Biodiversity and Wildlife

Jun
23
2021

Key challenges for Wood Buffalo National Park still of utmost concern

New UNESCO World Heritage report says ecological state of Wood Buffalo National Park still declining, despite Canada’s recent funding commitments

CPAWS Northern Alberta

Ottawa, ON/Edmonton, AB – A new UNESCO World Heritage State of Conservation report on Wood Buffalo National Park, released publicly June 21, 2021, has found that “the previously-expressed Committee concerns continue to remain severe and the threats [to the park] have increased”. The report considers it likely that the property now meets the criteria for inscription on the List of World Heritage in Danger. Read More

Source: CPAWS Northern Alberta
Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society
Biodiversity and Wildlife
Wilderness & Parks
Jun
22
2021

Alberta’s Efforts to Undermine Provincial Parks System Earn Province a Failing Grade

CPAWS Southern Alberta
CPAWS Northern Alberta

CALGARY/TERRITORIES OF THE BLACKFOOT AND PEOPLES OF TREATIES 6 AND 7, HOME TO MÉTIS NATION OF ALBERTA, REGION III Read More

Source: CPAWS Southern Alberta
Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society
GM Food & Agriculture
Biodiversity and Wildlife
Wilderness & Parks
Jun
18
2021

Grassy Mountain Coal Project Decision May Sound the Death Knell for Montem and Atrum Coal

Alberta Wilderness Association

Yesterday’s Grassy Mountain Coal Project Joint Review Panel categorical rejection of Benga Mining’s applications for the Grassy Mountain mine may very well sound the death knell for Montem Resources and Atrum Coal. Today, both companies requested that trading in their shares on the Australian Securities Exchange be stopped.

Before Montem’s request was accepted its stock lost 20 percent of its value. Its last trade was at 7 cents a share; Atrum’s last trade was at 4.7 cents a share. Read More

Source: Alberta Wilderness Association
Alberta Wilderness Association
Climate Change
Biodiversity and Wildlife
Economics
Business & the Environment
Coal
Environmental Assessment
Fresh Water
Indigienous Peoples Issues
Mining
Jun
25
2021

Digital Rally: Say No to Coal

Alberta Beyond Coal
Council of Canadians
Jun 25 2021 - 12:00pm

Across the country, a movement is growing to protect the Rockies and its headwaters from open-pit coal mining. Eight new coal mining projects have been proposed on the Eastern Slopes – and we need to stop them before they start.

The grassroots opposition to this new coal rush in Alberta is working – on June 17, the proposed Grassy Mountain coal project was rejected thanks to pressure from the hard work of people in Alberta and across the country. However, the work to protect the Rockies is not over – there are still 7 coal projects able to move ahead. Read More

Source: Facebook
Alberta Environmental Network
Council of Canadians
Climate Change
Biodiversity and Wildlife
Coal
Fresh Water
Mining
Jun
24
2021

Why does coal in the rocky mountains matter to #YEG?

CPAWS Northern Alberta
Jun 24 2021 - 6:30pm

Join us for a townhall where we will present an update on the state of coal projects in Alberta, and how it will affect our water sources right here in Edmonton.
Our team will give a short presentation, followed by a Q & A period. Read More

Source: Facebook
Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society
Climate Change
Biodiversity and Wildlife
Coal
Fresh Water
Mining
Jun
18
2021

Open for Comments - Mountain National Parks Draft Management Plans

Parks Canada
Initiative: 
Mountain National Parks - Management Planning
Deadline: 
7 Jul 2021

From the Let's Talk Mountain Parks web site:

Join the conversation! From April 14 until July 7, you're invited to provide feedback on the draft park management plans for Banff, Jasper, Waterton Lakes, Yoho, Kootenay, Mount Revelstoke and Glacier national parks. Read More

Source: Let's Talk Mountain Parks
Biodiversity and Wildlife
Outdoor Recreation
Wilderness & Parks
Wildlife Protection
Jun
17
2021

Alberta Groups Celebrate Joint Review Panel’s Denial of the Grassy Mountain Coal Project

Niitsítapi Water Protectors
CPAWS Southern Alberta
Livingstone Landowners Group

CALGARY/TERRITORIES OF THE BLACKFOOT AND PEOPLES OF TREATIES 6 AND 7, HOME TO MÉTIS NATION OF ALBERTA, REGION III Read More

Source: CPAWS Southern Alberta
Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society
Climate Change
Biodiversity and Wildlife
Energy
Coal
Mining
Jun
16
2021

Environment minister announces all metallurgical coal mines will undergo federal impact assessments, misses opportunity for meaningful regional assessment on Aboriginal and Treaty rights

Niitsítapi Water Protectors
CPAWS Southern Alberta
Ecojustice

CALGARY/TERRITORIES OF THE BLACKFOOT AND PEOPLES OF TREATIES 6 AND 7, HOME TO MÉTIS NATION OF ALBERTA, REGION III Read More

Source: CPAWS Southern Alberta
Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society
Climate Change
Biodiversity and Wildlife
Energy
Coal
Mining
Jun
11
2021

CPAWS welcomes Canada’s firm stance on future thermal coal mining projects and project expansions

Thermal coal mine projects and expansions not aligned with Canada’s domestic and international climate change commitments, says federal government

Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society

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Source: CPAWS Northern Alberta
Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society
Climate Change
Biodiversity and Wildlife
Energy
Coal
Mining

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Truth & Reconciliation at AEN

Learn more about our process and progress, and share your thoughts with us, on our Decolonization and Indigenization page.

It is our understanding at the Alberta Environmental Network that Reconciliation starts with the land, and there is no Reconciliation until we have faced the Truth. While Truth is held collectively, we recognize everyone is on their own learning journey, at their own pace. Our work at AEN focuses on the lands outlined by the Province of Alberta, lands with which we are learning to be in kinship relationship, in the nêhiyaw (Cree) spirit of treaty-making. The lands we work for are described in Treaties 4, 6, 7, 8, and 10. The traditional keepers of this land are Anishinabe, Nêhiyawak (Cree), Dené, Dane-zaa, Nakota, Îyârhe Nakoda (Stoney Nakoda), Tsuut’ina, and Siksikaitsitapi (Blackfoot Confederacy); this land is also the homeland of the Métis. We are committed to building meaningful reciprocal relationships, to be of service particularly to those directly experiencing the effects of oppression, genocide, and exploitation.