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20 Nov Enforceable By Law? Edmonton’s River Valley Area Redevelopment Plan and the Role of Discretion

Posted at 12:14h in Climate and Energy, Land Use, Municipal Government Act, Nature and Biodiversity, Parks & Recreation, Sustainable Communities by Kyra Leuschen 0 Comments

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Inside this blog A review of the existing Edmonton’s River Valley Area Redevelopment Plan with a look at challenges and legal gaps The improvements of the draft ARP and some...

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...

27 Jan An update on the E.L. Smith Solar Farm: Case Comment on Edmonton River Valley Conservation Coalition Society v Council of the City of Edmonton

Posted at 18:12h in Habitat, Municipal Government Act, Solar by Rebecca Kauffman 0 Comments

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An update on the E.L. Smith Solar Farm: Case Comment on Edmonton River Valley Conservation Coalition Society v Council of the City of Edmonton In August 2021, we released our report “Here...

29 Apr Loss Prevention vs. Replacement: Alberta Needs a Policy Framework for Sustainable Agriculture

Posted at 13:48h in Agriculture, Forestry & Mining, Cumulative Effects, Land Use, Municipal Government Act, Nature and Biodiversity, Sustainable Communities by Brenda Heelan Powell 0 Comments

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Loss Prevention vs. Replacement: Alberta Needs a Policy Framework for Sustainable Agriculture The ELC’s Role in Moving from Conversion to Conservation With the support of our donors and noted experts in the field,...

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...

05 Feb Keeping up the PACE: An Update on the Pace Program and Associated Regulations

Posted at 16:38h in Climate and Energy, Climate Change, Energy, Municipal Government Act, Renewable energy by Rebecca Kauffman 4 Comments

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Keeping up the PACE: An Update on the Pace Program and Associated Regulations A previous blog post “Picking up the PACE and Running with City Charters: An Update on Municipal Government Act”...

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...

19 Dec Amendments to the Environmental Powers of Municipalities

Posted at 17:15h in Cumulative Effects, Environmental Rights, Land Use, Market Based Instruments, Municipal Government Act, Public Participation, Sustainable Communities by Brenda Heelan Powell 0 Comments

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Amendments to the Environmental Powers of Municipalities: What has Changed? What Changes are on their Way? Municipal powers for environmental protection and stewardship Municipalities play a key role in managing and protecting Alberta’s environment through...

10 Oct It’s a wrap: Hockey Fights and Contaminated Sites

Posted at 20:52h in Climate and Energy, Climate Change, Cumulative Effects, Energy, Environmental Assessment, Environmental Rights, Land Use, Municipal Government Act, Pollution & Emissions, Sustainable Communities by Kara Tersen 0 Comments

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A wrap-up from October 3rd Green Regs 'n' Ham Who landed in the penalty box? Tackling a topic that is of increasing concern to Albertans was on the agenda for an early...

18 Sep About Green Regs and Ham October 3 in Calgary: Contaminated Sites and Hockey Fights

Posted at 20:45h in Agriculture, Forestry & Mining, Climate and Energy, Climate Change, Cumulative Effects, Energy, Environmental Assessment, Municipal Government Act by Kara Tersen 0 Comments

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Tuesday, October 3, 2017 University of Calgary Downtown Campus 910 8 Ave. SW, Calgary 7:00 a.m. Registration and breakfast buffet 7:30 a.m. Welcome and Introduction 7:45 a.m. Panel discussion 9:00 a.m. Wrap up, Coffee and...

05 Sep SAVE THE DATE: Green Regs and Ham October 3 in Calgary: Contaminated Sites & Hockey Fights

Posted at 18:57h in Agriculture, Forestry & Mining, Climate and Energy, Climate Change, Cumulative Effects, Energy, Environmental Assessment, Municipal Government Act by Kara Tersen 0 Comments

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22 Dec Market-Based Instruments & the Alberta Land Stewardship Act

Posted at 15:28h in Cumulative Effects, Land Use, Market Based Instruments, Municipal Government Act, Nature and Biodiversity, Parks & Recreation, Public Participation, Sustainable Communities by Environmental Law Centre 0 Comments

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Market-Based Instruments & the Alberta Land Stewardship Act The ELC is publishing a series of four volumes concerning Market-Based Instruments & the Alberta Land Stewardship Act. This work is to encourage the...