It’s time for B.C. to start legally protecting endangered species
Caribou, and other endangered and threatened species, are not actually legally protected in British Columbia...
Many of the largest environmental battles in Canada’s history have been fought in front of a judge and gavel. Today, with climate change, evolving recognition of Indigenous rights and title, growing social inequity and urgent ecological issues setting the tenor of our environmental conversations, the impacts of decisions made in the legal realm are more visible than ever. Environmental laws also dictate how we make decisions about major projects, such as pipelines, mines and hydro dams. We track how environmental laws shape public conversations.
Caribou, and other endangered and threatened species, are not actually legally protected in British Columbia...
In 2015, a pipeline was designed to cut through a sensitive wetland in B.C. The...
Amongst all the hooting and hollering over the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline, it’s easy...
As pipeline politics dominate headlines, British Columbia is poised to overhaul the process that guides...
With the announcement on Wednesday that the B.C. government will file its reference case on...
Placer mining kills fish, damages streams, poses a risk to drinking water and jeopardizes Indigenous...
In the fall of 1981, Jack Woodward was a young lawyer in Ottawa when NDP...
After more than a year of public hearings, the federal government unveiled its new and...
The Alberta government and an unlikely crew of allies — including Greenpeace, an oil lobbying...
Many of us think we know what electronic waste is because we wonder what to do with devices we no longer want or need. It’s...
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