BC has a law against bulk water exports. But water bottling companies are using a loophole: by wrapping our water in plastic bottles, they can sell it wherever they want, including for export. Please take 2 minutes to tell your MLA this is unacceptable. bit.ly/3kXaCke

A huge move to keep firefighters safe and get harmful chemicals out of our lives. Just what the [email protected] submission for the firefighters union called for: Federal environment minister announces ban on harmful fire retardants nsnews.com/local-news/fed… via North Shore News

What do healthy orcas and firefighters have in common? Wanting to get fire retardant chemicals out of furniture (and thus stormwater as people leave old furniture by the side of the road). See the [email protected] submission: elc.uvic.ca/publications/r…

WIN FOR FIREFIGHTERS! In response to our submission on behalf of the International Association of Firefighters, Local 730, the federal gov't is banning 12+ flame retardants & reviewing others to see if they pose health or environmental harms canada.ca/en/environment…

Our pension funds fuelling climate change from ⁦James K. Rowe⁩ and ⁦The CCPA–BC⁩ cbc.ca/news/canada/pe…

⁦Keith Stewart⁩ - Likely the most longstanding and knowledgeable advocate for divestment in Canada (and he’s so smart) - A compelling case for divesting cbc.ca/news/canada/pe…

Here’s to ongoing funding as health and community infrastructure. See the [email protected] case for guardian network initiative: elc.uvic.ca/publications/g…

Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs and Wilp Wii Litsxw declared the Meziadin Indigenous Protected Area yesterday. Check out their story HA NII TOKXW: OUR FOOD TABLE at vimeo.com/591536533

“The fact that BC still grants mineral claims with total disregard for Indigenous nations is a damaging relic of colonialism that has no place in the present day,” Chief Hill. Gitxaała filed a legal challenge in BC Supreme Court vs BC's “free entry” mineral staking regime #bcpoli

Gitxaala Nation challenging free entry mining (= automatic claim staking) as contrary to Canadian and Indigenous laws The Tyee thetyee.ca/News/2021/10/2…

When it comes to managing BC water resources, Deborah Curran: “We can’t wait until there’s a crisis before we take action.” Summer droughts and now fall floods are driving home the message that we need to be pro-active. thenarwhal.ca/bc-drought-wat…

#empiricallegalresearch

India is lining their canals with #solarpower. It provides #cleanenergy and stops water evaporation at the same time. We have so many solutions. Implement them. #ActOnClimate #ClimateCrisis #ClimateAction #renewables #solar #GreenNewDeal

I just renewed with the Canadian Association of Law Teachers / L'Association Canadienne des Professeurs de Droit. acpd-calt.org/memberships

Years of hard and important work are behind those smiles. Congratulations to Rebeca and Qian Liu for their achievements and thanks from us for shining the light on important issues.

Members of the Heiltsuks' elected tribal council, Chiefs and members currently have the sports fishing boat the 'Parry' barricaded with gillnets and boats in Dunadvin Inet, Heiltsuk Territory. This is in response to the lack of respect shown by the owner while operating in

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 elc.uvic.ca/publications/p… #unlocknature #provingpublicaccess

Douglas Todd: How to fight for the ‘right to roam’ on B.C.’s lands and waters vancouversun.com/opinion/column… via The Vancouver Sun

More risk- and cost-based research on what water disruptions (flood and drought extremes in Canada) will mean, underscoring what @POLISWater has been on about for decades - water resilience through watershed-based community-governed natural assets aquanomics.ghd.com

#johnvaillant on the post-holocene (ie climate change) #fireweather #discontinuity