Environmental Law Alert Blog

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?
Author:
Anna Johnston, Staff Lawyer
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Strengthening Canada’s marine pollution laws: Private Member’s Bill C-244, the Clean Coasts Act
Author:
Stephanie Hewson, Staff Lawyer, Michael Bissonnette, Staff Lawyer
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Taxpayer Climate Costs in Surrey: A Case Study
Author:
Andrew Gage
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Sport fishing boats heading out on the water next to docks at sunrise
Why the ocean needs marine protected areas
Author:
Alessia Kockel, Marine Conservation Planner, Erin Gray, Staff Lawyer
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Ocean wave breaking with whitecap
Tell Canada: It's time to ratify the High Seas Treaty
Author:
Stephanie Hewson, Staff Lawyer
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Our checklist for national interest projects
Author:
Anna Johnston, Staff Lawyer
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