Protecting School Children from Natural Gas Wells and Pipelines ELC Home December 12, 2013 The ELC and lawyer Tim Thielmann asked Premier Clark today to protect children who go to school in areas surrounded by gas wells and pipelines. Acting >
Seaweed Harvesting: A New Industry that Needs Better Regulation December 5, 2013 As global demand for seaweed expands, a new commercial seaweed harvesting industry is emerging on Vancouver Island. An ELC report by student Piet Brusse warns that this harvest >
ELC Requests Strategic Economic and Environmental Assessment for LNG development in BC August 1, 2013 Today the ELC asked the federal and BC Ministers of Environment to establish a Strategic Economic and Environmental Assessment of proposed massive new BC LNG >
Old Growth Protection Act April 10, 2013 The ELC released a report today calling for an act to protect old growth in BC. Prepared for the Ancient Forest Alliance, the report, An Old Growth Protection Act for British Columbia, reviews >
February 20, 2013 There are few issues more fundamental to democracy than the ability of the public to access scientific information produced by government scientists information that their tax dollars have paid for. We as a society cannot make >
February 18, 2013 The Environmental Law Clinic today asked Vancouver Island Health Authoritys Drinking Water Officer to issue a Hazard Prevention Order to address the risk to drinking water posed by the proposed Raven Underground Coal Project. Made on behalf >