xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) & səl̓ilwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Territories/VANCOUVER – The Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE) and West Coast Environmental Law Association today warned that BC’s recent Heat Dome may have caused an estimated five to s
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xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) & səl̓ilwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Territories/VANCOUVER – West Coast Environmental Law’s staff climate lawyer and climate scientist are responding to a new study released today demonstrating that the recent 40-50°C temperatures suffered across BC
BC’s unprecedented heatwave highlights urgent need for action under federal law passed today
xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) & səl̓ilwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Territories/VANCOUVER - Lawyers from West Coast Environmental Law are challenging the Province of BC to meet or beat the new Canadian standard for electric vehicles
OTTAWA, Unceded Algonquin Anishinaabe Territories — Environmental organizations Climate Action Network-Réseau Action Climat, Ecojustice, Équiterre, David Suzuki Foundation and West Coast Environmental Law Association celebrate the final vote in the House of Commons to adopt the Canadian Net-Ze
Thousands of projects escape assessment under federal law
Groups urge all MPs to support Bill C-230 in final House vote this fall
OTTAWA, Traditional, unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishnaabeg People
VANCOUVER, BC, Musqueam, Squamish & Tsleil-Waututh Territories – With its new policy statemen
Unceded Algonquin Anishinaabe Territories [OTTAWA] - Environmental organizations Climate Action Network-Réseau Action Climat (CAN-Rac), Ecojustice, Équiterre, David Suzuki Foundation (DSF) and West Coast Environmental Law Association (WCELA) urge the House of Commons and Senate to move swiftly to
Xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Territories / Vancouver, BC -
Climate “Cost Menu” informs BC communities about the costs of preparing for increased wildfires, flood risks
Climate accountability bill needs significant improvement to achieve net-zero emissions, experts warn
MONTREAL / OTTAWA / VANCOUVER - Five environmental organizations – Climate Action Network Canada, the David Suzuki Foundation, Équiterre, Ecojustice and West Coast Environmental Law – are calling on federal parliamentarians to urgently prioritize the Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act
VANCOUVER, BC, Musqueam, Squamish & Tsleil-Waututh Territories – West Coast Environmental Law applauds today’s decision by the Supreme Court upholding Canada’s price on carbon pollution, which confirmed the responsibility of all levels of government to take action to address the climate crisi
Urgent need for national strategy and law to address environmental racism
VANCOUVER, BC, Musqueam, Squamish & Tsleil-Waututh Territories – West Coast Environmental Law is deeply disappointed by today’s decision by the BC government to continue construction on the Site C dam.
The issue: Is it unconstitutional for Parliament to enact a law requiring federal assessments of the effects of major proposals such as coal mines and fossil fuel projects?
Canada has some of the weakest protections against cruise ship pollution along North American West Coast, says new report
ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE, STAND.earth, WEST COAST ENVIRONMENTAL LAW
Horgan government pushes back climate plan by a year
VANCOUVER, BC, Musqueam, Squamish & Tsleil-Waututh Territories - Lawyers at West Coast Environmental Law made the following statements in response to the federal government’s newly-released
VANCOUVER, Musqueam, Squamish & Tsleil-Waututh Territories – The Province of British Columbia has missed its own deadline to complete the CleanBC plan, another in a long string of broken promises on climate action.
VANCOUVER, Musqueam, Squamish & Tsleil-Waututh Territories — A new report by the Canadian Energy Regulator (CER) shows the Trans Mountain and Keystone pipelines are not needed even if only minimum climate action is taken.
Lawyers say changes are needed for the law to show true climate leadership
VANCOUVER, Musqueam, Squamish & Tsleil-Waututh Territories – Dr.