In three years, the BC government cut nearly 30% of public service jobs at the Ministry of Air, Water and Land Protection. This report documents a steady decrease in monitoring and enforcement capacity and looks at the ...
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In 2003 the Environmental Management Act was passed, replacing the Waste Management Act, as part of the BC government’s deregulation initiative. The proposed Waste Discharge Regulation would be created under the new ...
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This paper makes a series of findings and recommendations in regard to how Canada should address climate change and implement the Kyoto Protocol.
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This report details the range of tools local governments use to protect the agricultural working landscape and includes specific examples of local government by-laws & policies. Its purpose is to encourage local ...
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Consequences of typical oil and gas projects in BC can be both global (greenhouse gas emissions) and local (seismic lines, roads, pumpjacks, etc.). The document helps citizens and communities better understand their own ...
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This is a four page brochure that identifies the potential implications of lifting the tanker moratorium and of allowing the Enbridge oil pipeline across northern BC. It looks at risks of oil spills and other potential ...
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This Guide aims to increase green buildings in BC, by providing a central resource to the suite of regulatory and policy tools currently available to local governments to support green building design/practices. It ...
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This submission makes recommendations regarding access to information about compensation details in petroleum and natural gas surface lease agreements.
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This report examines enforcement trends for a number of BC’s key environmental laws from 1990 to 2005 & identifies some of the reasons for them. It highlights existing barriers that prevent in-depth analysis, & ...
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This paper outlines the ways that working farms contribute to the ecological health of an area, and how Land Trusts can contribute to supporting and helping farms make that contribution.
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