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Nuclear Power Regulation in Alberta and Saskatchewan

Environmental Law Centre

The Environmental Law Centre has made available the slides from their recent webinar "Nuclear Power Regulation in Alberta and Saskatchewan".

View or download from the Environmental Law Centre

Posted July 11, 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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Webinar: Nuclear Power - How is it regulated?

Environmental Law Centre
Jul 4 2011 - 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Are you wondering how nuclear power facilities are regulated in Canada? Are you confused about how provincial and federal environmental laws apply to nuclear power facilities? 

Join Laura Bowman, Staff Counsel, for a discussion of how nuclear power facilities are regulated in Canada and how Alberta and Saskatchewan laws may be applied to nuclear power proposals.

This is a free webinar, funded by the Alberta and Saskatchewan Law Foundations.

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Posted June 20, 2011 by AEN

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Lower Athabasca Regional Plan ineffective, insufficient

Ecojustice
17 May 2011

CALGARY — The draft Lower Athabasca Regional Plan is woefully inadequate and will not adequately protect the region against the cumulative effects of industrial development, Ecojustice said today after careful review of the proposed plan. Read more »

Source: Ecojustice

Posted May 17, 2011 by AEN

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Rainbow I Pipeline Spill: AWA calls for full investigation

Alberta Wilderness Association

The Alberta Wilderness Association has called on the Government of Alberta to undertake a "full and transparent investigation… into the safety, health and environmental damage associated with the Rainbow I Pipeline spill." They further ask the ERCB to "thoroughly examine current pipeline management, monitoring, and enforcement policies" before "all other proposed intra-Alberta pipelin Read more »

Read the letter on the AWA website (pdf)

Posted May 16, 2011 by AEN

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Rainbow Spill— Who Will Address Alberta's Pipeline Risks?

Alberta Wilderness Association
10 May 2011

The recent failure of the 45-year old Plains All American Rainbow pipeline, which discharged 4.5 million litres (28,000 barrels) of crude oil into boreal wetlands and forest in northwestern Alberta, raises significant concerns about pipeline integrity and operator and regulatory response. Read more »

Source: Alberta Wilderness Association

Posted May 10, 2011 by AEN

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Pembina Reacts: Government of Alberta report on industrial greenhouse gas pollution

Pembina Institute
3 May 2011

The Pembina Institute's Chris Severson-Baker made the following statement in response to today's release of the Alberta government's report of 2010 compliance with its greenhouse gas regulation for heavy industry:

"Today's release by the Government of Alberta continues a four-year trend of significantly overstating the scale of greenhouse gas (GHG) pollution reductions that Alberta's industry regulation has really delivered. Albertans should not be assured that the province is on track to achieving its own pollution reduction target, despite Alberta's $2 billion commitment to carbon capture and storage.

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Source: Pembina Institute

Posted May 4, 2011 by AEN

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ELC Brief on Bill 10, Alberta Land Stewardship Amendment Act, 2011

Environmental Law Centre

The Environmental Law Centre has posted their comments on Bill 10, the Alberta Land Stewardship Amendment Act. Download or view their brief on the ELC website.

While the ELC has consistently supported both the Land-use Framework and ALSA as necessary steps towards a strong integrated, binding land use planning system for Alberta, we have as consistently raised our concerns regarding the limited rights for public participation and appeal within this new system and the broad discretion given to government with little accountability. Bill 10 has not eased our concerns on these points.

Source: Environmental Law Centre

Posted April 12, 2011 by AEN

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Alberta’s caribou left out in the cold, again

Ecojustice
5 Apr 2011

EDMONTON — The highly-anticipated Lower Athabasca Regional Plan (LARP), rolled out this morning to much fanfare, is another glaring example of Alberta’s unwillingness to enact swift, meaningful protection of the province’s dwindling caribou population, Ecojustice said today.

Virtually none of the new protected areas designated in the LARP include habitat areas critical to caribou survival and recovery. Read more »

Source: Ecojustice

Posted April 6, 2011 by AEN

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Environmental Assessment Changes: Will They Affect You? (Webinar)

Environmental Law Centre
Apr 19 2011 - 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Are you confused about how recent changes in Environmental Assessment law will affect your practice? Can we expect federal Environmental Assessments to be conducted differently now?

Join Laura Bowman, Staff Counsel at the Environmental Law Centre of Alberta on April 19th to find out what changes have been made in the last year and how they will impact the federal environmental assessment process. Read more »

Source: Environmental Law Centre

Posted April 1, 2011 by AEN

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