ELC in the Media

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.

Latest News

• A Little More Conversation with Ben O’Hara-Byrne: Canada moves ahead with ban on single-use plastics (2022 Jun 20) Global News
• Three Rutland students are recycling coffee pods into earrings. Part of the money to go to Ukraine-Okanagan (2022 Jun 08) Eminetra
• Why the International Joint Commission is Crucial to Solving the Elk Valley’s Selenium Problem (2022 May 25) Wildsight
• Canada Walks Back Position on IJC Reference for Kootenai Coal Mine Contamination (2022 May 20) Flathead Beacon
• B.C. watches as California subpoenas plastic industry over waste, alleged deception (2022 May 18) Victoria News
• Conservationists urge B.C. to protect bear dens ‘before it’s too late’ (2022 May 11) Yahoo News
• Water advocacy group launches campaign to protect Coquitlam-Burnaby creek (2022 May 10) Tri-City News
• Heroes and Zeros: Eastman Chemical vs. Keurig (2022 May 05) Corporate Knights
• What on Earth with Laura Lynch: Meet wolverine, a climate superhero (2022 May 01) CBC Radio
• Site C, B.C. Hydro slapped with environmental non-compliance order over potential acid rock drainage (2022 Apr 29) CBC News
• The Need to Protect Black Bear Dens on Vancouver Island (2022 Apr 29) Cortes Currents
• Daybreak South with Chris Walker (2022 Apr 28) CBC Radio
• Environmental groups, First Nations call for protection of bear dens across B.C. (2022 Apr 27) Chek News
• The Stream, April 20, 2022: Conservation Groups Say a Canadian Utility Company Failed to Rebuilt Habitats They Destroyed (2022 Apr 20) Circle of Blue
• BC Hydro falling short on environmental obligations, conservation group claims (2022 Apr 19) The Abbotsford News
• BC Hydro failing to fix environmental damage from dams, claims audit request (2022 Apr 19) North Shore 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
• Greenwashing and the problem with single-use plastics (2022 Apr 15) The London Free Press
• Ottawa’s proposed single-use plastics ban is a step forward, but falls short (2022 Apr 06) The Globe and Mail
• Victory in Canada: Keurig Fines CA$ 3 Million for False Advertising (2022 Spring) ELAW Advocate
• 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
• Keurig Fined CA$ 3 Million for False Advertising (2022 Jan 24) ELAW
• Competition Bureau Prioritizes Greenwashing: Keurig Fined $3 Million Over Recyclability Claims (2022 Jan 14) Mondaq
• ‘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 professor helps bring $3M fine to Keurig Canada for false environmental claims (2022 Jan 11) CTV News
• In case you missed it (2022 Jan 10) The Hill Times
• UVic law team triggers landmark decision over plastic coffee pods (2022 Jan 10) Times Colonist
• UVic law team behind landmark decision on plastic coffee pods (2022 Jan 09) Vancouver Sun

Click on the headings below to see past news reports relating to the ELC.