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Sign On Needed: Don't let a CAPP President become the new Alberta Energy Regulatory Chair

Greenpeace Canada
May 3 2013 - 9:00am

From: Mike Hudema (itstimetoriseup [at] gmail [dot] com)

Hi all, just wanted to write to see if there are any other groups that want to sign on to the open letter on Gerry Protti. We are hoping for wide spread sign-on because we don't think the founding President of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers should be in charge of Alberta's Government's Provincial Energy regulator.

 

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Posted May 1, 2013 by AEN

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Progress update shows little change, two years after road map to responsible oilsands development released

With substantial progress on only two of 19 recommendations, faster implementation of oilsands environmental solutions needed to secure social license for future development

The Pembina Institute
29 Apr 2013

Edmonton — Two years after the Pembina Institute outlined 19 steps toward responsible oilsands development in a report entitled Solving the Puzzle, and one year after Alison Redford won a majority government, very little progress has been made on the recommended policy improvements, according to an update released by the Institute today. Read more »

Source: Pembina Institute

Posted April 29, 2013 by AEN

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Alberta Again Violates Caribou Policies With Today's Energy Leasing

Alberta Wilderness Association
24 Apr 2013

“Alberta Energy promotes caribou habitat disturbance by selling leases that drive new well sites, ignoring technology options to reduce existing footprint,” says Carolyn Campbell, AWA conservation specialist.  “In the Little Smoky range with over 95% disturbance, the government wages war on wolves and moose while encouraging more industry footprint that drives caribou population declines.” Read more »

Source: Alberta Wilderness Association

Posted April 24, 2013 by AEN

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Action for Earth Day

Activist Network
Apr 22 2013 - 12:15pm - 12:45pm

Join us in saying no to environmental destruction and yes to the transformation of our society for a sustainable and resilient future. Come dressed in all blue, all black, or as a wild bird, fish, or forest creature, to participate in this public action for the environment.

A participatory street performance about the environment, water-ways, and oil.

Featuring special guests: The Raging Grannies!

This political action is accessible for families, people with disabilities, young and old.

Location

Stephen Avenue Walk
8 Avenue and 2 Street SW
Calgary, AB
See map: Google Maps
Source: Activist Network
Source: Facebook

Posted April 8, 2013 by AEN

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Stop Alberta Energy Leases in Threatened Little Smoky Caribou Range

Alberta Wilderness Association
6 Feb 2013

In violation of Alberta’s 2011 woodland caribou policy that places an immediate priority on maintaining caribou habitat, Alberta Energy plans auctions of new oil and gas leases within the Little Smoky caribou range on February 7, March 7 and April 25, 2013. This herd’s habitat is already 95% disturbed, according to Environment Canada. Alberta Wilderness Association (AWA) has issued an open letter to Alberta’s Energy Minister urging him to defer these lease sales as a step towards responsible habitat management for this herd at imminent risk of local extinction. Read more »

Source: Alberta Wilderness Association

Posted February 6, 2013 by AEN

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Stop Castle Logging Rally

Castle-Crown Wilderness Coalition
Jan 20 2013 - 11:00am - 2:00pm

Please join us at a Stop Castle Logging Rally on Sunday, January 20 in Beaver Mines.

As many of you will know, Spray Lake Sawmills (SLS) is currently clear-cut logging in the Castle. The provincial government gave SLS permission to complete the first year of logging that was delayed by last winter's protests. Read more »

Location

Beaver Mines Gazebo Beaver Mines, AB
See map: Google Maps
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Posted January 18, 2013 by AEN

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Prairie Grasslands and Species at Risk Protected

Government Sets High Bar for Suffield National Wildlife Area

Alberta Wilderness Association
30 Nov 2012

The seven-group Suffield Coalition today applauded the government’s decision to deny approval of Cenovus' (previously EnCana) proposal to drill 1,275 natural gas wells and construct associated infrastructure in the Suffield National Wildlife Area (NWA). Suffield NWA was established in 2003 to protect endangered native prairie and the many species of animals and plants at risk in the area, including at least 15 federally listed species threatened with extinction. Read more »

Source: Alberta Wilderness Association

Posted November 30, 2012 by AEN

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Wild prairie grasslands or gas wells and pipelines?

Alberta Wilderness Association

For four years, we've been keeping you up-to-date on Suffield National Wildlife Area and this very question: What will it be, wild prairie grasslands or 1,275 new Cenovus gas wells and 220 kilometres of new pipelines? Well, we still don't know and we hope that with help from you, letters to federal Minister of the Environment Peter Kent will help remind him just how important this area is to native biodiversity and the protection of this significant region in Alberta. Read more »

Source: Alberta Wilderness Association

Posted November 27, 2012 by AEN

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Bill 8: Government Listens with Selective Hearing

Alberta Wilderness Association
5 Nov 2012

The recent announcement that the Government of Alberta will introduce Bill 8 (Electric Utilities Amendment Act, 2012) to effectively overturn amendments made through Bill 50 (Electric Statutes Amendment Act, 2009) is underwhelming to say the least.

Alberta Wilderness Association (AWA) applauds the bill that would require all future transmission infrastructure projects go through a full needs-assessment process by the Alberta Utilities Commission (AUC), but we are acutely disappointed that Bill 8 does not address the significant projects approved under Bill 50. Read more »

Source: Alberta Wilderness Association

Posted November 8, 2012 by AEN

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Coalition calls on panel to reject Shell Jackpine oilsands mine expansion

The Pembina Institute
Alberta Wilderness Association
Fort McMurray Environmental Association
Ecojustice
29 Oct 2012

CALGARY — With public hearings into a proposed oilsands mine expansion set to begin today, a coalition of environmental groups is calling on the joint federal-provincial review panel to reject the project.

Shell’s proposal to expand its Jackpine oilsands mine would increase production at the existing facility by 100,000 barrels per day. The company’s environmental assessment shows that expanding the Jackpine oilsands mine along with other planned developments will harm fish and wildlife, damage wetlands and old growth forests, exceed legally binding air quality limits and cause acid rain. It will leave a legacy of toxic waste buried in lakes, damage two significant rivers, and produce greenhouse gas pollution that will put Canada’s and Alberta’s climate targets further out of reach. Read more »

Source: Ecojustice

Posted October 29, 2012 by AEN

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