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The Environmental Law Centre (Alberta) Championing the rights for clean air, clean water, and healthy environment for all Albertans.

The Environmental Law Centre (ELC) is Alberta’s oldest and most active public interest environmental law organization with a mission is to educate and champion for strong environmental laws and rights so that all Albertans can enjoy clean water, clean air and a healthy environment. As Alberta’s leading environmental public policy and law reform organization, the ELC has been working very closely with various stakeholders including the provincial government, municipalities, private industry, local communities and environmental non-governmental organizations for over 30 years, reaching thousands of people monthly through various media channels, and providing them credible, balanced and informed policy and law reform analysis and legal information on a broad spectrum of significant and relevant environmental issues in Alberta and Canada.

Data centres: are we regulating intelligently?As the queue for data centres in Alberta continues to grow, so do communit...
10/16/2026

Data centres: are we regulating intelligently?

As the queue for data centres in Alberta continues to grow, so do community concerns.

How does Alberta’s regulatory framework govern data centres and the power plants that supply them? What can recent development decisions tell us about potential law reforms?

Join the Environmental Law Centre on November 5, 2026, from 12–1 p.m. to explore the legal decisions and processes shaping data centre development in Alberta.

Register here
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/7817919829800/WN_kueUsMP8So2ekbJZc2JM4g

ELC WebinarData centres: are we regulating intelligently?Date: November 5th, 2026Time: 12-1pmJoin the Environmental Law ...
10/14/2026

ELC Webinar
Data centres: are we regulating intelligently?

Date: November 5th, 2026

Time: 12-1pm

Join the Environmental Law Centre as we explore the regulatory framework that applies to data centres.

As the queue for data centres continues to increase, it coincides with increasing community concerns. This webinar will touch on the various legal decisions and processes that govern data centres (and the power plants that supply them) in the province. The webinar will also cover recent decisions on data centre developments and recommend potential law reforms.

Use this link to register

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/7817919829800/WN_kueUsMP8So2ekbJZc2JM4g

What is changing under the Fisheries Act?Amendments to the regulations governing statutory authorizations under the Fish...
10/01/2026

What is changing under the Fisheries Act?

Amendments to the regulations governing statutory authorizations under the Fisheries Act come into force on October 15, 2026.

The changes include updates to the authorization process, application requirements, fish habitat offsetting, and the use of DFO technical standards.

What do these changes mean for how authorizations are assessed?

Read our blog to learn more.
https://elc.ab.ca/post-library/the-federal-government-announces-amendments-to-the-regulations-governing-the-issuance-of-statutory-authorizations-under-the-fisheries-act/

When decisions about land use and development move from the municipal level to the provincial level, what happens to opp...
09/23/2026

When decisions about land use and development move from the municipal level to the provincial level, what happens to opportunities for public participation?

This blog looks at public participation under the Municipal Government Act, provincial legislative processes, lobbying and recent changes affecting municipal decision-making.

Read the full blog for more details on the legal framework and what it means for public participation.

Visit the ELC website to read the blog or use this link.
https://elc.ab.ca/post-library/losing-local-accountability-public-participation-the-mga-and-the-provincial-legislative-branch/

Alberta’s woodland caribou are closely connected to the landscapes they inhabit.Three draft provincial plans propose app...
09/22/2026

Alberta’s woodland caribou are closely connected to the landscapes they inhabit.

Three draft provincial plans propose approaches to managing these landscapes, including how caribou habitat will be considered alongside other land uses.

What do the draft plans mean? Our latest blog discusses the details.

Read the full blog: https://elc.ab.ca/post-library/three-draft-provincial-woodland-caribou-plans-published-for-consultation-the-plans-prioritize-working-landscapes-over-caribou-habitat-maintenanc/

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W218, 91 University Campus NW
Edmonton, AB
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Tuesday 8:30am - 4:30pm
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