Pollution & Emissions

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...

08 Aug Methane Reduction under the Climate Change Leadership Plan

Posted at 19:37h in Climate and Energy, Climate Change, Energy, Pollution & Emissions by Brenda Heelan Powell 1 Comment

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Methane Reduction under the Climate Change Leadership Plan The ELC releases its latest paper in the Climate Change Legal Roadmap series: Methane Reduction under the Climate Change Leadership Plan This blog is part...

07 Feb Supreme Court of Canada issues Decision in Ernst v. Alberta Energy Regulator and Jessica Ernst’s Claim for Charter Damages

Posted at 18:37h in Climate and Energy, Energy, Pollution & Emissions, Water by Brenda Heelan Powell 0 Comments

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Supreme Court of Canada issues Decision in Jessica Ernst’s Claim for Charter Damages On January 13th, in Ernst v. Alberta Energy Regulator, the Supreme Court of Canada issued its decision regarding...

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13 Sep The collateral costs of abandoned wells

Posted at 16:04h in Climate and Energy, Energy, Land Use, Pollution & Emissions by Jason Unger 1 Comment

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The collateral costs of abandoned wells By Chinomso Iliya-Ndule & Jason Unger When a headline starts with “Taxpayers could be on hook…” people take notice (–funnily enough the headline changed during the...

08 Jun Climate Change Blog Series: Pipeline Safety Act comes into force later this Month

Posted at 15:29h in Climate Change, Cumulative Effects, Energy, Pollution & Emissions by Brenda Heelan Powell 1 Comment

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Climate Change Blog Series: Pipeline Safety Act comes into force later this Month This is the eighth post in the Environmental Law Centre’s new blog series exploring climate change law in...

22 Dec A Solstice Jingle

Posted at 19:11h in Climate Change, Energy, Environmental Assessment, Pollution & Emissions by Jason Unger 1 Comment

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A Solstice Jingle A light-hearted look back at 2015 is in order. (This time to “Jingle Bells” – nice and short to keep with solstice. This blog may be the counter...

23 Nov Alberta releases its new Climate Leadership Plan

Posted at 18:10h in Climate Change, Energy, Pollution & Emissions by Brenda Heelan Powell 3 Comments

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Alberta releases its new Climate Leadership Plan The Alberta Government released its long anticipated Climate Leadership Plan yesterday. The policy is based upon the recommendations made by the Climate Change Advisory...

20 Apr Pollution Pocketbook #1: Who pays for pollution?

Posted at 10:29h in Cumulative Effects, Energy, Pollution & Emissions, Uncategorized by Jason Unger 2 Comments

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Pollution Pocketbook #1: Who pays for pollution? Pollution pocketbook is a short blog series regarding how our laws and policies incorporate the polluter pays principle. [caption id="" align="alignright" width="270"] Imperial Refinery,...

17 Apr Fracking Fall Out

Posted at 11:07h in Cumulative Effects, Energy, Land Use, Pollution & Emissions by Adam Driedzic 0 Comments

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Fracking Fall Out Controversial spin-off industries expose gaps in regulation Click Here for some media coverage about a dispute over the storage of fracking sand in Penhold, Alberta. Here is some more coverage...

02 Mar Paying for pollution: who should be on the hook for environmental harm

Posted at 12:05h in Land Use, Pollution & Emissions by Jason Unger 3 Comments

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Paying for pollution: who should be on the hook for environmental harm? Our lives invariably cause a level of pollution: we drive, we use chemicals to clean our clothes and our...

23 Feb Is Canada ready for the 2015 Paris Climate Change Conference?

Posted at 11:13h in Climate Change, Pollution & Emissions by Environmental Law Centre (ELC) 0 Comments

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Canada needs to have a strong, ambitious national carbon pricing policy in time for the 2015 Paris climate change conference. ...

02 Feb NEB begins cross-country consultation on pipeline safety

Posted at 10:57h in Land Use, Pollution & Emissions, Public Participation by Brenda Heelan Powell 0 Comments

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NEB begins cross-country consultation on pipeline safety The National Energy Board (the “NEB”) recently began its public engagement initiative relating to pipeline safety [the information about the cross-country engagement initiative in...