Monday, April 22, 2013 We’re asking all political parties to support banning the use, sale and retail display of cosmetic pesticides used on public and private lands – something only the provincial government has the power to do. How can you help? Spread the word, share this blog post with
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Environmental Law Alert Blog: No one should have to worry about their children playing in the grass
Monday, April 22, 2013 We’re asking all political parties to support banning the use, sale and retail display of cosmetic pesticides used on public and private lands – something only the provincial government has the power to do. How can you help? Spread the word, share this blog post with
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: Privatizing Salmon Protection: The Failure of the Riparian Areas Regulation
Thursday, March 28, 2013 In BC, key protection for fish habitat is supposed to be provided by the Riparian Areas Regulation (RAR) – a law intended to ensure that residential and other development is set back from the waterways that provide critical fish habitat on lands regulated by local governments.
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: Municipality without people is a Jumbo of a problem
Monday, March 11, 2013 When is a municipality not a municipality? When no one lives there. West Coast Environmental Law is proud to support the West Kootenay Ecosociety in their challenge to the the Jumbo Glacier Resort Mountain Municipality – a “municipality” without people, with a mayor and council appointed
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: Time to turn our transportation pyramid right-side up
Wednesday, June 20, 2012 Copenhagen is the world’s poster-child for bicycle-friendly transportation. But that’s partly because they have aggressive goals for what transportation should look like. Check out Copenhagen’s Transportation Pyramid, which prioritizes biking and walking over all other modes of transportation. In essence the Copenhagen Transportation Pyramid turns North
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: Pesticide Incidents confirm that domestic pesticides pose risks
Friday, May 11, 2012 As the BC Legislature’s Special Committee on Cosmetic Pesticides grapples with the question of whether to ban the use of cosmetic pesticides, a recent report by Health Canada seems to confirm that humans, pets and the environment have something to fear from such pesticides. The Pesticide
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: Lessons from the world’s top Environmental Law Conference
Tuesday, March 6, 2012 The Public Interest Environmental Law Conference held each year in Eugene Oregon is, perhaps, the Mecca of environmental lawyers. It brings together literally thousands of lawyers, law students, community activists, and others to discuss whether and how the law can be used to protect the environment.
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: The environment needs your voice for 2 important public consultations
Friday, January 27, 2012 The record level of public engagement shown in the recent BC government consultations on cosmetic pesticides (8,700 people) shows that democracy is alive and well in BC. Whether you were one of the thousands of people who made their views known in that consultation or not,
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: The legal arguments in favour of a cosmetic pesticide ban
Monday, November 7, 2011
Today (November 7th) I’m appearing before the BC Legislature’s Special Committee on Cosmetic Pesticides to argue in fav…
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: Local governments on the south coast make a move on oil tankers
Thursday, October 13, 2011
At the end of September, West Coast lawyers hit the Union of B.C. …
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: Local governments take a stand on nature and climate strategy
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Several days spent at the end of September at UBCM, the annual gatheri…
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: Victory: CRD says no to Marine Trail Resort
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
On September 13th, 2011, the Land Use Committee A of the Capital Regional District (CRD) voted to reject a rezoning proposal t…
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: BC law fails to protect fish habitat
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
A BC Court of Appeal decision issued earlier this month (July 5th) has conf…
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: Halalt Nation’s win protects Chemainus River
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Last week (on July 13th), Madame Justice Wedge of the BC Supreme Court side…
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: Rap on Rapid Transit
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Anyone interested in rapid transit in Vancouver has until this Friday, April 22nd to tell Translink what they think about the propos…
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: Will BC ban cosmetic pesticides?
Friday, January 15, 2010
You may have heard that the province is in the process of consulting British Columbians about how cosmetic pesticides should be regulated. “Cosmetic” &n…
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