Back on the omnibus with Bill C-45: Another omnibus budget bill drives more change to federal environmental law As you may recall, in late April 2012, the federal government introduced Bill...
Single energy regulator bill a poor deal for Alberta’s environment Last week, the Alberta government introduced Bill 2, the Responsible Energy Development Act, which is intended to create a one window...
Navigable waters may be litigable waters if Bill C-45 passes As has been widely reported, the second omnibus budget bill has been tabled in Parliament (Bill C-45). Part of the Bill...
Closed waters: Managing toxins in Alberta’s surface waters will be far from simple A recent study about high microcystin concentrations in lakes across the country hit the media recently. The study...
Rio +20 = 1867? Canada's interesting math On the verge of the end of Rio +20 and the passage of the federal budget bill (C-38), I felt it worthwhile to do...
EPA finds fracking causes water contamination A draft report from the US Environmental Protection Agency on fracking for natural gas in Wyoming found that disposal pits caused shallow groundwater contamination. The...
Twas an Alberta night before Christmas (adapted from Twas the Night Before Christmas, C. Moore or H. Livingston) Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house Not a creature was stirring,...
Will Statoil's "creative sentencing" prevent illegal water use? Norwegian giant Statoil has pled guilty to breaching the terms of a Water Act license, joining Suncor and Syncrude as the third oil...
Court directs precaution in pesticide review case A recent decision from the Federal Court of Canada is notable for its interpretation of the how the precautionary principle must guide government decisions...
Buffalo Lake Integrated Shoreland Management Plan: A model for lake management? The Government of Alberta recently published the Buffalo Lake Integrated Shoreland Management Plan (BLISMP) with the view of managing current...
The Alberta Water Authority: should the idea sink or swim? Last month the Report of the Premier’s Council for Economic Strategy Shaping Alberta’s Future outlined five “big” ideas to further provincial...
"Water exchange" vs. money for a licence - regardless the environment needs law and policy to evolve There has been a bit of a media fury around the idea of a...