Empowering communities, protecting ecosystems
Empowering communities, protecting ecosystems
Working for an affected BC First Nation, ELC student Craig Crooks completed a draft submission to the Federal Government, arguing that Ottawa is legally obliged to do more to upgrade First Nations’ drinking water systems. Ottawa’s failure to ensure healthy…
Memo prepared for Peace Environment and Safety Trustees Society (PESTS) including three topics of law reform that have been analysed in depth: Fiscal Policy of oil and gas development in BC, and options for environmental sustainability The need for an independent regulatory…
Prepared on behalf of Coalwatch Comox Valley, this paper analyzes the jurisdiction of local governments, and sets out a menu of options for communities to consider in deciding how best to protect themselves from mining impacts.
This document sets out best practices for drafting Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) guidelines for hydropower projects. It has been prepared to assist interested parties in commenting on the draft EIS guidelines for BC Hydro’s Site C Clean Energy Project.
This paper provides an assessment of Government’s ability to protect the Comox Valley should the proposed Raven Coal mine be approved.
Environmental Laws: A Field Guide for BC’s North and Central Coast and Haida Gwaii Developed in collaboration with the Coastal Guardian Watchmen Network, a project of the Coastal First Nations Great Bear Initiative, this field guide summarizes techniques that First…
Enhancing Environmental Oversight by BC’s Administrative Tribunals ELC Home March 16, 2011 Of the 26 administrative tribunals in British Columbia, about one-third have mandates that touch on environmental protection issues in one way or another. While most BC tribunals are mindful…
Learn how taxpayers are financially vulnerable for costly cleanups of coal mining operations in Maya Stano’s “Undermining the Value of Clean Air and Water” presented at a UVic Law event about the social and environmental impacts of coal mining in…
Letter requesting the provincial Health Minister appoint a formal inquiry under Public Health Act. The letter was written on behalf of Peace Environment and Safety Trustees Society (PEST) by ELC alumnus Tim Thielmann of Devlin Gailus and ELC Legal Director…
A report for Lifeforce Foundation on protecting Orca from boat traffic.
Documents how the provincial environmental assessment law is weak and discretionary when compared to other jurisdictions and makes 27 recommendations for reform. For more information, click here.
In this report prepared for Living Oceans Society, ELC student Matt Boulton examines the potential financial liability Canadian taxpayers could face if there were a catastrophic oil tanker spill in the coastal waters of British Columbia’s north coast.
