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Eco monitoring plan a non-plan says Sierra Club Canada

Sierra Club Canada
21 Jul 2011

The 'environmental monitoring' plan for the Tar Sands announced today by the federal government is actually a non-plan says Sierra Club Canada. Delay, delay, delay would be a more apt assessment of the federal government’s announcement.

Monitoring is fine but the real question is limiting pollution and addressing climate change. Sierra Club Canada has no confidence the federal and Alberta governments will actually do that. There is a long history of allowing the oil companies to do what they want. Read more »

Source: Sierra Club Prairie

Posted July 21, 2011 by AEN

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Drilling Down: Groundwater Risks Imposed by In Situ Oil Sands Development

Groundwater monitoring and management steps laid out by Alberta ENGO

Water Matters
21 Jul 2011

"Groundwater is a key turning point for the future of oil sands development and environmental management," says William Donahue, Ph.D., science advisor to Water Matters, an Alberta-based water-policy think-tank, "Unlike many surface water issues where provincial and federal governments have been playing catch up in their monitoring and assessment efforts, there is an opportunity to get ahead of the curve on groundwater protection, and that's what our recommendations are all about." Drilling Down: Groundwater Risks Imposed by In Situ Oil Sands Development, released today by Water Matters, provides clear, achievable recommendations for improving groundwater management, assessment and monitoring in the oil sands region. Read more »

Source: Water Matters

Posted July 21, 2011 by AEN

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Pembina reacts to outcome of energy ministers' meeting in Kananaskis

Pembina Institute
19 Jul 2011

KANANASKIS — Ed Whittingham, executive director of the Pembina Institute, made the following comments in response to the communiqué and action plan on developing a national energy framework released at the conclusion of the Energy and Mines Ministers' Conference in Kananaskis, Alberta: Read more »

Source: Pembina Institute

Posted July 21, 2011 by AEN

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Is natural gas a climate change solution for Canada?

New report finds numerous problems with push to expand natural gas production

Pembina Institute
David Suzuki Foundation
14 Jul 2011

OTTAWA — Some common government and industry assumptions about the role of natural gas in combating climate change do not hold up to scrutiny, according to an in-depth study released today by the David Suzuki Foundation and the Pembina Institute. Read more »

Source: Pembina Institute

Posted July 14, 2011 by AEN

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Action Alert: Tell Premier Stelmach Coal Kills

Sierra Club Prairie

Editor's Note: On June 30, 2011, the Alberta Utilities Commission expedited approval of Maxim Power Corp.'s proposal, in what many are viewing as a cynical attempt to avoid the proposed Federal coal plant regulations. See this post for more background.

As the world grapples with climate change, the Alberta government is poised to grant approval to a new coal-fired power plant without even holding a public hearing.  Read more »

Visit the Sierra Club website to tell Premier Stelmach to kill Maxim Power Corporation’s plan to build a new 500-megawatt coal-fired plant.

Posted July 11, 2011 by AEN

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Responses to the AUC approval of the Milner Coal Power Plant

On June 30, 2011— the day before the Canada Day long weekend— the Alberta Utilities Commission approved Maxim Power Corp.'s 500-megawatt coal-fired Milner Power Plant expansion proposal. This move has been viewed by some as a cynical attempt to bypass the new proposed federal coal plant regulations. Read more »

Pembina Institute: Federal coal regulations risk being tarnished
Sierra Club Prairie: Tell Premier Stelmach Coal Kills
Rescuing the frog: The AUC and Maxim Power: No steps forward, 3 steps back

Posted July 11, 2011 by AEN

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Poisoning Canada's water

Avaaz
Jul 6 2011 - 9:00am - Jul 10 2011 - 5:00pm

An American hedge fund is about to break ground on a massive mining project that could poison a million people's drinking water and the headwaters for five major rivers, would create an open pit deeper than Niagara Falls and decimate thousands of acres of lush farmland -- and we have 4 days to stop them.
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Poisoning Canada's water

Posted July 7, 2011 by Anonymous

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Pembina reacts to Alberta environmental monitoring panel's report

Pembina Institute
5 Jul 2011

Jennifer Grant, director of the Pembina Institute's oilsands program, made the following statement in response to the Alberta Environmental Monitoring Panel's report:

"The environmental monitoring panel's recommendations are thorough. We urge the government to move swiftly to implement a new, more robust and transparent monitoring system. 

"More than 40 years after oilsands development started, Albertans have been told by numerous expert panels that environmental monitoring is insufficient. This is a matter of public trust and accountability and the government has a long way to go to restore public confidence that it is protecting the environment. 

"It's important to note, as the panel did, that monitoring is just one component of natural resource management; you actually have to use the data to inform planning, regulatory decision-making and enforcement. You need the full package to get the job done — otherwise it's like having smoke detectors but no firetrucks or firefighters."

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Source: Pembina Institute

Posted July 6, 2011 by AEN

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Pembina reacts to Government of Alberta decision to provide bonus credits for carbon capture and storage offsets

Pembina Institute
24 Jun 2011

CALGARY — The Pembina Institute's Chris Severson-Baker made the following statement in response to today's announcement of bonus credits in the province's offset system for select carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects: Read more »

Source: Pembina Institute

Posted June 24, 2011 by AEN

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Woodland caribou battle goes to Federal Court

Ecojustice
Alberta Wilderness Association
Pembina Institute
22 Jun 2011

EDMONTON — Environmental groups are in Federal Court today to fight for immediate protection of caribou habitat facing unchecked oilsands development in northeastern Alberta.

Ecojustice, on behalf of the Pembina Institute and Alberta Wilderness Association, is seeking a court order to force Environment Minister Peter Kent to recommend emergency protection of critical habitat for threatened caribou herds in northeastern Alberta. Read more »

Source: Ecojustice

Posted June 22, 2011 by AEN

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