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14 Feb 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 day that we stopped one of the gravel applications...
18 Jan Alberta’s coal fired power debacle
Alberta’s coal fired power debacle In all the talk about GHGs and contaminants from oilsands, it is often overlooked how significant the known impacts of Alberta’s heavy reliance on...
18 Jan Alberta’s coal fired power debacle
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Alberta’s coal fired power debacle By Laura Bowman, Staff Counsel In all the talk about GHGs and contaminants from oilsands, it is often overlooked how significant the known impacts...
18 Dec RSC Report: Science, regulation and the precautionary principle
RSC Report: Science, regulation and the precautionary principle Earlier this week the Royal Society of Canada (RSC) released a lengthy report on the state of oilsands science and regulation in...
18 Dec RSC Report: Science, regulation and the precautionary principle
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RSC Report: Science, regulation and the precautionary principle By Laura Bowman and Jason Unger Earlier this week the Royal Society of Canada (RSC) released a lengthy report on the...
21 Oct 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 (CBD) are meeting in Japan this month, including Canada. This...
02 Sep 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 the Single-Use Shopping Bag Bylaw that came into effect in the...
07 Jul 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 habitat, without a truly viable wild population in its former range. We should ask ourselves if it is possible to aim lower than this without openly endorsing extinction?
21 Jun 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 Press reported the results of a two-year long information request...