Interview with Matthew Starnes: The Ambatovy Nickel Project in Madagascar January 20, 2014 Katia Opalka Eco-bulletin editor Katia Opalka interviews Matthew Starnes on expectations and reality as regards environmental and social impacts from a mining project in Madagascar.
Fort McKay First Nation v. Alberta Energy Regulator : Alberta’s top court to rule on regulator’s jurisdiction to decide constitutional questions January 20, 2014 Jeff Langlois and Claire Truesdale This article could also have been titled “Aboriginal consultation: What’s a regulator to do?” Jeff Langlois and Claire Truesdale tell us about a case making its way through the Alberta courts.
ERT’s Bornish Wind Farm decision requires sufficient evidence of serious and irreversible harm January 20, 2014 Charles Birchall What is the place of precaution in an appreciation of the evidence brought in support of a claim that a wind farm will cause serious and irreversible harm to animal life? That is the question examined by the ERT of Ontario in a decision commented on…
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.
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.