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Legal Backgrounder: The Impact Assessment Act Reference Case
Author: Anna Johnston, Staff Lawyer
Publication Date: May 2022
Pages: 4
Topics: Impact Assessment Act
WCEL Submission on BC's Draft Offset Protocol Policy
Author: Andrew Gage, Staff Lawyer
Publication Date: April 2022
Pages: 7
Topics: Carbon Offsets, Climate Change, BC
Net Zero or Net Reckless? What is the appropriate role for negative emissions technologies in meeting Canada’s climate targets?
Author: West Coast Environmental Law, Fiona Koza (MSc.), Climate Accountability Strategist, Andrew Gage (LLB), Staff Lawyer, Silvie Harder (Ph.D)
Publication Date: March 2022
Pages: 61
Topics: Climate Change
WCEL Joint Submission to the Watershed Security Strategy and Fund Consultation
Author: Multiple Authors
Publication Date: March 2022
Pages: 4
Topics: Watersheds, watershed protection, green communities
Good for the Land, Good for the People, Good for the Economy: A Call to Action to Recognize, Support and Implement Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas and Indigenous Guardians in British Columbia
Author: Estella White – hińačačišt, Staff Lawyer
Publication Date: January 2022
Pages: 30
Topics: Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas (“IPCAs”), Indigenous Guardians, Indigenous Laws, Indigenous-led Conservation
Revitalizing Indigenous law with the Lower Fraser Fisheries Alliance
Author: LFFA-RELAW Team
Publication Date: January 2022
Pages:
Topics: Indigenous laws, fisheries governance, watershed protection
West Coast Environmental Law's submission to BC's Oil & Gas Royalty Review
Author: Andrew Gage
Publication Date: December 2021
Pages: 4
Topics: Climate, oil and gas
Call for action to deliver on election promises to halt and reverse nature loss by 2030
Author: Multiple Authors
Publication Date: November 2021
Pages: 15
Topics: Biodiversity, Indigenous-led conservation, environmental justice
Confront the Climate Emergency: An Urgent Call to the BC Government
Author: Multiple Authors
Publication Date: September 2021
Pages: 7
Topics: Climate Change, BC Government, CleanBC
Trans Mountain: Delays into 2023 will add millions to public cost
Author: Eugene Kung, Staff Lawyer, Jack Jones, Law Student
Publication Date: September 2021
Pages: 28
Topics: Trans Mountain Pipeline, TMX