Dec
08
2022
Environmental Law Centre
Jun
23
2022
Water law and policy: Gaps, opportunities and law reforms
Jun 23 2022 - 12:00pm to 1:30pm
From the ELC website:
The Water Act was proclaimed into force on October 7th, 1998 and it represented a significant evolution in how the province could plan and manage water for environmental purposes. However, in the 23 and half years since its proclamation, the potential of the Act has yet to be realized. Read More
May
31
2022
Gaining Steam: A Regulatory & Policy Framework for Geothermal Energy Development in Alberta
May 31 2022 - 12:00pm
Jun 7 2022 - 12:00pm
Jun 14 2022 - 12:00pm
From the ELC website:
Did you know that in late 2021, the Geothermal Resources Development Act became law in Alberta? Read More
Oct
29
2021
REIMAGINING RIVERS: ANIMALS AS LEGAL BEINGS
Oct 29 2021 - 12:00pm to 1:30pm
Professor Maneesha Deckha (UVic) and Assistant Professor Jessica Eisen (UAlberta) will examine legal categorizations of animals: should animals be considered property, persons, or something else? And what do these categorizations mean for visions of justice and the health and well-being of animals, humans, and our overall environment? Read More
Jun
10
2021
Webinar: Indigenous Jurisdiction and the Environment
Jun 10 2021 - 12:00pm to 1:30pm
Professor Darcy Lindberg and lawyer Terri-Lynn Williams-Davidson will discuss Indigenous jurisdiction and the environment – particularly from the perspectives of Nêhiyaw (Plains Cree) and Haida laws – and some of the ways these laws may inform Canada’s constitution, treaty relationships, and federalism as they relate to the environment. Read More
Jun
03
2021
Webinar: Magpie River as a Person
Jun 3 2021 - 12:00pm to 1:30pm
The Magpie River was recently granted legal personhood by the Innu Council of Ekuanitshit and the Minganie Regional County Municipality in Quebec. Our speaker, Yenny Vega Cárdenas, President of the Observatoire international des droits de la nature/ International Observatory of Nature Rights, will describe how this process unfolded and what ‘personhood’ means for the Magpie River. Read More
Feb
16
2021
Dec
15
2020
Gaining Steam: A Regulatory and Policy Framework for Geothermal Energy Development in Alberta
Dec 15 2020 - 12:00pm
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Steaming cone in Hverir geothermal area with boiling mudpools and steaming fumaroles in Iceland
From the Environmental Law Centre website:
In early November, the ELC published Gaining Steam: A Regulatory and Policy Framework for Geothermal Energy Development in Alberta. This publication consists of an executive summary and 4 modules: Read More
Jun
08
2020
Joint letter calls for the immediate reinstatement of environmental monitoring of oil and gas projects in Alberta
Edmonton – The following letter was submitted on behalf of a joint group including the Pembina Institute, Alberta Wilderness Association, Smith’s Landing First Nation, CPAWS Northern Alberta, Mikisew Cree First Nation, Fort Chipewyan Metis Association and the Environmental Law Centre. The letter addresses the unilateral decisions to suspend oil and gas environmental monitoring and reporting and requests immediate reinstatement.
Jun
04
2020
New report on the intersection of the Polluter Pays Principle and insolvency laws
At the Environmental Law Centre blog, Jason Unger writes about the "polluter pays principle" and its intersection with the economic challenges Alberta faces resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic and low energy prices.
…it remains unclear how our society will uphold and promote the polluter pays principle, not only today and tomorrow but well into the future.
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