April 24 Update: We are informed that as a result of allocations for consultations and the Major Projects Management Office in the 2015 federal budget, the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency's budget will total approximately $32 million, which is comparable to recent previous years.
Environmental Law Alert Blog
Through our Environmental Law Alert blog, West Coast keeps you up to date on the latest developments and issues in environmental law. This includes:
- proposed changes to the law that will weaken, or strengthen, environmental protection;
- stories and situations where existing environmental laws are failing to protect the environment; and
- emerging legal strategies that could be used to protect our environment.
If you have an environmental story that we should hear about, please e-mail Andrew Gage. We welcome your comments on any of the posts to this blog – but please keep in mind our policies on comments.
It’s budget season, and federal government departments are releasing reports on their spending for 2014-15 and projections for what they plan to spend in 2015-16.
Last month, Executive Director Jessica Clogg and I traveled to Ft. St.
[Update - noon, 1 April 2015: April Fools'! But it shouldn't be a joke to expect strong environmental laws from the Canadian Government. If you agree, click here to send a message to the Prime Minister.]
On March 04, 2015, Blueberry River First Nations filed a ground breaking lawsuit at the BC Supreme Court, suing the Province for breach of Treaty 8 due to the cumulative impacts of intensive industrial development on their te
I recently traveled up to the Northwest of BC to help facilitate the second round of community dialogue sessions on LNG and cumulative impacts management co-hosted by West Coast Environmental Law and
The pile of lawsuits sitting on top of the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipelines and Tankers Project keeps getting bigger, and this time the Province of British Columbia has been dragged into the mix.
It’s been a busy year – with West Coast sounding the alarm on some major changes to BC’s laws and analyzing and commenting on other legal issues related to the future of our communities and planet. Thanks to the magic of Google Analytics we’re able to give you our 10 most-read posts of 2014.
WCEL turns 40
This year, West Coast Environmental Law is proud to celebrate our 40th anniversary and the many accomplishments the organization has achieved over the past four decades.