Conserving the Planet Without Hurting Low-Income Families: Options for Fair EnergyEfficiency Programs for Low-Income Households, A Report for the Energy Poverty Initiative of the Climate Justice Project providing a detailed overview of existing and best practices in energy-efficiency programs and recommendations for reforms >
Increasing household energy efficiency reduces greenhouse gas emissions. Energy-efficiency programs are now widespread, but they are often designed in a way that excludes low-income households. All families pay energy surcharges used to fund such programs, but low-income families lack money >
Lower mainland citizens living around Burrard Inlet may soon hear a lot more about their brewing sewage problems. With assistance from ELC student Keyvan Monsef, Ecojustice recently obtained two orders from the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner directing >
October 31, 2008 Cleaning Up a Diesel Spill on the Cowichan River October 2008 In recent years, the Ministry of Environment has increasingly withdrawn from active governmental environmental regulation and has relied more upon private companies to both carry out >
Steps to follow if you’re involved in, or witness, a cycling collision. Link to large web version Text only version (PDF 77kb) For more information, click here.
June 2006 The Environmental Law Centre recently finished a project for Tsawwassen Residents Against Higher Voltage Overhead Lines (TRAHVOL), a citizens group opposed to the upgrading of high voltage electric lines through their backyards. The British Columbia Transmission Corporation (BCTC) >
December 2005 On December 14, 2005, the Office of the Information and Privacy Commission ruled in favour of the Shawnigan Lake Watershed Watch Association (SLWWA). The Commission Adjudicator ordered Government to drop the fees that Government had previously demanded before >
June 2005 The University of Victoria Environmental Law Clinic will be providing legal assistance to the Chemainus Residents Association in its bid to stop the Municipality of North Cowichan from selling and developing “Echo Heights.” Echo Heights is a municipally-owned >
Shawnigan Lake woman runs into paper storm over land-sale concerns Jonathan FowlieTimes Colonist Sunday, May 29, 2005 Shawnigan Lake resident Mary Desmond knows firsthand the frustrations of trying to get what seems like straight-forward information. More than a year ago, >
A Citizen’s Guide to Freedom of Information is designed to assist citizens dealing with FOI issues. For more information, click here.