Environmental Law Centre (ELC)

The Environmental Law Centre (ELC) is a registered charitable organization whose environmental services are used across Canada. The Centre's environmental law expertise and skills are sought after by industry, environmental organizations, governments and members of the public.

Summary

ELC lawyers have expertise in a number of areas including contaminated sites, fisheries, agriculture, assessment, air quality, energy, environmental education and regulatory matters.

The Centre's mission is to ensure that laws, policies and legal processes protect the environment. In pursuit of this mission, the Centre seeks the following ends:

• enactment and effective enforcement of sound environmental laws and policies; and
• informed public participation in environmental regulatory, law-making and decision-making processes.

The Centre carries out activities in three main program areas:

• public programs;
• fee for service; and
• search services.

The net revenue from the latter two programs is applied to support the Centre's public programs and technology needs.

Information Services
Through this, any person can contact the ELC and receive information on environmental law. As needed, referrals are made to law firms and environmental experts. This free service is supported by the Alberta Law Foundation and by the charitable donors to the Environmental Law Centre.

Fee for Service
The ELC is able to provide a variety of environmental and natural resources law services in education, research or seminars on a fee for service basis. Any work that is performed must further the goal of the ELC by contributing to the development of sound laws that will protect the environment.

Manitoba Contact(s):
See National Contact. 

National Contact(s):
Environmental Law Centre (ELC)
Suite 800
10025 - 106th Street
Edmonton, Alberta  T5J 1G4
Telephone: 780-424-5099
Fax: 780-424-5133
Toll-free (information): 1-800-661-4238
E-mail: elc@elc.ab.ca
Web site: http://www.elc.ab.ca