Timelines placed on federal comprehensive studies The Establishing Timelines for Comprehensive Studies Regulations under the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act were recently published in the Canada Gazette. These timelines apply to all...
One Simple Act: As the end of Environment Week approaches cynicism creeps in Environmental education and programs like the Government of Alberta’s One Simple Act are great…for what they are. I...
Edmonton Food and Agriculture Policy Project On May 28th, a savvy Mayor used high noon at the Strathcona Farmers’ Market to launch the City of Edmonton’s Food and Agriculture Policy Project. ...
News Release For immediate release 24 May 2011 Enbridge Northern Gateway Project Joint Review Panel invites the public to attend information sessions CALGARY - The Joint Review Panel (Panel) conducting the review of the proposed Enbridge...
Alberta Conservation Association: Conservation travel app makes Alberta's wild outdoors accessible to everyone EDMONTON, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - May 12, 2011) - Alberta Conservation Association (ACA) just launched the Alberta Outdoor Adventure Guide iPhone...
Environmental professionals and public participation An entire industry has developed in Canada that prepares environmental risk assessments and evaluations of impacts to wildlife and other species, water quality, recreational values, the...
What's standing and why should you care? When the lawyers were figuring out a theme for this issue of News Brief, I couldn’t bring myself to tell them I didn’t know...
Whyte Avenue fire affects local air quality At 4:00am on April 7, 2011, I woke up to smoke pouring through the vent in my bedroom. Was my building on fire? I...
Environmental rights die for election The upcoming federal election puts an end to lawmaking in progress, including Bill C-469, the Canadian Environmental Bill of Rights. The fact that this Private Members...
Grass, sky, gone. The latest ecosystem status and trends report for Canada, released last fall, indicates rapid decline of native grasslands. Grasslands are among the most endangered ecologies in the world...
Can Alberta learn from Fukushima? Most media reports in Canada addressing the wake of the Fukushima meltdown and two explosions in Japan this past week have largely parroted the media releases...
Canada Water Week and standing To kick off Canada Water Week (the 14th to the 22nd of March) with a legal spin I have borrowed a quote from a case from...