Thursday, June 1, 2017 Kinder Morgan’s risky Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion just got a whole lot riskier, just as the company was taking steps to offload some of that risk onto Canadian investors. That is why this week, we released a new legal brief outlining the legal risk for the
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Environmental Law Alert Blog: United we beat Enbridge: Celebrating the defeat of Northern Gateway with the people of Haida Gwaii
Monday, April 10, 2017 West Coast Environmental Law was happy to accept an invitation to attend a celebration in Gaaw (Old Massett) on March 25, co-hosted by Haida Gwaii CoAST and the Council of the Haida Nation, to mark the defeat of the Enbridge Northern Gateway project. Staff Counsel Gavin
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: Solidarity with the Secwepemc: Yes to a healthy environment, no to Ajax Mine
Friday, April 7, 2017 On April 1st, the Environmental Dispute Resolution Fund team had an opportunity to visit some of our grantees in Secwepemc territory/Kamloops and participate in a declaration of solidarity and support for the Secwepemc decision to reject the proposed Ajax mine. The ceremony brought together Indigenous communities,
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: A solemn promise: Indigenous perspectives on the Douglas Treaties
Wednesday, March 15, 2017 West Coast's RELAW Project Lead Maxine Hayman Matilpi shares stories from a recent conference that brought together historians, legal scholars and Indigenous people who are direct descendants of the signatories to the Vancouver Island Treaties (aka Douglas Treaties). The topic spurred rich conversations about the ways
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: A Kinder Morgan snapshot
Tuesday, March 14, 2017 It’s been a while since we’ve updated you about Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline and tanker expansion project (KMX). A lot has happened in the past few months, so here’s a snapshot of where we’re at. It’s been a while since we’ve updated you about Kinder
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: Mni Wiconi: Water is life, more than ever
Wednesday, February 1, 2017 These simple and profound words, “Water is Sacred,” have become a call to action in North Dakota. Since April 2016, thousands of people have gathered there to protect water from “the Black Snake,” the Dakota Access pipeline proposed to bring oil under the Missouri River. After a year
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: Mni Wiconi: Water is life, more than ever
Wednesday, February 1, 2017 These simple and profound words, “Water is Sacred,” have become a call to action in North Dakota. Since April 2016, thousands of people have gathered there to protect water from “the Black Snake,” the Dakota Access pipeline proposed to bring oil under the Missouri River. After a year
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: 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: Field notes: A week of pipeline action and cross-Canada solidarity
Tuesday, December 6, 2016 Staff Counsel Eugene Kung recounts an action-packed week preparing for – and responding to – the federal government's approval of the Kinder Morgan tar sands pipeline and tankers proposal. This is your friend Eugene, blogging from 9,753 metres in the sky. I’m writing on my way
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: 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: 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…
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: What are we going to do about Site C?
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?”
Continue readingEnvironmental 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: Kinder Morgan’s Salad Days of Summer
Tuesday, July 12, 2016
The warmth and relative freedom of summer creates an atmosphere of spontaneity and often last-minute plans come together: “Let&…
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: Revitalizing Indigenous Law for Land, Air and Water: The Cheakamus Retreat
Monday, June 20, 2016
The Revitalizing Indigenous Law for Land, Air, and Water (RELAW) Project is …
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