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Blakes Guides on Environmental Law

Blakes 11th Annual Overview of Environmental Law and Regulation in British Columbia - 2006  

Blakes Overview of Environmental Law and Regulation in Alberta - 2005  

Environmental Law in Ontario and Canada
[pdf / Adobe Acrobat version]  

Blakes Bulletin on Environmental Law

This publication by the Environmental Law Group provides information on significant environmental law issues.

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January 2007

Canada’s New Chemicals Management Plan - Robert Fishlock
[pdf / Adobe Acrobat version]  

Overlapping Environmental Impact Assessments in Alberta - Paul Jeffrey
[pdf / Adobe Acrobat version]  

October 2006

Canada’s New Clean Air Act - What it does and does not do ...
[pdf / Adobe Acrobat version]  

May 2006

Canada’s New Direction on Climate Change - Robert Fishlock
[pdf / Adobe Acrobat version]  

April 2006

Update on Contaminated Sites in British Columbia - James Sullivan
[pdf / Adobe Acrobat version]  

December 2005

Ontario Legislature Introduces the Clean Water Act
[pdf / Adobe Acrobat version]   - Jonathan Kahn & Michelle Wood

Ontario Environmental Class Action Proceeds
[pdf / Adobe Acrobat version]   - Robert Fishlock, Gord McKee & James Sullivan

August 2005

Initial Steps in Implementing Canada’s Climate Change Plan -
Large Final Emitters Regulation and Domestic Offset Credit System

[pdf / Adobe Acrobat version]   - Paul Jeffrey, Robert Fishlock & Gloria Chao

July 2005

Environmental Enforcement Amendments Enacted-
[pdf / Adobe Acrobat version]   - Robert Fishlock & Michael Mercer

Federal and Provincial Governments Extend Authority to Issue Federal Tickets in British Columbia
[pdf / Adobe Acrobat version]   - Janice Walton

May 2005

Municipal Jurisdiction Over Environment Gets Boost
[pdf / Adobe Acrobat version]   - Jonathan Kahn & Robert Fishlock

B.C. Court Rules on Reasonable Costs of Remediation
[pdf / Adobe Acrobat version]   - Janice Walton

April 2005

Canada's Climate Change Plan —
Cooling Us Down or Just a Lot of Hot Air?
- Robert Fishlock & Michael Mercer
[pdf / Adobe Acrobat version]  

December 2004

Ontario's Greenbelt Protection Plan a New Iron Fist in a Green Glove - Gerald Swinkin

November 2004

A Duty to Consult: Interim Accommodation of Aboriginal Rights and Title
The Supreme Court of Canada Decisions in Haida and Taku River
- Litigation Practice Group

New Environmental Penalties Proposed for Ontario - Robert Fishlock

October 2004

BC Defers to the Federal Government for Stream Protection
[pdf / Adobe Acrobat version]   - Janice Walton

Environmental Damages ? Observations from the Supreme Court of Canada - Caroline Findlay
Waste Diversion — Recycling and Product Stewardship - Robert Fishlock
Endangered Species Protection Escalates In British Columbia - Janice Walton
New Developments In Personal Liability For Regulatory Non-Compliance - James Sullivan
Ontario Brownfields Regulation Becomes Law On October 1, 2004 - Robert Fishlock
[pdf / Adobe Acrobat version]  

July 2004

Waste Diversion/Recycling and Product Stewardship - Robert Fishlock
[pdf / Adobe Acrobat version]  

June 2004

Endangered Species Protection Escalates in British Columbia
[pdf / Adobe Acrobat version]
   - Janice Walton

Ontario Brownfields Regulation Becomes Law on October 1 - Robert Fishlock
New Developments in Personal Liability for Regulatory Non-Compliance - James Sullivan

May 2004

B.C. Introduces Legislation to Protect Endangered Species - Janice Walton
[pdf / Adobe Acrobat version]  

March 2004

Endangered Species Legislation Coming Fully into Force
[pdf / Adobe Acrobat version
   - Janice Walton

January 2004

The Community Charter - Roy Millen
From Policy to Law — B.C.’s Next Chapter in Results-Based Forestry - Caroline Findlay
Legislative Update: New Legislation as Alberta’s Kyoto Response - Paul Jeffrey & Ryan DuRussel

For more publications, see our Environmental Law practice area page.

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