Buying a Better Environment? Market-Based Instruments Project Backgrounder Now Available In Alberta, the Alberta Land Stewardship Act (ALSA) enables the use of Market-Based Instruments (MBIs) for conservation and stewardship purposes. However,...
Fracking Fall Out Controversial spin-off industries expose gaps in regulation Click Here for some media coverage about a dispute over the storage of fracking sand in Penhold, Alberta. Here is some more coverage...
And justice for whom? Questions of "standing" split the audience: Standing in Environmental Matters In late 2014 the Environmental Law Centre released what might be the first comprehensive Report on Standing in...
The Regional ‘Plan to Plan’: South Saskatchewan Regional Plan South Saskatchewan Regional Plan Avoids the Hard Choices In September 2014 the Government of Alberta released the first South Saskatchewan Regional Plan (SSRP)...
Does a flood mitigation “dry dam” require an environmental assessment? This question was raised at the Oldman Watershed Council Annual General Meeting. The “dry dam” proposed for the Elbow River is...
Clearing the air on recreation and public land I have been misrepresented by the Lethbridge Herald in the June 26th article “Nobody at the Wheel.” This needs to be corrected because...
“Turning Around the Supertanker”: Municipal panel sheds light on environmental management challenges at Green Regs & Ham Three municipal leaders walk into a hotel: the urban mayor who is said to represent...
Yet another denial of standing found unlawful BC court favors environmental groups, but “public interest standing” remains out of reach. In Gagne v. Sharpe a denial of public interest standing by the BC...
Quads on Lake Shores: What are the rules and the state of enforcement? The Alberta Lake Management Society has asked a good question. It’s a timely one too, as awareness about the...
Question: Who wants to know about oil spills? Answer: No one who doesn’t ask. Here’s a little story from the CBC about their efforts for access to information on a not so...
South Saskatchewan Regional Plan tests the Land Use Framework The Draft South Saskatchewan Regional Plan (Draft SSRP) is a work in progress that must do more if it is to advance...
Province acknowledges destructive recreation: upped enforcement or flavor of the month? “There’s no God-given right to mud-boggers” (Minister of Justice and Solicitor General, Nanton News, May 13, 2013) May long weekend is here: ...