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Brief – Legal Options for Implementing a Federal Oil and Gas Emissions Cap
Author: Anna Johnston – Staff Lawyer
Publication Date: July 2022
Pages: 7
Topics: Climate change, oil and gas emissions, emissions cap
Legal Backgrounder: The Impact Assessment Act Reference Case
Author: Anna Johnston, Staff Lawyer
Publication Date: May 2022
Pages: 4
Topics: Impact Assessment Act
Net Zero or Net Reckless? What is the appropriate role for negative emissions technologies in meeting Canada’s climate targets?
Author: West Coast Environmental Law, Fiona Koza (MSc.), Climate Accountability Strategist, Andrew Gage (LLB), Staff Lawyer, Silvie Harder (Ph.D)
Publication Date: March 2022
Pages: 61
Topics: Climate Change
West Coast Environmental Law's submission to BC's Oil & Gas Royalty Review
Author: Andrew Gage
Publication Date: December 2021
Pages: 4
Topics: Climate, oil and gas
Call for action to deliver on election promises to halt and reverse nature loss by 2030
Author: Multiple Authors
Publication Date: November 2021
Pages: 15
Topics: Biodiversity, Indigenous-led conservation, environmental justice
Joint Letter: BC organizations call on the Premier to help protect their communities from climate change
Author: West Coast Environmental Law Association, Multiple authors
Publication Date: August 2021
Pages: 4
Topics: Climate accountability, climate change, BC Climate Adaptation
WCEL Response to Public Inquiry Into Anti-Alberta Energy Campaigns
Author: Jessica Clogg - Executive Director
Publication Date: July 2021
Pages: 17
Topics: Alberta Inquiry
Tipping Points: The Far-Reaching Implications of Yahey v British Columbia for Stopping the Degradation of Ecosystems and Biodiversity
Author: Gavin Smith - Staff Lawyer, Jack Jones - Law Student
Publication Date: July 2021
Pages: 14
Topics: Cumulative Effects, Treaty Rights
Is Canada’s Impact Assessment Act working?
Author: Multiple Authors
Publication Date: June 2021
Pages: 33
Topics: Impact Assessment Act
A Climate Accountability Law for a Safe and Brighter Future: Brief to Senate Energy, Environment and Natural Resources Committee on Bill C-12
Author: Multiple Authors
Publication Date: June 2021
Pages:
Topics: Bill C-12, Climate Accountability, Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act