Thursday, March 15, 2012 No, that title is not an invitation to donate to West Coast Environmental Law. Law students who want to work as public interest lawyers face massive student loans. Perhaps we can support them better in making the choice to forego salary in favour of working for
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Environmental Law Alert Blog: Headlines, Pipelines and Time Spent on the Front Lines
Wednesday, March 7, 2012 Reflections of two legal interns from Australia As part of our internship with West Coast Environmental Law, we recently travelled with staff counsel to some of the Northern BC communities that would be affected by the proposed Enbridge pipelines and supertankers project, to the community hearings
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: Caribou, Coal Mining and the world’s First Twitter Moot Court
Tuesday, March 6, 2012 Many were scratching their heads when they heard that West Coast was running the “World’s First-ever Twitter Moot.” Say what? What’s that, and how does it relate to the environment? Just what are you trying to accomplish? But for an hour or so on February 21st
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: Ethical Oil attack ads expose un-"fairness" of Vivian Krause
Wednesday, January 18, 2012 On January 13th, our Executive Director, Jessica Clogg, appeared on the Bill Good Show on CKNW radio, opposite blogger Vivian Krause, to defend West Coast against the recent American-style attack ads launched against us by the oil industry advocacy group, Ethical Oil. Even though Ms. Krause
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: The ear of government and the mouths of the oil industry
Friday, December 16, 2011 With French-language CBC reporting that Canadian Environment Minister Peter Kent is meeting far more often with the oil and gas industry than with environmental organizations, we have 2 questions. First, what does that mean for Canada's environmental laws and policies? Second, where is the English-language media
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: A new era of pesticide special reviews in Canada
Wednesday, November 30, 2011 So what does last week’s federal court win by Josette Wier, a pesticide activist based in Smithers, against Health Canada mean for pesticide regulations in Canada? If Health Canada implements the decision of the Honourable Mr. Justice Kelen in Wier v. Health Canada, we believe that
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: Polluters get off more lightly than hunters
Monday, November 28, 2011 While violators of all BC environmental statutes are much less likely than they used to be to be charged and convicted of an offence than used to be the case, it turns out that violators of the Wildlife Act – primarily hunters and fishers – are
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: How about we have strong environmental laws and job creation?
Monday, November 21, 2011 As part of the Premier’s job creation strategy, the BC government has introduced legislation to remove permitting requirements for certain so-called “low-risk” mining operations – notably related to exploration. But the best information is that strong environmental regulations have little or no impact on the available
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: A climate change challenge to foresters, engineers and biologists
Thursday, November 17, 2011 A new, ground-breaking report from West Coast Environmental Law – Climate Change and Professionals – is asking professional associations to ensure that their members provide responsible advice on climate-related issues. Folks in Delta, Richmond and other regions subject to flooding from rising sea-levels will want to
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: Dimethoate re-evaluation reads like a riddle
Friday, October 14, 2011
Riddle me this. Riddle me that. … Health Canada is in the process of re…
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: Vernon parents kick pesticides out of school fields
Friday, October 7, 2011
A group of parents and kids in Vernon are celebrating, after School Distri…
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: A ban on cosmetic pesticides is scientific and smart
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
The Premier and the opposition agree that there should be a ban on cosm…
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: Who’s better at muzzling scientists: Canada or the U.S.?
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Recent revelations at the Cohen Commission that the Prime Minister&rs…
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: Bargain basement prices on BC public lands?
Monday, June 27, 2011
Attention Alpine Resort developers! Beautiful Public B.C. mountain rea…
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: Fines, jail time and polluters
Friday, June 3, 2011
A recent environmental conviction in Abbotsford raises serious questions abou…
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: Report from the Leg
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
We’re most of the way through the Spring 2011 sitting of BC’s …
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: Got something to say about water?
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
West Coast is not the only one blogging as a way to discuss environmental law. The BC government has launched its LivingWaterSmart blog as a key tool for consulting…
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