Why the first river in Canada to become a legal person signals a boon for Indigenous Rights
The Muteshekau Shipu (Magpie River) in Québec will enjoy new protections as Canada joins a...
Many of the largest environmental battles in Canada’s history have been fought in front of a judge and gavel. From the Canadian constitution and international commitments to local bylaws, environmental law is shaping the future of Canada’s wilderness, oceans, suburbs, farmland and cities.
Environmental law is penetrating into the public conversation more now than any other time in living memory. But it can seem dense. (Let’s be honest: it is dense.) Never fear — we bring you dynamic legal experts, thoughtful advocates and Indigenous scholars and knowledge-keepers to make sense of Canada’s changing legal landscape.
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The Muteshekau Shipu (Magpie River) in Québec will enjoy new protections as Canada joins a...
An effectively planned Canada Water Agency would address the myriad environmental, legal and political issues...
Renewed U.S. focus on emissions reductions, alternative energy and environmental injustice offers a prime opportunity...
Ottawa has ordered Yukon to reassess the impacts of a proposed mine on caribou and...
After years of public consultation and hearings, an independent panel says modernizing mineral development rules...
In the first-ever title case argued in B.C. since the province introduced UNDRIP legislation, Crown...
Unlike six other provinces, B.C. has no endangered species legislation, which allows species at risk...
When it comes to those yawn-worthy, overly technical, bureaucratic reviews of major projects like refineries...
The NDP rose to power in 2017 vowing to take action on climate change, old-growth...
B.C. has accepted a request by the Pacheedaht, Ditidaht and Huu-ay-aht First Nations to defer old-growth logging for two years in the Fairy Creek watershed...
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