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How Crown laws and policy normalize cumulative harm to salmon watersheds in BC: A case study
Author: Deborah Carlson – Staff Lawyer, Victoria Baylis – Law Student
Publication Date: December 2022
Pages: 54
Topics: Watersheds, salmon, fish passage, salmon infrastructure
Trans Mountain: Compromised viability to cost taxpayers more than $17 billion
Author: Robyn Allan
Publication Date: October 2022
Pages: 36
Topics: Trans mountain, pipelines and tankers, climate change
Securing a Fair, Effective and Robust Oil and Gas Emissions Cap
Author: Anna Johnston, Staff Lawyer, Andrew Gage, Staff Lawyer
Publication Date: September 2022
Pages: 6
Topics: Oil and gas emissions, climate change
Capping Canada's Oil & Gas Emissions: Fact vs. Fiction
Author: West Coast Environmental Law, Environmental Defence
Publication Date: September 2022
Pages: 2
Topics: Climate change, emissions cap, oil and gas emissions
Flood Recovery, Resilience and Reconciliation in the Lower Fraser: Build Back Better, Together Forum - July 14 2022 Forum
Author: Multiple Authors
Publication Date: September 2022
Pages: 30
Topics: Flood recovery, climate adaptation, reconciliation
Action for Healthy Communities: Benefits of a Provincial Law for Ecosystem Health
Author: West Coast Environmental Law
Publication Date: September 2022
Pages: 17
Topics: Biodiversity and Ecosystem Health, Biodiversity Legislation, Local Government
Pollution in Paradise: Dumping by Ships in Canada's Marine Protected Areas
Author: Stephanie Hewson, Staff Lawyer
Publication Date: August 2022
Pages: 16
Topics: Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), ocean dumping, vessel pollution
BC Polling Results Show Strong Support for Suing Big Oil
Author: Stratcom Strategic Communications
Publication Date: August 2022
Pages: 11
Topics: Sue Big Oil
Brief – Legal Options for Implementing a Federal Oil and Gas Emissions Cap
Author: Anna Johnston – Staff Lawyer
Publication Date: July 2022
Pages: 7
Topics: Climate change, oil and gas emissions, emissions cap
nʔaysnúlaʔxʷ (Ashnola) Indigenous Protected and Conserved Area: Legal Backgrounder
Author: Multiple Authors
Publication Date: June 2022
Pages:
Topics: Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas (“IPCAs”), Indigenous Laws, Indigenous-led Conservation