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Castle logging tests public lands law

Castle logging tests public lands law   Regulated access to public land in Alberta has undergone a major overhaul. As...

Will Statoil’s “creative sentence” prevent illegal water use?

Will Statoil’s “creative sentencing” prevent illegal water use?   Norwegian giant Statoil has pled guilty to breaching the terms of...

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...

Alberta’s coal fired power debacle

Alberta’s coal fired power debacle   By Laura Bowman, Staff Counsel In all the talk about GHGs and contaminants from...

RSC Report: Science, regulation and the precautionary principle

RSC Report: Science, regulation and the precautionary principle   By Laura Bowman and Jason Unger Earlier this week the Royal...

International Year of Biodiversity Closes on a depressing note

International Year of Biodiversity Closes on a depressing note   The 193 UN parties to the 1993 Convention on Biodiversity...

Thinking outside the (single-use) bag: How Fort Mac’s ban came to be

Thinking outside the (single-use) bag: How Fort Mac’s ban came to be   Sean Graham is the driving force behind...

Alberta’s declining grizzly bears, how low can we aim for species protection?
Current plans, even if implemented appear to aim to keep the species in a perpetually threatened and in a declining...
Canadian government decides that your sewage doesn’t stink for up to 30 years from now

Canadian government decides that your sewage doesn’t stink for up to 30 years from now   Last week, the Canadian...

Industry and government are slowly defining the duty to consult and accommodate First Nations

Industry and government are slowly defining the duty to consult and accommodate First Nations   April 19, 2010 Published in...

Why “specified gas emitters” don’t report “specified gas emissions”

Why “specified gas emitters” don’t report “specified gas emissions”   How much greenhouse gas does your favorite industrial facility produce?...

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