ELC’s experts and reports are often featured in news media on a variety of subjects relating to environmental law. Below is a very small sampling of articles. For information about specific ELC reports, please see Our Work.
Selected and Recent News
- The Current with Matt Galloway (2024 Jun 18) CBC Radio
- Ads promoting B.C. gas slammed by watchdog as ‘greenwashing’ but kept running (2024 May 28) Business Intelligence for B.C.
- Wave of change (2024 May 21) UVic Torch
- BC Greens MLA tables bill to protect bear dens from logging for 3rd time (2024 Mar 06) Victoria News
- After a record year for bear killings, B.C. conservation officers face calls for a gentler approach (2024 Jan 12) The Globe and Mail
- LETTER: Osisko flouting zoning rules with major building in Wells (2023 Dec 09) Quesnel Cariboo Observer
- Court ruling should lead to narrower B.C. environmental assessments: analyst (2023 Oct 13) Oak Bay News
- First Nations leaders issue second call for moratorium on placer mining and leases (2023 Aug 29) Canada’s First Nations Radio
- First Nation, wildlife federation seek B.C. Hydro, FortisBC changes in tactics to restore kokanee runs (2023 Aug 16) Vancouver Sun
- Ugliest lawn contest: B.C. cities reward residents for embracing brown grass (2023 Aug 15) Vancouver Is Awesome
- B.C.’s drought woes could be helped by monitoring and raising cost of water for companies, critics say (2023 Aug 14) The Globe and Mail
- Tracing Mining’s Threat to U.S. Waters (2023 Jul 11) The New York Times
- Ashcroft Slough Society receives support in quest for access (2023 Jul 04) The Ashcroft-Cache Creek Journal
- First Nation calls on B.C. to restore shellfish harvesting sites closed for decades due to poor water quality (2023 Jul 03) The Globe and Mail
- Restoring shellfish along B.C.’s coast would restore a way of life (2023 Jun 21) Vancouver Sun
- Cleaning up Coles Bay: A partnership for justice and shellfish restoration (2023 Jun 21) Times Colonist
- False advertising must never again sabotage climate action (2023 Apr 22) The Province
- Canada’s market watchdog needs overhaul to target ‘greenwashing,’ say groups (2023 Apr 05) Vancouver is Awesome
- Environmental and health groups call for competition law that can tackle the climate crisis (2023 Apr 04) Ecojustice
- Time for B.C. to fight fire with fire (2023 Feb 22) The Globe and Mail
- How the Competition Bureau found its muscle – and why that’s good news for consumers (2023 Jan 03) The Globe and Mail
- Turning the tide on greenwashing (2022 Oct 27) CBA National Magazine
- 9 things that could have been done to prevent the Sunshine Coast’s state of emergency (2022 Oct 21) The Narwhal
- Doubts downstream (2022 Oct 19) CBC News
- Canada’s Competition Bureau opens investigation into RBC’s alleged misleading advertising on climate action (2022 Oct 11) Stand.Earth
- A Little More Conversation with Ben O’Hara-Byrne: Canada moves ahead with ban on single-use plastics (2022 Jun 20) Global News
- Why the International Joint Commission is Crucial to Solving the Elk Valley’s Selenium Problem (2022 May 25) Wildsight
- B.C. watches as California subpoenas plastic industry over waste, alleged deception (2022 May 18) Victoria News
- Site C, B.C. Hydro slapped with environmental non-compliance order over potential acid rock drainage (2022 Apr 29) CBC News
- B.C. Hydro failing to live up to environmental obligations, say conservationists (2022 Apr 19) CBC News
- Conservation groups allege B.C. Hydro is not allocating enough funding to habitat restoration at its hydroelectric dams (2022 Apr 19) Vancouver Sun
- Ottawa’s proposed single-use plastics ban is a step forward, but falls short (2022 Apr 06) The Globe and Mail
- Comment: Truth in advertising can help save the planet (2022 Mar 02) Times Colonist
- Competition Bureau says “Peel, Dump, Toss” to Greenwashing (2022 Feb 25) Stare Indecisis CFUV
- ‘Dead river flowing’: The Jordan River was once brimming with salmon, until three industries changed it forever (2022 Feb 14) Capital Daily
- ‘They were clearly misleading’: UVic law team’s report results in multi-million dollar fine for Keurig Canada (2022 Jan 13) Chek News
- UVic report leads to $3-million fine against Keurig Canada over coffee pods (2022 Jan 11) Global News
- Competition Bureau fines Keurig Canada for claiming coffee pods were recyclable: UVic environmental law group (2022 Jan 11) Global News
- UVic law team behind landmark decision on plastic coffee pods (2022 Jan 09) Vancouver Sun