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Open letter to Prime Minister Trudeau re: Commitment to introduce legislated ban on oil tanker traffic on British Columbia’s north coast
Author: open letter
Publication Date: November 2015
Pages: 1
Topics: North coast tanker ban
Environmental Sector Expectations for an Environmental Flow Needs Regulation
Author: West Coast Environmental Law
Publication Date: October 2015
Pages: 5
Topics: Environmental flow needs (EFNs), Water Sustainability Act (WSA)
Canada's Track Record on Environmental Laws 2011-2015
Author: Anna Johnston
Publication Date: October 2015
Pages: 12
Topics: environmental laws, party platforms, environmental law rollbacks, omnibus Bills, Bill C-38, Bill C-45
Legal Backgrounder – What are the Northern Gateway Court Challenges About?
Author: Gavin Smith, Justine Desmond
Publication Date: July 2015
Pages:
Topics: Summary Of The applicants’ written arguments in the legal challenges to the Enbridge Northern Gateway approval
Legal Backgrounder – Bill C-43: A threat to environmental safety and democracy
Author: Anna Johnston
Publication Date: December 2014
Pages: 4
Topics: Federal environmental law rollbacks, Canada Marine Act, Environmental assessment, Species at risk
Recommendations for BC Environmental Assessment Office (EAO) Review of Public Participation
Author: Jessica Clogg; Anna Johnston
Publication Date: November 2014
Pages: 7
Topics: Environmental Assessment; Cumulative Effects; Public Participation; Sustainability
Andrew Thompson Award 2014 Brochure
Author: West Coast Environmental Law
Publication Date: November 2014
Pages: 2
Topics: Andrew Thompson Award 2014 Brochure
Letter to Commission for Environmental Cooperation - Public input on NAAEC successes and failures
Author: Andrew Gage, Anna Johnston
Publication Date: August 2013
Pages: 4
Topics: North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation, Bill C-38, Bill C-45
Beyond Pipelines: Managing the Cumulative Impacts of Resource Development in BC Dialogue Summary
Author: West Coast Environmental Law
Publication Date: March 2013
Pages: 10
Topics: Dialogues for Legal Innovation, Cumulative Impacts, Cumulative Assessment
Open letter to MPs regarding Bill C-45
Author: West Coast Environmental Law Association et al.
Publication Date: November 2012
Pages: 2
Topics: environmental assessment