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The Environmental Law Centre (ELC) is a non-profit society that operates a clinic in public interest environmental law through the University of Victoria
Victoria, BC Canada
Joined July 2009
We are no longer active on this platform. To stay up to date on our work, please follow us on Bluesky (envirolawcentre)
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🗒️🌱A recap of the Transition Minerals conference we hosted earlier this year, courtesy of @ELCuvic: https://t.co/U9jDREMpEB
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A big thank-you to our 2024 #LandAwards judges for the Land Use and Conservation category: Lina Azeez @WatershedWatch_ Gwen Bridge @Y2Y_Initiative Deborah Curran @ELCuvic Curtis Rattray #TWILD Jesse Stoeppler @SkeenaWatershed
https://t.co/1dZtopcl4X
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Yesterday, in collaboration with @ELCuvic, we released a guide to protecting cultural heritage on private lands. It provides recommendations to all levels of government. https://t.co/gqjfrVJojW BC Heritage Week
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JOIN OUR TEAM --> Collaborate w/passionate students, colleagues & clients to address the most important environmental issues of our time #publicinterestlawyer #environmentallaw #clinicaleducation Details here: https://t.co/c9L3FQEune
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Hot off the e-press! Our newsletter is a great place to learn more about our work and its impact and for news about the ELC community #publicinterest #envirolaw
https://t.co/AjX30xGQ6J
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University of Victoria publishes guide to help residents fight for public land access /via @globeandmail
theglobeandmail.com
The University of Victoria’s Environmental Law Centre released a guide this week meant to help community members retain public access to green and blue spaces.
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Douglas Todd: How to fight for the ‘right to roam’ on B.C.’s lands and waters https://t.co/rJUd9ysyMh via @VancouverSun
vancouversun.com
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JUST RELEASED: Our new guide developed for the Outdoor Research Council of BC can help citizens prove a public right to access wild places and green spaces they are locked out of but often have a legal right to use https://t.co/vI7dlVyOjo
#unlocknature #provingpublicaccess
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Mt Polley's expert panel recommended that BC reduce the number of mine tailings facilities by half in order to get toward a path to zero failures. Instead, BC is adding volume with new mines proposing some of the tallest tailings dams in the world. #bcpoli
theprovince.com
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In B.C., there are at least 172 dams holding back wet #minewaste, or #tailings, putting our communities and watersheds at risk of toxic contamination. With @SkeenaWild we've created an interactive map with information on each of these dams. Learn more at https://t.co/yNpJHAyaac
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We've endorsed the updated version of "Safety First" by @earthworks @miningwatch and @londonmining with 17 guidelines to improve the management of mine waste disposal facilities to keep communities and ecosystems safe. Read more about the updates at
reformbcmining.ca
Our partners have released an updated version of the Safety First guidelines for improving mine waste management, developed with affected communities, Indigenous peoples, academics, NGOs and techni...
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International commission @IJCsharedwaters asks Canada to join probe of selenium flowing from Teck coal mines in B.C. https://t.co/E1rFBC2uqu via @torontostar #TransboundaryWatersheds
thestar.com
The agency that mediates disputes between Canada and the United States over shared waters is pleading with the federal Liberals to join an investigation into contamination from British Columbia coal...
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Congratulations to Kitasoo Xai’xais and Nuxalk Nations for the MOU signed w/BC Parks yesterday recognizing the authority of #CoastalGuardianWatchmen! @CFNGBI #IndigenousStewardship
https://t.co/7eg09cJHHj
coastalfirstnations.ca
Kitasoo Xai’xais and Nuxalk Nations sign an MOU with BC that extends their stewardship authorities to Park Ranger authorities.
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Just days left to apply for our 2023-24 Shared Articling Program. Come join our great team! Details on how to apply here: https://t.co/ul7GkRd1MP
#publicinterest #environmentallaw
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👂 ICYMI on @cjly yesterday, you can listen to @nikkiskuce talk about the Mineral Tenure Act and the #DRIPA Action Plan on the EcoCentric at https://t.co/ZhWgOlpGsl starting at 35:19 #mining #reformbcmining
theecocentricradioshow.ca
ARGENTA FACE CAMPERS ROUGHING IT ON THE COUCH! LISTEN OR DOWNLOAD MAY 10 SHOW HERE: It’s two weeks in for the logging protest camp protecting the Argenta Face forest from clearcutting. We hav…
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Our Spring newsletter has sprung. 🌺 Catch up on our latest Good News Story and learn more about what we're chatting about around the ELC water cooler! https://t.co/8iCumDwt7y
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We're happy to announce 15 new grants for spring! These grants support work by @bcmtna @ELCuvic @PHA_BC @RivershedBC @skeenatrust @TsawwassenFN @whistlercentre @wildsight to advance sustainable & equitable relationships with land & water. Full list: https://t.co/bFjcPO6KFP
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New @SierraClubBC & @ELCuvic Report: British Columbia’s bear dens need urgent protection https://t.co/ohUZnNESBq
#BCpoli #OldGrowth #SaveBCbeardens #Bears @ArtemisWildCons @echoconserve
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