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Court sets aside policy barring objectors from role in oilsands approval process

  • January 20, 2014
  • Stuart W. Chambers and Sean D. Parker

There’s caselaw, and then there’s casebook law. Stuart W. Chambers and Sean D. Parker have landed upon a decision of the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench that will surely serve as teaching material on the principles of natural justice.

Environmental, Energy and Resources Law

Polar bear’s Endangered Species Act listing upheld

  • January 20, 2014
  • Sarah Uhlemann and Kassie Siegel

In March 2013, the D.C. Circuit upheld the polar bear’s listing under the Endangered Species Act as a species “threatened” with extinction due to the continued destruction of sea ice habitat caused by climate change.

Environmental, Energy and Resources Law