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  • Wednesday, June 2, 2010
    Topsoil - Law and Policy Primer for Rainwater Management and Water Conservation
    West Coast Environmental Law
    2010
    Topsoil, Primer, Green Infrastructure Partnership, Rainwater Management, Water Conservation

    An absorbent topsoil layer has emerged as a fundamental building block for achieving water sustainability outcomes through implementation of green infrastructure practices:

    1. ...
  • Wednesday, June 2, 2010
    Topsoil - Technical Primer for Rainwater Management and Water Conservation
    West Coast Environmental Law
    2010
    Topsoil, Primer, Green Infrastructure Partnership, Rainwater Management, Water Conservation

    An absorbent topsoil layer has emerged as a fundamental building block for achieving water sustainability outcomes through implementation of green infrastructure practices:

    1. ...
  • Friday, May 28, 2010
    Site C Dam – The Environmental and Regulatory Process - Legal Backgrounder
    West Coast Environmental Law
    2010
    Site C Dam, Environmental Assessment, Clean Energy Act

    The Site C Dam will be subject to both provincial and federal government environmental and regulatory processes. These processes are unlikely to stop the Site C Dam from being built, even given...

  • Friday, May 28, 2010
    Site C Dam – The Crown’s Approach to Treaty 8 First Nations Consultation - Legal Backgrounder
    West Coast Environmental Law
    2010
    Treaty 8 First Nations, Site C Dam,

    The Site C Dam project proposal engages the jurisdiction and lawful authority of Treaty 8 First Nations. Both the BC and federal governments have a constitutional duty to consult and accommodate...

  • Thursday, May 27, 2010
    Bill 17 – Clean Energy Act Backgrounder
    West Coast Environmental Law
    2010
    Clean Energy Act, Bill 17

    The Clean Energy Act (the “Act”) is the government’s attempt to find a way forward in the renewable electricity sector, which has been rife with heated debate and...

  • Friday, April 30, 2010
    Water Act Modernization Submission to Ministry of Environment
    Gage, Andrew
    2010
    Water Act, Water Act Modernization Discussion Paper

    This is the West Coast Environmental Law review of the BC Ministry of Environment’s 2010 Water Act Modernization Discussion Paper. While there are several proposals in the...

  • Wednesday, March 31, 2010
    Good Wood Awards for Leadership in Good Wood Use for 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Venues
    West Coast Environmental Law
    2010
    forests & land use, forest certification

    The sporting venues and athletes villages of the 21st Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games are one of its most substantial legacies and remain in Vancouver and Whistler long after the visitors have...

  • Wednesday, March 24, 2010
    Legal Comment on Coastal First Nations No Tankers Declaration
    West Coast Environmental Law
    2010
    Legal Backgrounder, Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline, First Nations, Consultation, Indigenous law, Oil tankers

    On March 23rd, 2010 several First Nations peoples of the Central and North Pacific Coast and Haida Gwaii (the “Coastal First Nations”) issued an unequivocal declaration banning Tar...

  • Monday, February 1, 2010
    Comments of West Coast Environmental Law on Metro Vancouver 2040 Shaping Our Future
    West Coast Environmental Law
    2010
    Regional Growth Strategy; Metro Vancouver; Sustainabiltiy; Land Use Designations; Sustainable Economy; Transportation; Complete Communities;

    Today West Coast provided comments on Metro Vancouver’s latest draft of a new Regional Growth Strategy (RGS), entitled Metro Vancouver 2040: Shaping Our Future ( November 2009 draft)...

  • Thursday, January 28, 2010
    A New Climate for Conservation - Nature, Carbon and Climate Change in British Columbia - Full Report
    2010
    Forests; Climate Change; Carbon; Nature; Biodiversity; Ecosystem Services; Tenure

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