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SUMMARY   An openly honest and important paper written by then U of S law student Brendan Thompson about the importance of teaching environmental law to law students. Law Schools, Capitalism, and the Environment: Why environmental law needs to be taught to every law student Law school’s capitalist focus leaves its graduates without the skills and knowledge to address the climate crisis. Environmental concerns must form a core component of legal education to address this. I’ll explain to you why that is, but I’m going to need to establish a couple of things first. So, in this ..read more

SUMMARY   An article about recent litigation against hydro projects in Northern Saskatchewan brought by Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation, Cumberland House Cree Nation, and the Opaskwayak Cree Nation. Where regulatory frameworks fail to adequately protect the environment, litigation often ensues. This can be seen in real time in Northern Saskatchewan right now as three First Nations are engaged in complex lawsuits against the Government of Saskatchewan and SaskPower over the impacts of controversial hydroelectric projects on their Treaty rights and reserve lands. Peter Ballantyne ..read more

SUMMARY   An article written by one of our PSBC students on environmental racism and proposed legislation in Canada to tackle this issue. What is Environmental Racism? The term environmental racism was first introduced in the United States in 1982 by Reverend Benjamin Chavis Jr. in response to the civil rights movement and the disproportionate impact of hazardous facilities on African American communities.1 It has since evolved over the past several decades to include “the intentional siting of hazardous waste sites, landfills, incinerators, and polluting industries in areas ..read more

Original Decision SUMMARY   This case is about the Supreme Court of Canada deciding on the constitutionality of the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act (GGPPA), which the federal government enacted in 2018. This legislation sets a minimum standard of carbon pricing in an effort to lower greenhouse gas emissions. Several provinces have challenged this legislation as not being within the federal government’s constitutional powers.   We recommend visiting our primer on constitutional law first: FAQ backgrounder. Highlights SCC acknowledged “climate change is real… caused by ..read more

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