …

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The Environment & The Constitution Series: Interprovincial …

WEBThe first two topical reports consider the constitutional jurisdiction to manage species at risk, the flora and fauna that are at risk of disappearing from the Alberta …

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The Next Government needs to address Alberta’s Fossil Fuel …

WEBThe management of oil and gas liability in Alberta is not working. Estimates of oil and gas liabilities on the Alberta landscape range from about $60 billion to $260 …

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The Next Government needs to address Alberta’s Fossil Fuel …

WEBThe Next Government needs to address Alberta’s Fossil Fuel Liabilities Part 2: Oil Sands Fluid Tailings Management . Part 1 of this blog (see here) looked at the end …

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Environmental Law Centre Home: working for strong …

WEBThe mission of the Environmental Law Centre is to advocate for laws that will sustain ecosystems and ensure a healthy environment and to engage citizens in the …

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The Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable …

WEBIn late 2018, the Commissioner of Environment and Sustainable Development (CESD) released her Fall 2018 Reports.

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- Environmental Law Centre

WEBThe Environmental Law Centre (ELC) has been seeking strong and effective environmental laws since it was founded in 1982. The ELC is dedicated to providing …

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The Canadian Constitution, the Environment, and the Misguided …

WEBThe Canadian Constitution, the Environment, and the Misguided Notions of Provincial Sovereignty . The proposed Alberta Sovereignty Act has been extensively …

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The Environment & The Constitution Series: Greenhouse Gas …

WEBGreenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions are not included in the enumerated grounds of sections 91 or 92 of the Constitution Act, 1867 and, as such, neither the …

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Here Comes the Sun: Solar Access in Alberta

WEBThe Environmental Law Centre (ELC) has been seeking strong and effective environmental laws since it was founded in 1982. The ELC is dedicated to providing …

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Overhaul of Alberta’s Remediation Certificate Regulation

WEBThe effect of a remediation certificate is to provide that “no environmental protection order requiring further work, in respect of the same release of the same …

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Municipal Powers, Land Use Planning, and the Environment: …

WEBIntroduction. Municipalities exercise a broad range of powers that have significant direct and indirect impacts on the environment. Alberta’s cities, towns, and rural municipalities are …

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The Qat’muk Grizzly Bear Spirit, the Jumbo Valley Ski Resort & the

WEBThe Qat’muk Grizzly Bear Spirit, the Jumbo Valley Ski Resort & the Protection of Sacred Lands in New Zealand . In early November, the Supreme Court of …

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