Are we protecting our Water?
Tuesday, June 21, 2011 A shocking story from Mark Hume in the Globe and Mail on June 12th reveals ...
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Atmospheric Trust Litigation
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 Do the governments of the world have a legal duty to protect the atmosphere...
More than 35 years protecting BC’s Coast
Wednesday, June 8, 2011 In celebration of World Oceans Day, we’re trying to raise $5000 to h...
Fines, jail time and polluters
Friday, June 3, 2011 A recent environmental conviction in Abbotsford raises serious questions abou...
Report from the Leg
Wednesday, June 1, 2011 We’re most of the way through the Spring 2011 sitting of BC’s ...
Gravel Pit court case reveals problems with Environmental Assessment laws
Monday, May 30, 2011 A recent BC Supreme Court decision concerning a gravel pit on Texada Island s...
West Moberly Nation wins second round for the Caribou
Monday, May 30, 2011 BC's Court of Appeal has sided with the West Moberly First Nations in req...
First Nations tell Enbridge: No pipelines without consent
Tuesday, May 17, 2011 When Enbridge recently held its annual meeting of shareholders in Calgary, t...
Home is a source of power
Tuesday, February 2, 2010 For me one of the most interesting observations in West Coast Environmental Law’s “Emerging Solutions on Clean, Green Power” Dialogue came from former ...
Just 11 Caribou Left
Monday, February 1, 2010 This morning Chief Roland Willson and the entire Council of the West Moberly First Nations, from Northeast BC, walked into a courtroom in Victoria to ask…
Climate change changes everything in our Forests
Thursday, January 28, 2010 For some time West Coast Environmental Law has been advocating for the BC government to change the way it manages forests to recognize the reality of…
No new fish farms for 10 months – BC Supreme Court
Tuesday, January 26, 2010 Alexandra Morton’s constitutional challenge to BC’s fish farm laws just keeps getting better. Justice Hinkson today has effectively created a moratoriu...
Red Chris Mine: An environmental law victory can still be a loss for the environment
Thursday, January 21, 2010 This morning the Supreme Court of Canada released its decision in MiningWatch Canada v. read more
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...
Everyone agrees BC needs better renewable electricity planning. But how?
Friday, January 15, 2010 Close to 180 participants from all sides of BC’s heated debate about the future of renewable electricity generation gathered in Vancouver earlier this week at West…
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…
Pesticide-sprayed tenants bite landlord
Monday, January 4, 2010 A Residential Tenancy Branch decision, released on December 28th, 2009, has ordered a New Westminster landlord to pay $11,950 to the residents of two apartments for…