The Next Government needs to address Alberta’s Fossil Fuel Liabilities Part 1: Management of Liabilities, Orphans and Post-closure Sites The management of oil and gas liability in Alberta is not working. Estimates...
Cumulative Impacts on the Exercise of Treaty Rights: Lessons from the Blueberry River First Nation Decision and Agreement The entirety of Alberta is subject to historic treaties, encompassing 45 First Nations and 140...
CESD finds insufficient Monitoring, Listing and Enforcement is undermining protection of Species at Risk and Biodiversity in Canada Since 1995, the Office of the Auditor General of Canada has had a mandate...
Updates to Alberta’s Geothermal Resource Regulatory System Alberta’s system for regulating geothermal resources is relatively new and continues to be augmented. This summer, the Alberta Energy Regulator (the AER) finalized Directive...
A Focus on Forest Management Agreements In Alberta, forestry operations on public lands are regulated by the Forests Act, its regulations and many policy documents. In order to cut timber on...
Canada still has a long way to go on addressing the Climate Crisis: The Commissioner of Environment and Sustainable Development releases his Spring 2022 Report Since 1995, the Office of the Auditor General...
JOIN US FOR AN ELC WEBINAR SERIES May 31, June 7 and June 14 GAINING STEAM: A REGULATORY AND POLICY FRAMEWORK FOR GEOTHERMAL ENERGY DEVELOPMENT IN ALBERTA Did you know that in late 2021,...
The Geothermal Resource Development Act, along with the Geothermal Resource Development Regulation and Geothermal Resource Tenure Regulation, is now in force In December of 2021, we published a brief examining Liability...
New ELC Publication: Managing Forests not Forestry We are pleased to announce the publication of our new report Managing Forests not Forestry: Law and Policy Recommendations for Ecosystem-based Management of Alberta’s Forests. ...
Managing Forests not Forestry: Join the ELC for our Forests Webinar Series in January Over the past year or so, the ELC has been working on its Managing Forest not Forestry project...
Still simmering… Alberta’s geothermal resources development regulatory scheme At the end of 2020, the Geothermal Resources Development Act (GRDA) was passed although it has not yet been proclaimed into force. The...
Policy Tools to Support Geothermal Resource Development Geothermal energy - that is, the heat energy generated and stored in the earth – has great potential as a relatively clean energy source....