Tuesday, October 25, 2016 In the face of a disaster like the Mount Polley mine disaster, swift action is essential to send a message to industry that breaking environmental laws will not be tolerated. In this case, when the government failed to act in a timely manner, MiningWatch Canada brought
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Environmental Law Alert Blog: A Review of the Review of Reviews: A Participants’ Guide to the Federal EA Review
Wednesday, October 19, 2016 In mid-September, an expert panel appointed by the federal Minister of Environment and Climate Change (the Panel) launched a public review of Canada’s environmental assessment processes (the EA Review). While the Panel and its secretariat have attempted to broadcast how the public and Indigenous groups can
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: When wild salmon win – toward a renewed Fisheries Act?
Tuesday, October 18, 2016 The Fisheries Act failed to protect an important BC coastal salmon habitat. It’s time to renew the legislation. Young salmon rearing in the Skeena River estuary. (Photo: Tavish Campbell) read more
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: Will Canada’s national carbon price clean up our climate mess?
Monday, October 17, 2016 Canada will soon have a national price on carbon. West Coast has been calling for carbon pricing for over twenty years – putting a price on harm to our atmosphere is a good first step in dealing with the gigatonnes of fossil fuel pollution that Canada produces
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: RELAW Project: Summer in review
Monday, September 19, 2016
Over the summer, the Revitalizing Indigenous Law for Land, Air and Wate…
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: You can play a role in ensuring a law to protect the Pacific north coast from oil tankers
Thursday, September 8, 2016
After decades of work by the West Coast Environmental Law Association …
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: BC’s Climate Plan shows why real leadership requires accountability
Wednesday, August 31, 2016
Canadian Environment Minister Catherine McKenna and her staff are in th…
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Wednesday, August 31, 2016
Canadian Environment Minister Catherine McKenna and her staff are in th…
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: What are we going to do about Site C?
Monday, August 15, 2016
As the Site C dam project forges ahead, West Coast's RELAW Project Man…
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Monday, August 15, 2016
As the Site C dam project forges ahead, West Coast’s RELAW Project Manager Maxine Matilpi considers difficult questions about the future of the Peace River Valley and the Indigenous communities fighting to preserve their territories.
It’s the end of the day and our shared office is hot and stuffy. My colleague on the RELAW project, Georgia, asks with all seriousness, “What are we going to do about Site C?”
Environmental Law Alert Blog: Lessons from a summer at West Coast
Friday, August 12, 2016
West Coast Environmental Law Association was lucky to have four talented students join us this summer from law schools across the co…
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Friday, August 12, 2016
West Coast Environmental Law Association was lucky to have four talented students join us this summer from law schools across the co…
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: Catching up with science: Salmon biodiversity and Aboriginal fisheries rights in BC
Wednesday, August 3, 2016
At West Coast Environmental Law, we are passionate about collaboration a…
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: Catching up with science: Salmon biodiversity and Aboriginal fisheries rights in BC
Wednesday, August 3, 2016
At West Coast Environmental Law, we are passionate about collaboration a…
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: #LovetheGreatBearSea: Put laws in place to protect it
Thursday, July 28, 2016
Earlier this year the BC government approved the Great Bear Rainforest Lan…
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Thursday, July 28, 2016
Earlier this year the BC government approved the Great Bear Rainforest Lan…
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: How will we build the next generation of environmental assessment for Canada?
Thursday, July 14, 2016
This June, the Minister of Environment and Climate Change announced that s…
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Thursday, July 14, 2016
This June, the Minister of Environment and Climate Change announced that s…
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: Does Kenya’s Climate Change Act lead the way for climate lawsuits?
Thursday, July 14, 2016
It might seem a bit odd for Environmental Law Alert (based in BC, Canada) …
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: Federal government reviews of environmental laws: Processes where people matter
Tuesday, June 21, 2016
On June 20, the federal government unveiled a wide-ranging review of the dr…
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