Climate and Energy

06 Nov A Better PACE for Alberta: ELC recommends law reforms to increase financing and flexibility of Alberta’s Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) programs

Posted at 21:48h in Climate and Energy, Climate Change, Energy, Municipal Government Act, Solar by Brenda Heelan Powell 0 Comments

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Since 2018, Alberta has had legislation which supports PACE programming via the Clean Energy Improvements Regulation (CEIP Regulation) and amendments to the Municipal Government Act (MGA).[1] The amendments to the...

18 Oct Federal role in assessing project impacts is reset, not rejected, by Supreme Court of Canada

Posted at 22:09h in Climate and Energy, Climate Change, Cumulative Effects, Environmental Assessment, Fisheries, Habitat, Nature and Biodiversity, Public Participation by Brenda Heelan Powell 0 Comments

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Authors: Brenda Heelan Powell & Jason Unger Has the Supreme Court of Canada dismantled the foundation of federal project assessments or have we simply reset the foundation of the past? Alberta...

14 Sep Alberta’s Renewables are on Hold: Utilities Commission Sets Path Forward to Gather Input

Posted at 15:05h in Climate and Energy, Renewable energy by Brenda Heelan Powell 1 Comment

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As has been widely reported, in early August, the Government of Alberta (GOA) unexpectedly placed a moratorium on the issuance of approvals for hydro developments and power plants producing renewable...

25 May The Next Government needs to address Alberta’s Fossil Fuel Liabilities Part 2

Posted at 16:50h in Climate and Energy, Climate Change, Energy, Polluter Pays by Brenda Heelan Powell 1 Comment

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The Next Government needs to address Alberta’s Fossil Fuel Liabilities Part 2: Oil Sands Fluid Tailings Management Part 1 of this blog (see here) looked at the end of life environmental liabilities...

24 May The Next Government needs to address Alberta’s Fossil Fuel Liabilities Part 1

Posted at 18:35h in Climate and Energy, Climate Change, Energy, Polluter Pays by Brenda Heelan Powell 0 Comments

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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...

10 May Ontario Court finds Climate Litigation Fails on Charter Arguments

Posted at 15:27h in Climate and Energy, Constitution, Environmental Rights by Rebecca Kauffman 2 Comments

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Ontario Court finds Climate Litigation Fails on Charter Arguments In April 2023, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice released a decision in one of the first ever climate litigation trials...

17 Apr The Environment & The Constitution Series: Interprovincial Matters and Impact Assessment

Posted at 20:55h in Climate and Energy, Climate Change, Constitution, Energy, Pollution & Emissions by Rebecca Kauffman 0 Comments

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The Environment & The Constitution Series: Interprovincial Matters and Impact Assessment AN ELC REPORT SERIES The ELC is pleased to present a series of reports and webinars in relation to the constitutional challenges...

16 Mar The Environment & The Constitution Series: Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Toxic Substances

Posted at 19:13h in Climate and Energy, Climate Change, Constitution, Energy, Pollution & Emissions by Rebecca Kauffman 0 Comments

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The Environment & The Constitution Series: GHGs and Toxic Substances AN ELC REPORT SERIES The ELC is pleased to present a series of reports and webinars in relation to the constitutional challenges...

01 Sep Updates to Alberta’s Geothermal Resource Regulatory System

Posted at 18:05h in Climate and Energy, Energy, Geothermal by Brenda Heelan Powell 0 Comments

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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...

09 May Canada still has a long way to go on addressing the Climate Crisis

Posted at 23:01h in Climate and Energy by Brenda Heelan Powell 0 Comments

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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...

29 Apr GAINING STEAM: An ELC Webinar Series

Posted at 20:10h in Climate and Energy, Geothermal, Webinars by Brenda Heelan Powell 0 Comments

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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,...

17 Mar Video and Links: Lessons Learned from Canada’s Record on Climate Change

Posted at 15:50h in Climate and Energy, Climate Change by Jason Unger 0 Comments

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Video and Links: Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development, Office of the Auditor General of Canada: Lessons Learned from Canada's Record on Climate Change     Thank you to Canada’s Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable...