Friday, October 9, 2015 First Nations and environmental organizations had a chance to make reply submissions before the Federal Court of Appeal today. This six-day hearing was the culmination of thousands of hours of work, mountains of documents, and tremendous displays of community support. Now it is up to the
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Environmental Law Alert Blog: Day 5: Northern Gateway seeks to defend the "gold standard" review process
Wednesday, October 7, 2015 Day 5 of 6 – we are on the home stretch! Today we heard from Northern Gateway about what it labelled the “gold standard” approach to consultation and review for the project as a whole. Counsel for Northern Gateway argued that Northern Gateway went ‘above and
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: Day 4: Canada seeks to defend Enbridge approval in Court
Tuesday, October 6, 2015 We are on the home stretch with only two days left of this historic proceeding! Today, lawyers representing the government of Canada argued their position. In short, they argued that the Cabinet’s decision to approve Enbridge was reasonable and that Canada meaningfully consulted with Aboriginal groups
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: Day 3: Environmental and labour organizations challenge Enbridge approval
Monday, October 5, 2015 Another day down at the Federal Court of Appeal in Vancouver and just like that we are half way through the six day Enbridge hearing. Today we heard arguments from four environmental organizations and one labour union – all challenging the legal basis for the Enbridge
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: Why the NEB downplayed the impact of a major bitumen spill
Wednesday, January 29, 2014 So how did the National Energy Board’s Joint Review Panel (JRP) considering Enbridge’s proposed pipelines and tankers project conclude that a catastrophic spill of diluted bitumen (untreated oil sands oil, diluted so that it can be transported by pipe) on BC’s North Coast would only have
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