ALSA Q&A – Interim Measures? 1/14/2010 Question Can you confirm that there are no interim measures planned or in place with respect to the implementation of the regional plans? Answer Section 9(2)(l) of the Alberta Land...
ALSA Q&A – Further recommendations from the ELC? 1/14/2010 Question Will the Environmental Law Centre prepare a brief report on the current performance of the Land-use Framework, future considerations and recommendations for the Alberta...
Bill 50 delivers shocks to transmission approvals in Alberta (Slides and handouts) 1/11/2010 On January 7th 2010, Laura Bowman presented a lunch seminar on Bill 50, the Electric Statutes Amendment Act, 2009. This...
Moving past the tipping point: Alberta’s new land use system 12/10/2009 On December 9, 2009, Cindy Chiasson presented a webinar on Alberta's new land-use system. In it, she reviewed this system and...
Are Canadian waterways subject to public rights? 12/10/2009 The Navigable Waters Protection Act (NWPA) has existed since 1882 and is one of the oldest pieces of legislation in Canada. Public common law rights to...
It's About Time: Reclamation and managing cumulative effects require quick action 12/3/2009 Published in Alberta Oil Magazine December 2009-January 2010 By Jason Unger It is a sequence of events that has played out thousands of...
Alberta’s changing land-use planning system 11/24/2009 Published in Wild Lands Advocate, October 2009 By Cindy Chiasson, Executive Director, Environmental Law Centre The Alberta government has moved closer to implementation of its new land use planning and...
11/17/2009 MEDIA ADVISORY BILL 50 – A CURIOUS SOLUTION TO TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS Edmonton, AB, 17 November 2009 – There is no doubt that electricity transmission planning and approval in Alberta faces challenges, including difficulty...
Building Relationships: Industry should look to family law of all places, to improve the fairness of energy projects 10/1/2009 Published in Alberta Oil Magazine October-November 2009 By Cindy Chiasson, Executive Director, Environmental Law Centre Communication is...
Vast control: New land use apparatus blankets Alberta and concentrates power in the provincial cabinet 8/4/2009 Published in Alberta Oil Magazine August-September 2009 By Cindy Chiasson, Executive Director, Environmental Law Centre Alberta’s proposed new system of land...
Worth Our Salt: Tightening constraints on water supplies call into question the legal line drawn between saline and pure sources 7/3/2009 Published in Alberta Oil Magazine Summer 2009 By Jason Unger As a food preservative, salt...
Perennial pipeline puzzle: The question of surface rights compensation for buried lines goes to court 4/20/2009 Published in Alberta Oil Magazine April-May 2009 By Dean Watt, Staff Counsel, Environmental Law Centre For years, pipeline operators in...