Thursday, June 29, 2017 Polite conversations don’t include talking about Canada’s colonial history and current reality. Sometimes we must stand up and speak out with unpopular messages to break the silence. So it's almost July 1, 2017 and outside our office, people are celebrating 150 years of colonial domination. Meanwhile inside
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Environmental Law Alert Blog: Protecting Pípsell: Standing up Secwépemc law on Aboriginal Day
Wednesday, June 21, 2017 West Coast is proud to ally with the Stk’emlúpsemc te Secwépemc Nation (SSN) in their use of their own laws to determine the future of Pípsell (also known as Jacko Lake and environs), a sacred area threatened by the proposed open pit Ajax mine. Our Environmental Dispute
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: In court: Communities take on Metro Vancouver coal port project
Thursday, June 15, 2017 At the end of May, as a summer law student at West Coast Environmental Law, I attended Federal Court as an observer at the hearing where the Communities and Coal Society and Voters Taking Action on Climate Change called into question the legality of the Vancouver
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: BC NDP v. Liberal climate plans: A score card
Wednesday, February 8, 2017 Last week, the BC NDP released its “Clean Growth Climate Action Plan.” Unfortunately for both the NDP and public debate on climate policy, much of the media coverage focused less on the plan, and more on a leak of the plan by the BC Liberals. The BC Greens apparently have
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Wednesday, February 8, 2017 Last week, the BC NDP released its “Clean Growth Climate Action Plan.” Unfortunately for both the NDP and public debate on climate policy, much of the media coverage focused less on the plan, and more on a leak of the plan by the BC Liberals. The BC Greens apparently have
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: Flex your local muscles and hold fossil fuel companies accountable!
Thursday, February 2, 2017 On January 25, 2017 West Coast and over 50 other organizations from around BC wrote to 190 local governments asking them to take action to hold the fossil fuel industry accountable for its role in causing climate change. If you agree, it’s time for you to
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Thursday, February 2, 2017 On January 25, 2017 West Coast and over 50 other organizations from around BC wrote to 190 local governments asking them to take action to hold the fossil fuel industry accountable for its role in causing climate change. If you agree, it’s time for you to
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: 2017: A Look Ahead to Protect Nature, Climate and Communities
Thursday, January 5, 2017 Check out our short video to meet some of our talented lawyers and see what we're most excited about for 2017! From providing legal aid for communities to defend their environment, to revitalizing Indigenous laws, and holding fossil fuel companies accountable for their role in climate
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: 2017: A Look Ahead
Thursday, January 5, 2017 Check out our short video to meet some of our talented lawyers and see what we're most excited about for 2017! From providing legal aid for communities to defend their environment, to revitalizing Indigenous laws, and holding fossil fuel companies accountable for their role in climate
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: Carrying forward lessons from Northern Gateway
Thursday, December 8, 2016 Understandably, those opposed to the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain project have not been in a mood to celebrate this past week. At the same time as the Prime Minister announced the federal government’s approval of Kinder Morgan (and the Enbridge Line 3 project), he confirmed something
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: Trudeau’s pipeline approvals fail to recognize the “magnitude” of the climate problem
Thursday, December 1, 2016 The thing that frustrated me most when watching the Prime Minister’s press conference earlier this week approving the Kinder Morgan and Line 3 pipelines is that he – or at least his government – knows that these pipelines undermine Canada’s climate goals and move us away
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: West Coast Conversations: 6 questions that define the fight against Kinder Morgan
Wednesday, November 16, 2016 West Coast Staff Counsel Eugene Kung sat down with Senior Communications and Engagement Specialist Alexis Stoymenoff to discuss the recent report released by the Ministerial Panel on the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline and tankers project. Here’s what Eugene had to say about the report, and the six
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: Faith restored? Kinder Morgan Ministerial Panel consultation wraps up
Thursday, October 20, 2016 The report from the Ministerial Panel on Kinder Morgan's proposed pipeline project is expected on November 1, 2016. This report will be considered by Federal Cabinet in its upcoming decision on the project, along with the upstream greenhouse gas analysis, the flawed National Energy Board report, and
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: Field notes from the Haida Gwaii Potlatch: Why government and industry should take heed of Indigenous governance decisions
Wednesday, September 14, 2016
I was honoured to have been invited to witness this historic potlatch, Raven Always Sets Things Right, hosted by the Yahgulaan…
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: Celebrating Canada’s 150th Birthday with a Deep Blue Sea Legacy: Nominating New Canadian Marine World Heritage Sites
Thursday, August 25, 2016
Next year Canada turns 150. What better present than a gift to the futur…
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: Celebrating Canada’s 150th Birthday with a Deep Blue Sea Legacy: Nominating New Canadian Marine World Heritage Sites
Thursday, August 25, 2016
Next year Canada turns 150. What better present than a gift to the futur…
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: Twelve pillars of a “next generation” of Canadian environmental assessment
Thursday, August 25, 2016
Canada needs a visionary new approach to assessing proposals that could …
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: Twelve pillars of a “next generation” of Canadian environmental assessment
Thursday, August 25, 2016
Canada needs a visionary new approach to assessing proposals that could …
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: Will BC’s climate plan be BC’s latest fudge-it budget?
Thursday, July 28, 2016
BC’s Climate Leadership Plan is missing in action. Originally …
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: Will BC’s climate plan be BC’s latest fudge-it budget?
Thursday, July 14, 2016
BC’s Climate Leadership Plan is missing in action. Originally …
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