20 Dec An environmental tune to celebrate the season
An environmental tune to celebrate the season Last year we had "Twas an Alberta night before Christmas" - this year is a much shorter environmental round up - sung to "Let...
Author: Jason Unger
14 Dec Creditor protection versus polluter pays: Laws leave environment cash strapped
Creditor protection versus polluter pays: Laws leave environment cash strapped The Environmental Law Centre promotes the polluter pays principle as central to effective environmental law. Inherent in the polluter pays principle...
19 Oct Navigable waters may be litigable waters if Bill C-45 passes
Navigable waters may be litigable waters if Bill C-45 passes As has been widely reported, the second omnibus budget bill has been tabled in Parliament (Bill C-45). Part of the Bill...
10 Oct Optimistic policy is not what Woodland Caribou need
Optimistic policy is not what Woodland Caribou need The federal Recovery Strategy for the Woodland Caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou), Boreal population, in Canada was posted recently and the outlook remains bleak...
03 Oct An approval too far: Cumulative effects must be considered prior to approving activities
An approval too far: Cumulative effects must be considered prior to approving activities The Government of Alberta (GOA) has started down the road of managing cumulative effects. It won’t be easy,...
21 Aug Closed waters: Managing toxins in Alberta’s surface waters will be far from simple
Closed waters: Managing toxins in Alberta’s surface waters will be far from simple A recent study about high microcystin concentrations in lakes across the country hit the media recently. The study...
22 Jun Rio +20 = 1867? Canada’s interesting math
Rio +20 = 1867? Canada's interesting math On the verge of the end of Rio +20 and the passage of the federal budget bill (C-38), I felt it worthwhile to do...
17 Apr Environmental assessment and duplication: “Don’t we have a photocopier?”
Environmental assessment and duplication: “Don’t we have a photocopier?” There is significant rhetoric around how the federal and provincial governments have duplicative and therefore inefficient environmental assessment processes. The federal government...
02 Mar Is basic science taking a back seat in policy development?
Is basic science taking a back seat in policy development? There is a mantra that I hear all too often in reference to environmental management. “We can’t manage what we don’t...
24 Jan Pipelines and participation: Radical rhetoric, planning and public interest
Pipelines and participation: Radical rhetoric, planning and public interest There has been significant ink devoted to the recent pipeline proposals in the United States and Canada linking oilsands production to world...
20 Dec Twas an Alberta night before Christmas
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in Cumulative Effects, Land Use, Pollution & Emissions, Public Participation, Water
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Twas an Alberta night before Christmas (adapted from Twas the Night Before Christmas, C. Moore or H. Livingston) Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house Not a creature was stirring,...
02 Dec Court directs precaution in pesticide review case
Court directs precaution in pesticide review case A recent decision from the Federal Court of Canada is notable for its interpretation of the how the precautionary principle must guide government decisions...