Bill C-311 the Climate Change Accountability Act: action or aspiration? 6/3/2010 On May 5, 2010 federal Parliament narrowly passed the opposition-driven Climate Change Accountability Act. The event garnered little press attention –...
Update on federal Environmental Bill of Rights 5/10/2010 On Thursday, May 6th, a private members’ bill, C-469, An Act to establish a Canadian Environmental of Rights, will have its first hour of...
Nuclear Energy Regulation (Slides) 5/4/2010 The Government of Alberta recently stated that it will consider nuclear development proposals. If a proposal is made in Alberta, what can your community expect to happen?...
Navigable waters protection update 5/4/2010 A few months ago we posted about the Ministerial Order under the federal Navigable Waters Protection Act – ("Are Canadian Waterways Subject to Public Rights”) where we noted that this...
Update on federal Environmental Bill of Rights 5/1/2010 On Thursday, May 6th, a private members’ bill, C-469, An Act to establish a Canadian Environmental of Rights, will have its first hour of debate in...
Muddy Water II: Syncrude Ducks The Issue 4/30/2010 The prosecution has delivered its closing arguments in the ‘ducks in tailings pond’ case of R. v. Syncrude. Syncrude’s non-suit application was dismissed, meaning that the...
Syncrude ducks the issue 4/30/2010 The prosecution has delivered its closing arguments in the ‘ducks in tailings pond’ case of R. v. Syncrude. Syncrude’s non-suit application was dismissed, meaning that the company will be...
Alberta Auditor General looks at managing Alberta’s water supply – compliance, wetland policy under scrutiny 4/27/2010 Last week, when local media were distracted with cell phone driving proposals, the Auditor General of...
Water transfers require due process 4/21/2010 MEDIA ADVISORY Edmonton, AB, 21 April 2010 – Last month a public notice appeared on the Alberta Environment website that indicated that the Eastern Irrigation District (EID) had proposed changes...
Greenhouse Gas Roundup Part II (Slides and video) 4/16/2010 If you’re like many Albertans, you’re probably asking yourself some pretty important questions about climate change. The most overdue questions may be about...
Who gives a dam about hydro in Alberta? 4/10/2010 Recently the provincial government directed the Alberta Utilities Commission (AUC) to hold an inquiry on the regulatory process for hydroelectric power generation development....
Now you CEAA- it, now you don’t 4/9/2010 Federal Budget Bill hides major changes in Environmental Assessment Law The federal budget bill tabled on March 29th 2010 includes buried changes to the federal environmental...