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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.
Why are marine protected areas (MPAs) important? Here are four key ways that MPAs can benefit people and nature.
The High Seas Treaty will govern areas of the ocean that are beyond national jurisdiction. Canada has signed – but not ratified – this important international agreement. Send a message to your MP and federal Ministers urging them to ratify the High Seas Treaty without delay!
Did you know that West Coast Environmental Law is home to Canada’s only dedicated public interest marine law program? We chatted with Georgia Lloyd-Smith, Staff Lawyer on West Coast’s Marine team about the program’s priorities.
The BC government has appointed two climate policy experts to conduct a review of CleanBC, and it’s time to make your voice heard. British Columbians are encouraged to provide input by filling out the CleanBC survey by August 1, 2025.
This Canada Day we are reflecting on the values that we need most to stand up in this moment and the history we need to learn from. Here is what some of our staff have to say.
The BC Supreme Court has allowed the Province’s case against McKinsey to proceed as a class action, finding potential links between the company’s opioid-related misinformation and harm in BC. It raises the possibility of future lawsuits against fossil fuel companies and others for their climate deception.
Send a letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney, Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc and the Senate, asking them to scrap Bill C-5 and send it back to the drawing board. Canadians deserve – and need – better.
US President Donald Trump shocked the international ocean community by issuing an Executive Order promoting deep seabed mining on the US Continental Shelf and the international seabed. In this blog post, we explain what’s at stake.
From addressing shellfish bed closures to Styrofoam pollution and more, here are five ways the BC Coastal Marine Strategy could make a real difference on the Coast.