Energy

Supreme Court of Canada issues Decision in Jessica Ernst’s Claim for Charter Damages

On January 13th, in Ernst v. Alberta Energy Regulator, the Supreme Court of Canada issued its decision regarding Jessica Ernst’s claim for damages pursuant to s. 24(1) of the Charter. Ernst alleges that her Charter right to freedom of expression was breached by the actions...

07 February, 2017 / 0 Comments

Climate Change Blog Series: Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change

This is the fifteenth post in the Environmental Law Centre’s blog series exploring climate change law in Canada. This blog series provides updates on climate change law developments and includes insights from our related law reform research. This blog series is generously funded by the...

20 December, 2016 / 1 Comment

Climate Change Blog Series: Legislative Updates on Alberta’s Climate Leadership Plan

Climate Change Blog Series: Legislative Updates on Alberta’s Climate Leadership Plan This is the fourteenth post in the Environmental Law Centre’s blog series exploring climate change law in Canada. This blog series provides updates on climate change law developments and includes insights from our related law...

30 November, 2016 / 0 Comments

Climate Change Blog Series: Update on Recent Developments in Climate Change Law & Policy

This is the twelfth post in the Environmental Law Centre’s blog series exploring climate change law in Canada. This blog series provides updates on climate change law developments and includes insights from our related law reform research. This blog series is generously funded by the...

31 October, 2016 / 1 Comment

The collateral costs of abandoned wells

By Chinomso Iliya-Ndule & Jason Unger When a headline starts with “Taxpayers could be on hook…” people take notice (–funnily enough the headline changed during the drafting of this blog). The article tells the story of continued financial repercussions of the downturn in oil prices and...

13 September, 2016 / 1 Comment

Climate Change Legal Roadmap: Carbon Pricing Recommendations for Alberta

This is the tenth post in the Environmental Law Centre’s new blog series exploring climate change law in Canada. This blog series will provide updates on climate change law developments and will include insights from our related law reform research. This blog series is generously...

23 August, 2016 / 0 Comments

Climate Change Blog Series: Pipeline Safety Act comes into force later this Month

This is the eighth post in the Environmental Law Centre’s new blog series exploring climate change law in Canada. This blog series provides updates on climate change law developments and includes insights from our related law reform research. This blog series is generously funded by...

08 June, 2016 / 1 Comment

Alberta Energy Regulator issues its Model for Regulatory Excellence

The Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) has recently issued The Alberta Model for Regulatory Excellence (the “Alberta Model”). The Alberta Model is based upon the AER’s Best-in-Class Initiative conducted by the University of Pennsylvania through its Penn Program on Regulation to assist the AER in developing...

27 April, 2016 / 0 Comments

Oil and gas well site reclamation, polluter pays and pie crust promises

As was reported last week, a large chunk of change is being sought by the Petroleum Services Association of Canada from the federal government to bolster economic activity around reclamation of well sites in Alberta and Saskatchewan. This, as I have noted in the past, is not...

21 March, 2016 / 0 Comments

A Solstice Jingle

A light-hearted look back at 2015 is in order. (This time to “Jingle Bells” – nice and short to keep with solstice. This blog may be the counter point to my 2012 blog). Dashing to the polls In a three horse federal race, Over to selfies we go, Laughing all the way Suppression...

22 December, 2015 / 1 Comment