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Topics: Fish & Wildlife, Healthy Waters, Community Climate Adaptation, Indigenous Law, Green Communities, Coastal Communities, Green Infrastructure
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Topics: Climate and Energy, Tar Sands, Pipelines & Tankers, Indigenous Law, Indigenous Law
Collaborative process kicks off to establish Central Coast National Marine Conservation Area Reserve
xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) & səl̓ilwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Territories/VANCOUVER – West Coast Environmental Law congratulates the Heiltsuk, Kitasoo/Xai'xais, Nuxalk and Wuikinuxv Nations, Parks Canada and the BC provincial government for collaborating on an important step
Topics: Indigenous Law, Marine Protection, Great Bear Sea, Protected Areas, Indigenous Laws
Xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Territories / Vancouver, BC -
Topics: Indigenous Law
Environmental lawyers look for government to deliver on commitments to aggressive climate vision and plan
Topics: Strong Environmental Laws, Climate and Energy, Indigenous Law, Marine Protection, Green Communities
Please be advised that effective 1 August 2020, West Coast Environmental Law's office address will be changed.
Telephone and fax numbers remain the same.
Topics: Strong Environmental Laws, Climate and Energy, Indigenous Law, Marine Protection, Green Communities, Environmental Legal Aid, Legal Advice
“The federal government investigating itself is clearly not an option,” said Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, UBCIC
Topics: Climate and Energy, Tar Sands, Pipelines & Tankers, Indigenous Law
Narrow Federal Court of Appeal decision is a blow for reconciliation and sustainability, lawyers say
Topics: Climate and Energy, Tar Sands, Pipelines & Tankers, Indigenous Law, Indigenous Law
VICTORIA, BC, Lekwungen Territories – West Coast Environmental Law Association is celebrating today’s introduction of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, which will bring the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (“UN Declaration”) into provincial law.
Topics: Strong Environmental Laws, Indigenous Law, Indigenous Law
VANCOUVER, BC, Coast Salish Territories – The federal government’s “first step” to proceed with the Trans Mountain pipeline and tanker project fails to address the critical issue of Indigenous consultation, says West Coast Environmental Law.
Topics: Strong Environmental Laws, Climate and Energy, Tar Sands, Pipelines & Tankers, Indigenous Law, Indigenous Law
VANCOUVER, BC, Coast Salish Territories – Lawyers at West Coast Environmental Law issued the following statement in response to the
Topics: Indigenous Law, Indigenous Law, Marine Protection, Protected Areas
Trappers’ stories illustrate cumulative impact of industrial activity on lands, waters and wildlife
Topics: Strong Environmental Laws, Lands & Forests, Fish & Wildlife, Healthy Waters, Indigenous Law, Indigenous Law
RELAW project works with Indigenous nations to revitalize Indigenous environmental laws
Topics: Indigenous Law, Indigenous Law, RELAW, Sharing Stories
OTTAWA – A report released today by the leaders of Canada’s top environmental organizations reviews the progress of the federal government in meeting its platform and mandate commitments on environmental issues across the country.
Topics: Strong Environmental Laws, Canada's Environmental Reviews, Environmental Assessment, Lands & Forests, Fish & Wildlife, Healthy Waters, Climate and Energy, Indigenous Law, Marine Protection
Estok-Na Territory/Houston, Texas – Indigenous leadership from Canada made an emergency trip to the Kinder Morgan AGM in Houston this morning to present an overview of Indigenous opposition to the proposed Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion.
Topics: Climate and Energy, Tar Sands, Pipelines & Tankers, Indigenous Law
VANCOUVER, BC, Coast Salish Territories – West Coast Environmental Law Association is pleased to see today’s announcement that the BC government has refused to grant an environmental assessment certificate for the proposed KGHM Ajax open-pit gold and copper mine.
Topics: Strong Environmental Laws, Environmental Assessment, Lands & Forests, Indigenous Law, Indigenous Law, Environmental Legal Aid, EDRF Legal Aid Fund
Vancouver, BC, Coast Salish Territories – Today environmental leaders from across Canada will converge at ground zero for the Kinder Morgan pipeline and tankers project, on the water in Burrard Inlet.
Topics: Strong Environmental Laws, Climate and Energy, Tar Sands, Pipelines & Tankers, Indigenous Law, Indigenous Law
British Columbians demand same climate review for Kinder Morgan pipeline as promised for Energy East
Unceded Coast Salish Territory/Vancouver BC - British Columbians deserve the same federal climate review for the Kinder Morgan pipeline project as was promised for Energy East, says a diverse group of BC First Nations, local groups and citizens.
Topics: Strong Environmental Laws, Canada's Environmental Reviews, Environmental Assessment, Climate and Energy, Tar Sands, Pipelines & Tankers, Indigenous Law, Indigenous Law
VANCOUVER, BC, Coast Salish Territories – Canada’s plan to implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) will require substantial changes in how we make decisions affecting water, according to a
Topics: Strong Environmental Laws, Healthy Waters, Indigenous Law, Indigenous Law
Fifty years ago, on the centennial of confederation, Chief Dan George of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation said:
"Oh Canada, how can I celebrate with you this centenary, this hundred years?"
Topics: Strong Environmental Laws, Indigenous Law, Indigenous Law, RELAW
VANCOUVER, BC, Coast Salish Territories – The Tsleil-Waututh Nation has launched a new campaign targeting potential investors in the Kinder Morgan pipeline highlighting the legal and political risks of the proposed Kinder Morgan pipeline ahead of the company's IPO.
Topics: Climate and Energy, Tar Sands, Pipelines & Tankers, Indigenous Law
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Topics: Climate and Energy, Indigenous Law
VANCOUVER, COAST SALISH TERRITORIES– The Federal Court of Canada has ruled that Canada failed to uphold its constitutional duties to the Mikisew Cree First Nation when it rammed through sweeping changes to federal environmental laws in 2012.
Topics: Climate and Energy, Canada's Environmental Reviews, Indigenous Law
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Topics: Indigenous Law
First Nations, 2 in 3 British Columbians deny Northern Gateway permission to proceed
Topics: Indigenous Law, Climate and Energy