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As the end of Environment Week approaches cynicism creeps in

One Simple Act: As the end of Environment Week approaches cynicism creeps in   Environmental education and programs like the...

Edmonton Food and Agriculture Policy Project

Edmonton Food and Agriculture Policy Project   On May 28th, a savvy Mayor used high noon at the Strathcona Farmers’...

Enbridge Northern Gateway Project Joint Review Panel invites the public to attend information sessions

News Release For immediate release 24 May 2011   Enbridge Northern Gateway Project Joint Review Panel invites the public to...

Alberta Conservation Association: Conservation travel app makes Alberta’s wild outdoors accessible to everyone

Alberta Conservation Association: Conservation travel app makes Alberta’s wild outdoors accessible to everyone   EDMONTON, ALBERTA–(Marketwire – May 12, 2011)...

“Water exchange” vs. money for a licence – regardless the environment needs law and policy to evolve

“Water exchange” vs. money for a licence – regardless the environment needs law and policy to evolve   There has...

Environmental professionals and public participation

Environmental professionals and public participation   An entire industry has developed in Canada that prepares environmental risk assessments and evaluations...

What’s standing and why should you care?

What’s standing and why should you care?   When the lawyers were figuring out a theme for this issue of...

Whyte Avenue fire affects local air quality

Whyte Avenue fire affects local air quality   At 4:00am on April 7, 2011, I woke up to smoke pouring...

Environmental rights die for election

Environmental rights die for election   The upcoming federal election puts an end to lawmaking in progress, including Bill C-469,...

Grass, sky, gone.

Grass, sky, gone.   The latest ecosystem status and trends report for Canada, released last fall, indicates rapid decline of...

Environmental Assessment Changes: Will They Affect You? (Webinar)

Environmental Assessment Changes: Will They Affect You? (Webinar)   Are you confused about how recent changes in Environmental Assessment law...

A Chemical Reaction: Canada’s first pesticide ban turns 20!

A Chemical Reaction: Canada’s first pesticide ban turns 20!   We all understand that the choices we make have effects...

Can Alberta learn from Fukushima?

Can Alberta learn from Fukushima?   Most media reports in Canada addressing the wake of the Fukushima meltdown and two...

Canada Water Week and standing

Canada Water Week and standing   To kick off Canada Water Week (the 14th to the 22nd of March) with...

Property rights vs. planning shouldn’t be a battle to the death

Property rights vs. planning shouldn’t be a battle to the death   What we do with our land is constrained...

New research on public health implications of coal power

New research on public health implications of coal power   New research published in Environmental Health Perspectives this month compares...

Bill C-469, Federal Environmental Bill of Rights report of the Environment committee submitted to the House of Commons

Bill C-469, Federal Environmental Bill of Rights report of the Environment committee submitted to the House of Commons   The...

“Water worlds” and nutrient management policies: recent isotope hydrology studies may have significant policy implications

“Water worlds” and nutrient management policies: recent isotope hydrology studies may have significant policy implications   Jeffrey McDonell, a hydrologist...

Fighting gravel applications in Alberta – Guest blog

Fighting gravel applications in Alberta – Guest blog   January 20, 2011 was a good day for watersheds; it was...

The Duck Stops Here! Do tailings ponds trump migratory bird protection? (Webinar)

The Duck Stops Here! Do tailings ponds trump migratory bird protection? (Webinar)   The Syncrude ducks trial last year was...

AUC not GHG

AUC not GHG   The Alberta Utilities Commission (AUC) has denied an application by Capital Power to amend greenhouse gas...

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