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ATV Roundup: Managing Motorized Recreation in Alberta
May 9th, 2012

Published in Wildlands Advocate, April 2012 By Adam Driedzic, Staff Counsel, Environmental Law Centre The first time I went into the Ghost watershed there were 15 centimetres of fresh snow on the ground and it was still falling. The only other vehicle going my way was hauling a “quad” (All-Terra... Read more »

The land gives us more than food, but can the law give back?
May 9th, 2012

Published in LawNow, May/June 2012 By Adam Driedzic, Staff Counsel, Environmental Law Centre Set foot on Ruzicka Sunrise Farm and something feels different. Whether it is the diversity of birds, the native prairie, or dugouts that test cleaner than some municipal water sources, Don and Marie Ruzicka... Read more »

Environmental Shock Doctrine
May 2nd, 2012

The 2012 federal Budget Bill is out. Once again it will change environmental laws in ways not directly related to government spending or savings. The bill is certain to pass, so why all the supporting rhetoric? If anything, zealous arguments in favor of a sure thing expose the motivation for this st... Read more »

Environmental assessment and duplication: “Don’t we have a photocopier?”
April 17th, 2012

There is significant rhetoric around how the federal and provincial governments have duplicative and therefore inefficient environmental assessment processes. The federal government has fully bought in on it and has indicated its intent to remove itself from many environmental assessments. I for one... Read more »

Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development issues its Report on the CEAA Seven Year Review
March 21st, 2012

Last week, the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development issued its report entitled Statutory Review of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act: Protecting the Environment, Managing our Resources. The report contains 20 recommendations which are ostensibly designed to “stream... Read more »

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