Wednesday, May 3, 2017 Last month, several major natural features were recognized – by governments and courts – as legal persons. First, the New Zealand government enacted a new law declaring the Whanganui River a legal person. A couple of days later, the Uttarakhand High Court, in India, granted personhood
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Environmental Law Alert Blog: TransCanada’s NAFTA claims are based on the old normal
Thursday, January 28, 2016
Earlier this month TransCanada announced that it would be claiming comp…
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: Did Canada show up at the Paris climate talks with its pants on?
Friday, December 11, 2015
As a lawyer I’m supposed to be able to give a pundit’s opini…
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: Dutch climate court win – What does it mean for Canada?
Friday, June 26, 2015 Earlier this week (June 24th) a Dutch court ordered the Dutch government to ramp up its climate change plans – to achieve at least a 25% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions relative to 1990 levels by the end of 2020. It’s an incredible win – one
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: Dutch judicial lessons for Canada
Friday, June 26, 2015 In the recent Dutch court decision ordering the Dutch government to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 25% (relative to 1990 levels) by 2020, the court made some specific findings that might be relevant to Canada and the Canadian government. Here's 5 of the most Canada-relevant findings
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: Albertans, not Exxon Mobil, are paying the price for carbon
Thursday, July 4, 2013 It’s safe to say that Exxon Mobil, and other companies responsible for large amounts of greenhouse gas pollution, don’t intend to pay for the $3 Billion to $5 Billion to clean up Alberta’s floods, or any climate-change related costs suffered by Alberta or other jurisdictions. But
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