Environmental Law Alert Blog

Gitxaala Nation representatives at the courthouse during Court of Appeal hearings in Jan. 2025 (Photo: Alexis Stoymenoff)
Gitxaała v. British Columbia: What the Court of Appeal Decision Means for Indigenous Rights & BC’s Mining Laws
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Jessica Clogg, WCEL Executive Director & Senior Counsel, Lisa Fong and Michael Ng, Ng Ariss Fong, Lawyers
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Kicking off RELAW’s 2025-26 Co-learning Program
Author:
Katłıà Lafferty, RELAW Co-learning Manager
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There is no bargain in a north coast oil pipeline, only snake oil
Author:
Jessica Clogg, Executive Director & Sr. Counsel
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Stories to Futures: RELAW attends Economic Futures Conference, 2025
Author:
Rayanna Seymour-Hourie, Staff Lawyer & RELAW Program Lead, Katłıà Lafferty, RELAW Co-learning Manager, Navjot Jassar, Staff Lawyer, Georgia Lloyd-Smith, Staff Lawyer
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Share your story in Canada’s engagement on Environmental Justice and Racism
Author:
Shawn Smith, Staff Lawyer
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Why BC must not bypass environmental and human rights commitments to fast-track major projects
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Matthew Nefstead, Staff Lawyer
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BC Premier David Eby stands alongside Coastal First Nations leaders at the signing the North Coast Protection Declaration
Tell the BC Government: Stand Strong to Uphold the Tanker Ban and Protect the North Coast
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West Coast Environmental Law
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Indigenous consent isn’t a veto: it’s how durable, co-governed projects get built
Author:
Jessica Clogg, Executive Director and Sr. Counsel (West Coast Environmental Law), Tim Gray, Executive Director (Environmental Defence), Emily McMillan, Executive Director (Nature Canada), Rachel Plotkin, Boreak Projects Manager (David Suzuki Foundation)
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Graphic collage with images of an oil pipeline, a rally, oil tanker, Canadian Parliament building, and BC coast
A reality check on Alberta’s latest pipe dream: Why a north coast pipeline and tanker project is a non-starter
Author:
Jessica Clogg, Executive Director & Senior Counsel, Eugene Kung, Staff Lawyer, Anna Johnston, Staff Lawyer, Andrew Gage, Staff Lawyer, Ben Dodd, Sr. Climate Communications Specialist
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Prime Minister Carney’s climate track record: grand bargain or bargain bin?
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Anna Johnston, Staff Lawyer
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