Recent Publications
West Coast Environmental Law comments on the proposed Natural Resource Road Act.
West Coast Environmental Law Association (“West Coast”) is a non-profit group of environmental law strategists and analysts dedicated to safeguarding the environment through law. Since...
We are writing on behalf of West Coast Environmental Law Association, however the content of this letter is informed by the concerns we have heard raised generally among several legal and...
Increasingly, Canadians look to professionals – individuals with special expertise
and training, such as biologists, engineers, planners and foresters – to make decisions
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In a written letter West Coast invites the Auditor General of British Columbia to investigate government policies related to the lease and sale of public lands to private ski resorts. The...
This Backgrounder summarizes and explains the different ways for people to participate in the federal environmental assessment and regulatory review of the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway...
British Columbia has the potential to maintain both high levels of human well-being and our rich biodiversity, but sustaining these levels into the future means protecting the vital ecological...
We appreciate the invitation to comment on the Ministry’s Environmental Mitigation and Offsets discussion paper and ideas for a proposed policy (the “Policy”), as well as your...
This document outlines West Coast Environmental Law's (See document for all signatories to the submissions) comments and concerns related to the British Columbia Forest Carbon Offset Protocol,...
This publication contains West Coast Environmental Law's comments on the Health Canada's Pest Management Regulator Agency's pesticide Re-Evaluation program.
On January 19, the federal Joint Review Panel released its decision on the List of Issues to be covered in the environmental assessment of the Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipelines, and what...
This letter to the Ministry of the Environment provides our comments on the proposed Carbon Trading Regulations. While we applaud the BC government for taking a leadership role on seeking to...
Living Water Smart and Green Communities together establish an over-arching provincial policy framework. There is now clear guidance for aligning local actions with provincial and regional goals...
An absorbent topsoil layer has emerged as a fundamental building block for achieving water sustainability outcomes through implementation of green infrastructure practices:
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An absorbent topsoil layer has emerged as a fundamental building block for achieving water sustainability outcomes through implementation of green infrastructure practices:
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