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Access to EAB process; emissions trading regulation now in force; oilfield injection of fresh water policy and guidelines released; new...
NRCB revises to respond to AOPA concerns; trespass and directional drilling; federal “smart regulation”
...Judicial scrutiny of environmental assessment in Alberta; environmental disasters and Lake Wabamun
...EUB changes enforcement policy; DFO sets mew policy course for Fisheries Act enforcement; putting the brakes on subdivision; EAB decision...
Ticketing for environmental offenses; EUB give conditional green light on sour gas wells outside Calgary; deterrence of environmental offenses; regulatory...
Alberta – BC environmental harmonization; legal, practical and political implications of the Species at Risk Act; Court of Appeal clarifies...
“Harmony” in toxic substance regulation muddles CEPA 1999 five-year review; group standing that the EAB; message for the Minister of...
Municipal law and environmental protection; mold matters; ELC assessment of EAB accessibility nears completion; EAB to consider changes to Cheviot...
Animal welfare law reform stalled in Parliament; conservation easements – benefits and barriers; court affirms purpose of Alberta’s EIA process;...
Dealing with problems from motor boat use; Contaminated Sites Committee submits interim report; reasonable expectation of consultation taken seriously by...
Supreme Court allows interim costs for public interest case; sour gas well application denied; tips for preparing board submissions without...
Alberta passes class proceedings legislation; multi-stakeholder initiative proposes emission framework for Alberta’s energy sector; clearer picture for successful costs claims...
Greater onus on landowners under new reclamation system; regulatory reform needed for contaminated sites; costs awarded to citizens in Inland...
New split-receipting income tax rules for charitable gifts; province enacts retroactive criteria for EUB consideration; receding lakes and property lines;...
Alberta’s proposed climate change legislation; government set to restrict recreational access to public lands; public participation and Bill 32, the...
Climate change consultation history; inter-basin transfer approved by Alberta; pest control proposal needs strengthening; Security Management Status Amendment Act, 2002;...
Trouble for toxic torts as class actions; estate liability for contaminated land; industrial activity on crown land and trappers’ compensation;...
Alberta’s Water Strategy; enforcement of EAB recommendations and NRCB decisions; conflict between the oil and gas industry and agricultural landowners;...
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