The climate crisis: It’s not your fault after all
Wednesday, March 15, 2017 Many of us feel some pressure, or even guilt, about our environmental footprint and our role in creating climate change. Climate campaigner Anjali Appadurai breaks down…
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Northern Gateway’s federal approval has been overturned – now what?
Friday, July 8, 2016 Last week we witnessed a major legal victory for First Nations opposing the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipelines and tankers proposal, a...
California mulling change to fossil fuel liability rules
Tuesday, May 24, 2016 We have predicted that governments would begin enacting new laws to address ...
The Kinder Morgan roller coaster continues
Tuesday, May 24, 2016 It has been yet another whirlwind month on the Kinder Morgan file. Staff Cou...
Learning from the Land: Anishinaabe Law Camp at Walpole Island First Nation
Tuesday, May 17, 2016 Last month, Staff Counsel Hannah Askew traveled with Anishinaabe scholars Jo...
Buoyed by progress: Action coming soon on protecting the Great Bear Sea
Monday, May 16, 2016 The Great Bear Sea is the ocean alongside the Great Bear Rainforest. Ou...
Alternate Realities: Flipping the Frame on Mining Corporations’ Claim of Unfair Land Transfers to First Nations
Wednesday, March 23, 2016 The headlines were enough to make you wonder if you’d stepped into...
A new year update on Kinder Morgan
Thursday, February 18, 2016 Staff Counsel Eugene Kung provides us with a short new year update on the Kinder Morgan file. It has been a whirlwind start to 2...
Salmon Nation, Ocean Nation
Monday, February 15, 2016 Last month, the Salmon Nation Summit in Prince Rupert hosted over 300 co...
B.C. Union Joins First Nations Alliance Opposing Tar Sands Transport
Monday, February 15, 2016 On Thursday, February 4, 2016, representatives from West Coast Environme...
If you do nothing else today – tell the BC government you support climate leadership
Tuesday, February 9, 2016 The BC Climate Leadership Team's recommendations were showcased to t...
Dear Prime Minister: Promise of change keeps Trudeau’s mailbox full
Friday, November 20, 2015 When Canada elected Justin Trudeau on a platform of change and open and ...
Is our atmosphere critical infrastructure? The Canadian government responds
Sunday, November 15, 2015 Last March, Staff Counsel Andrew Gage penned an open letter to Prime Minister Harper asking him to recognize that the global atmosphere was at least as…
How to tilt the Paris negotiating table towards climate justice
Sunday, November 15, 2015 While an international agreement may come out of the climate talks in Paris later this month, the playing field is tilted against a strong agreement. Staff…
A better approach to environmental reviews
Sunday, November 15, 2015 Since the recent federal election there has been much discussion about the Liberal party’s election promise to “review Canada’s environmental assessment (EA) processes and introduce new,…
West Coast reacts to mandate letters from Prime Minister to the federal Cabinet Ministers
Friday, November 13, 2015 WCEL welcomes today's public release of mandate letters from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for newly appointed federal Cabinet Ministers. The release of the letters is a…
What Canada’s new government means for the environment
Thursday, October 22, 2015 October 19th was a day few could have predicted. After what was reported to be Canada’s longest federal election campaign since 1872 and one that saw…
Reflections on the Enbridge Northern Gateway court hearings
Friday, October 16, 2015 Staff Counsel Gavin Smith provided legal counsel for Nak’azdli and Nadleh Whut’en First Nations in the recent Enbridge hearings. Here, he provides personal reflections on what…
Enbridge: Taking stock in the wake of the Federal Court of Appeal hearings
Friday, October 16, 2015 West Coast Environmental Law was one of the first organizations to sound the alarm about the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipelines and tankers proposal, a project that…
Aboriginal Traditional Knowledge and Environmental Decision-Making
Wednesday, October 14, 2015 Staff Counsel Hannah Askew recently traveled to Whitehorse to present on a panel at the Yukon North Slope Conference, a gathering which brought Inuit and First…