Brenda Heelan Powell, Author at Environmental Law Centre

13 Mar Moving from Conversion to Conservation: Intermunicipal Planning and Agricultural Lands

Posted at 18:06h in Agriculture, Forestry & Mining, Cumulative Effects, Land Use, Municipal Government Act, Nature and Biodiversity, Sustainable Communities by Brenda Heelan Powell 1 Comment

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Moving from Conversion to Conservation: Intermunicipal Planning and Agricultural Lands Alberta has lost and continues to lose valuable agricultural lands. As found in the Alberta Land Institute’s Economic Evaluation of Farmland...

22 Jan The Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development Reports: Fall 2018 Edition

Posted at 18:06h in Climate and Energy, Climate Change, Energy, Renewable energy by Brenda Heelan Powell 1 Comment

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The Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development Reports: Fall 2018 Edition In late 2018, the Commissioner of Environment and Sustainable Development (CESD) released her Fall 2018 Reports. There are four...

07 Jan ELC Regulatory Watch: Municipality denies wind farm permit

Posted at 17:33h in Climate and Energy, Climate Change, Energy, Renewable energy by Brenda Heelan Powell 2 Comments

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ELC Regulatory Watch: MD of Pincher Creek denies Windy Point Wind Farm Development Permits As part of the Alberta Climate Leadership Plan (ALCP), the Government of Alberta has committed to have 30%...

19 Dec Alberta Energy Regulator finalizes new Methane Requirements for Upstream Oil and Gas

Posted at 22:42h in Climate and Energy, Climate Change, Energy by Brenda Heelan Powell 0 Comments

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Alberta Energy Regulator finalizes new Methane Requirements for Upstream Oil and Gas As set out in Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) Bulletin 2018-37 issued December 13, new requirements meant to reduce methane...

05 Jul Environmental Rights in Alberta: Follow up on ELC’s Webinar on the Interaction of Environmental Rights & Property Rights

Posted at 15:03h in Environmental Rights, Public Participation, Webinars by Brenda Heelan Powell 0 Comments

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Environmental Rights in Alberta: Follow up on ELC's Webinar on the Interaction of Environmental Rights & Property Rights On June 21st, we conducted a webinar based upon our most recent publication in...

07 Jun Environmental Rights in Alberta: The Interaction of Environmental Rights & Property Rights

Posted at 22:18h in Environmental Rights by Brenda Heelan Powell 0 Comments

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Environmental Rights in Alberta: The Interaction of Environmental Rights & Property Rights As part of our series of educational materials concerning legal rights related to environmental quality, we have taken a...

16 May Spring Reports of the CESD

Posted at 17:08h in Climate and Energy, Climate Change, Cumulative Effects, Fisheries, Nature and Biodiversity, Sustainable Communities by Brenda Heelan Powell 0 Comments

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Spring Reports of the CESD The Commissioner of Environment and Sustainable Development (CESD) recently released her Spring 2018 Reports. There are three Reports: Report 1: Salmon Farming; Report 2: Canada’s Preparedness...

02 May Competing Methane Regulations: Alberta and Canada Release Methane Regulations in the Same Week

Posted at 20:37h in Climate and Energy, Climate Change, Energy, Pollution & Emissions by Brenda Heelan Powell 0 Comments

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Competing Methane Regulations: Alberta and Canada Release Methane Regulations in the Same Week One of the pillars of the Alberta Climate Leadership Plan (ACLP) is the introduction of a methane emission reduction...

25 Apr Picking up the PACE and Running with City Charters

Posted at 19:58h in About ELC, Municipal Government Act, Sustainable Communities by Brenda Heelan Powell 4 Comments

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Picking up the PACE and Running with City Charters: Update on Municipal Government Act As has been covered in several of our previous blog posts, the Municipal Government Act (MGA) has been...

09 Mar An Environmental Bill of Rights for Alberta

Posted at 01:46h in Environmental Rights, Public Participation by Brenda Heelan Powell 1 Comment

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In addition to our series of educational materials concerning legal rights related to environmental quality, the Environmental Law Centre has drafted a model Environmental Bill of Rights for Alberta. This...

08 Feb Back to what we once HADD (plus more)

Posted at 22:59h in Environmental Assessment, Fisheries, Habitat, Nature and Biodiversity, Species at Risk, Water management by Brenda Heelan Powell 1 Comment

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Back to what we once HADD: Fisheries Act Amendments are Introduced Since the 1970s, section 35 of the Fisheries Act operated to protect fish and fish habitat throughout Canada by prohibiting the...

07 Feb An Update on the Federal Carbon Pricing Backstop

Posted at 20:52h in Climate and Energy, Climate Change, Energy by Brenda Heelan Powell 0 Comments

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An Update on the Federal Carbon Pricing Backstop: Draft Legislation and a Regulatory Framework Released The need for a federal carbon pricing backstop was articulated in the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth...

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