Protecting Bear Dens in BC Forests
An ELC Clinic submission prepared for Sierra Club of BC on laws to protect bear dens in British Columbia.
An ELC Clinic submission prepared for Sierra Club of BC on laws to protect bear dens in British Columbia.
Submission prepared on behalf of the BC Wildlife Federation requesting an audit and examination of BC Hydro’s funding of the Fish and Wildlife Compensation Program (FWCP) and the propriety of the FWCP’s current distribution of BC Hydro funds for fish >
An ELC Clinic submission prepared on behalf of Surfrider Foundation Canada providing comments on Canada’s draft Single-Use Plastics Prohibition Regulations.
Application regarding a proposed Natural Gas Liquids Recovery Project in the Prince George area, submitted to BC’s Minister of Environment and Climate Change Strategy and the Chief Executive Assessment Officer on behalf of Too Close 2 Home on January 31, >
May 2019 co-submission with Ecojustice to Canada’s Competition Bureau asking for an investigation into Keurig Canada’s claims about the recyclability of their coffee pods. RESULTS: In response, Canada’s Competition Bureau ordered Keurig to stop their misleading advertising, fined them $3million, >
Good News Stories: Celebrating Positive Changes in Environmental Law As part of our 25th Anniversary celebration, we’re sharing a series of Good News Stories that were inspired by the 2021 Research-a-thon. The goal of Research-a-thon 2021 was to share stories >
Submission prepared on behalf of the BC Great Blue Heron Society requesting an investigation on the lethal impacts of transmission lines on herons and other birds at the Roberts Bank Superport near Delta, BC
The amount of land we’re talking about is equivalent to a line of football fields stretched from Victoria to Nova Scotia. Ray Zimmerman, Sea-to-Sea Greenbelt Society In early 2021, the Environmental Law Centre (ELC) and the Sea-to-Sea Greenbelt Society (Sea-to-Sea) >
Media: Westcoast Olefins pulls out of Polyethylene Project, still going ahead with Pineview plant (2021 Oct 20) CKPGToday.ca Proposed $5.6 billion petrochemical plant criticized by Prince George residents (2021 Sep 22) CBC News West Coast Olefins opposition reaches PG City >
Over the past year, the ELC analyzed a variety legal options for urgently protecting the prime salmon and sturgeon habitat between Hope and Mission (the “Heart of the Fraser”). This habitat is essential in order to support salmon runs, some >