09 Dec Calmar: What lies beneath?
Calmar: What lies beneath? Yesterday the Edmonton Journal ran a piece called “Five years, five homes demolished and gas keeps bubbling from the deep.” It’s a...
Land Use
20 Aug Update on the MGA Review: Government releases first What We Heard document
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Update on the MGA Review: Government releases first What We Heard document As indicated in previous posts, the Alberta government is currently reviewing the Municipal Government...
03 Jul Does a flood mitigation “dry dam” require an environmental assessment?
Does a flood mitigation “dry dam” require an environmental assessment? This question was raised at the Oldman Watershed Council Annual General Meeting. The “dry dam” proposed...
27 Jun Clearing the air on recreation and public land
Clearing the air on recreation and public land I have been misrepresented by the Lethbridge Herald in the June 26th article “Nobody at the Wheel.” This...
24 Jun Cabinet approves the Northern Gateway project
Cabinet approves the Northern Gateway project Late last year, the National Energy Board (NEB) released its decision on the Northern Gateway Project and recommended approval of...
18 Jun Empowering Municipalities for Environmental Management
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Empowering Municipalities for Environmental Management Recommendations to Strengthen Alberta’s Municipal Government Act In Alberta, the powers and activities of municipalities are governed by the Municipal Government Act...
04 Jun “Turning Around the Supertanker”
“Turning Around the Supertanker”: Municipal panel sheds light on environmental management challenges at Green Regs & Ham Three municipal leaders walk into a hotel: the urban mayor...
30 Apr Quads on Lake Shores: What are the rules and the state of enforcement?
Quads on Lake Shores: What are the rules and the state of enforcement? The Alberta Lake Management Society has asked a good question. It’s a timely one...
03 Apr Wellsite ordered reclaimed: in for a penny, now about that pound
Wellsite ordered reclaimed: in for a penny, now about that pound While the recently issued Environmental Protection Order that mandates the reclamation of an abandoned wellsite is a...
30 Jan Municipal Government Act consultations announced
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Municipal Government Act consultations announced Municipalities have the potential to play a key role in environmental protection. Many private land uses are controlled and regulated at...
31 Dec 2013: environmental law and policy, the year in brief ….may 2014 bring us greater environmental protection
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2013: environmental law and policy, the year in brief ...
13 Dec Grousing about the value of species or “how much for that caribou in the window?”
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Grousing about the value of species or “how much for that caribou in the window?” The first emergency protection order under the federal Species at Risk...