20 Dec Twas an Alberta night before Christmas
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,...
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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,...
Help us get it right in 2012: A note to our friends 2012 will be a significant year for our environment. Political change is in the wind, a provincial election is coming,...
Will Statoil's "creative sentencing" prevent illegal water use? Norwegian giant Statoil has pled guilty to breaching the terms of a Water Act license, joining Suncor and Syncrude as the third oil...
Seven Year Review of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act (CEAA): An update A comprehensive review of the provisions and operation of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act (CEAA) was due to be...
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...
Alberta Land Stewardship Act (ALSA): Digging Deeper (Webinar) The Alberta Land Stewardship Act (ALSA), which provides the legal framework for the province’s new land use planning and management system, has been...
ELC launches public interest standing project “Standing”: Basically the right to a hearing. Greatly in need of law reform. • Are you a lawyer for parties that represent public viewpoints? • Are you...
What does the future hold for the Alberta Land Stewardship Act? Two weeks have passed since Alison Redford became Alberta’s newest premier. One of her first statements as premier was that...
Cumulative environmental defects The Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development released a report yesterday covering the federal government’s climate change plans and cumulative environmental effects assessment of oil sands projects....
The one-two punch for Alberta's Woodland Caribou Within the past 7 days the federal and provincial governments published documents that may result in Alberta’s Woodland Caribou going down for the count. ...
Lower Athabasca Regional Plan: Conservation areas mean something A Draft Lower Athabasca Regional Plan has barely been public for a week and already the criticisms sound familiar: Conservation areas are based more...
Alberta Government puts $5m toward conservation easements A recent media release indicates that the Government of Alberta has created a Land Trust Grant program for the purchase and management of conservation...