West Coast Enviornmental Law
Research Foundation
NewsletterWest Coast Enviornmental Law
Research Foundation
NewsletterDear Friend:
Re: WCELA/RF Annual General Meeting -- Wednesday, June 24th, 1992, at the Maritime Labour Centre, Vancouver
Once again we are pleased to hold the Annual General Meeting and Banquet of the West Coast Environmental Law Association and Research Foundation. We hope you will be able to join us in wrapping up a successful 1991-92 year. We will be celebrating with a salmon banquet, and are pleased to have the Honourable John Cashore, Minister of Environment, as our keynote speaker for the evening. The reception is at 6:00, followed by the business meeting at 6:45, and the banquet at 7:30. If you would like to attend our AGM, please contact our office by June 15th -- the cost is $25 per person, and seating is limited.
The Annual General Meeting is open to friends and supporters as well as members, but it is the forum for our members to get together to review the work of the organization over the past year. As you may remember, we have a new membership renewal system in place. If you haven't renewed your membership for the 1992-93 year yet, please do so before the AGM. Any memberships received since February 1, 1992, are considered current for the 1992-93 year. If you haven't been in contact with us since then, your membership has lapsed, and we'd love to have you renew!
Members of WCELA/RF automatically receive each issue of our Newsletter. In addition, subscriptions to the Newsletter can be taken by non-members. The price of memberships and subscriptions has remained $20 for this past year, and we do not expect it to change this year. Unfortunately, we have lost our second class mailing permit, and we can no longer afford to send out the Newsletter to readers who are not members or subscribers. If you are not a member or subscriber, and want to keep getting the Newsletter, please contact our office.
This year has been extremely busy for us as we move along in the "Turnaround Decade for the Environment". We won some important victories this past year, and we continue to work on a variety of environmental legal issues. In January, we saw the new provincial government introduce the strictest standards for pulp mill organochlorines in the world. We believe this to be a direct result of the hard work we have all done through the Pulp Pollution Campaign over the past four years. We will continue to work for further improvements.
We also published a report this past year entitled "Preventing Toxic Pollution: Toward a British Columbia Strategy" and completed a second report entitled "Information Systems for the Turnaround Decade" that examined public access to environmental legal information. We participated in the federal constitutional review process and made presentations to a host of committees, the Senate and the House of Commons on the pressing need for the inclusion of environmental concerns in the constitutional agenda. We also pushed for improvements in new environmental assessment legislation, at both the federal and provincial levels. In addition, we continued to provide summary legal advice, produce our Newsletter, expand our library and referral services, speak to citizens' action groups and support dozens of local environmental groups in environmental litigation, administrative tribunals and alternative dispute resolution processes through our West Coast Environmental Dispute Resolution Fund.
Thank you for your support this past year. We look forward to seeing you on June 24th!
Yours truly,
WEST COAST ENVIRONMENTAL LAW ASSOCIATION AND RESEARCH FOUNDATION
William J. Andrews Barrister & Solicitor Executive Director
The Alberta Law Review invites submissions for its final issue of the 1992-93 academic year which will contain a special segment dedicated to the subject of "Environmental Law and Policy". The objective is to consider a wide range of legal topics, government policy, and other issues as they relate to the environment.
The deadline for completed submissions is January 15, 1993. Papers should not be longer than 50 double-spaced pages. Citations should be in footnotes or endnotes and should conform to the Canadian Guide for Uniform Legal Citation, second edition. It would be helpful if authors could submit a computer disk as well as two hard copies.
For more information, please contact Renee Craig or Pamela Pedder at (403) 492-5558.
Constance Mungall & Digby McLaren, Royal Society of Canada, 1990. Examines the evidence of how the environment is being damaged and how global change has already taken effect. Oxford University Press, $18.95.
published by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, World Resources Institute, Conservation International, World Wildlife Fund and the World Bank, 1990. Suggests the principles and tools that are available to promote a positive relationship between people and nature.
Liz Armstrong and Adrienne Scott, 1992. Exposes the health and environmental dangers of women's sanitary products and disposable diapers, and suggests actions for consumers. Harper Collins, $12.95.
Francesca Lyman, 1990. This guide to the environment examines what humans are doing to the atmosphere and what can be done to slow global warming. World Resources Institute, $9.95.
Bryan Norton, 1991. Offers an overview of the environmental movement, and issues a call for a unified approach to solving environmental problems. Oxford University Press, $41.95.
Donella Meadows, Dennis Meadows and Jorgen Randers, 1992. Sequel to The Limits to Growth. Examines the possibility of global economic collapse and the development of a sustainable future. Chelsea Green Publishing, $19.95.
A useful "map" to the labyrinthine world of environmental contacts in both the public and private sectors. Canadian Almanac & Directory Publishing Company Limited.
by Donna Tingley and Franklin Work, Edmonton Environmental Law Centre, July 1991: Updates the Centre's 1985 text, with sections on the regulations and proposed regulations in each province and under federal authority.
Storage of Recyclable Material Regulation, B.C. Reg. 133/92, brought into effect under the Waste Management Act, this regulation restrict the storage and unauthorized dumping of waste gypsum wallboard (drywall). It is aimed at supporting drywall recycling operations by preventing drywall being stockpiled for longer than 6 months. Drywall was banned from Lower Mainland and Southern Vancouver Island landfills due to environmental and health concerns. This regulation has been set up so that it can be expanded to control the length of time other recyclable materials are stored such as wood, plastic, tires and lead acid batteries as facilities become available.
WCELRF Newsletter, copyright 1992, is published by the West Coast Environmental Law Research Foundation. This issue was produced by Bill Andrews (editor), Morgan Ashbridge, Ann Hillyer, Catherine Ludgate, Murray Mollard, and Denice Regnier. Subscription information is below. WCELRF does research and education and maintains an environmental law library. The West Coast Environmental Law Association provides legal representation and promotes law reform. The mission of WCELRF and WCELA is to provide legal services to protect the environment and to foster public participation in environmental decision-making. We are grateful to the Law Foundation of British Columbia for core funding of the West Coast Environmental Law Association and West Coast Environmental Law Research Foundation. Donations to WCELRF are tax creditable.
WCELRF, 1001 - 207 West Hastings, Vancouver, BC, V6B 1H7, Canada.
Phone (604) 684-7378; fax (604) 684-1312.