S Environment
LETTER: Paving paradise with All-Season Resorts Act – RM Outlook
December 5, 2024 LETTER: The All-Season Resorts Act is proposed by the UCP government as an answer to a question Albertans have never asked. The All-Season Resorts Act is proposed by the UCP government as an answer to a question Albertans have never asked. The legislation is an insider game of plunking upscale hotels and […]
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Read MoreFirst Nations want Impact Assessment Act review for Pathways Alliance project – Construct Connect
December 5, 2024 CALGARY — Eight First Nations in Alberta are asking that the $16.5-billion carbon capture and storage project proposed by a consortium of oilsands companies be reviewed under the federal Impact Assessment Act. The Beaver Lake Cree Nation, Cold Lake First Nations, Frog Lake First Nations, Heart Lake First Nation, Kehewin Cree Nation, […]
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Read MoreIndigenous activist wins $4-million grant to boost Indigenous environmental rights – National Observer
December 4th 2024 A prominent Indigenous climate organizer has received a prestigious $4-million grant to build a network that will help bolster Indigenous people’s influence in global climate policy. On Tuesday, Eriel Deranger, who is a Dënesųłiné activist and a member of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation, was awarded an annual climate award by Climate Breakthrough, a […]
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Read MoreEriel Deranger Awarded $4 Million To Launch New International Indigenous Climate Justice Initiative
December 3, 2024 Amiskwacîwâskahikan | Edmonton, Alberta – Eriel Tchekwie Deranger, a Dënesųłiné woman from Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation and Executive Director and co-founder of Indigenous Climate Action (ICA), will be leading the first Climate Breakthrough backed project to advance Indigenous rights. The Climate Breakthrough Award is the largest climate grant designed for social change […]
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Read MoreACFN Chief Allan Adam Demands that the Federal Government Clean up Deadly Contamination and Replace Critical Emergency Infrastructure in the Centre of Community
OTTAWA, ON, Dec. 3, 2024 – Ahead of his testimony to the House of Commons Transportation Committee, Chief Allan Adam called for Canada to live up to its legal obligations to maintain water navigability in the region and clean up deadly contamination at a site in the centre of Fort Chipewyan. Northern Alberta is experiencing […]
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Read MoreThe Resilience Institute Wins Canada’s Clean50 Top Project of the Year Award
CALGARY, AB, Dec. 2, 2024 – The Resilience Institute is honoured to announce that they have been named Canada’s Clean50 Top Project of the Year (https://clean50.com) for their collaboration with the Piikani Lands Department on their “Seeding our Future with Sweetgrass” initiative. The Clean50 Award annually recognizes projects from across Canada that have made exceptional […]
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Read MoreRegulator sells out community safety for pennies on the dollar, as Imperial Oil gets 95 per cent “discount” on oil sands spill fine
November 28, 2024 CALGARY/TERRITORIES OF THE BLACKFOOT AND PEOPLES OF TREATY 7, HOME TO MÉTIS NATION OF ALBERTA, REGION III — Concerned Indigenous Nations, community, health, and environmental groups are urging the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) to reconsider its decision to issue a meager $50,000 penalty to Imperial Oil for its 263-day-long toxic tailings spillage […]
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Read MoreNelson: One day set aside to honour Canadians debased by other messages – Calgary Herald
Nov 21, 2024 All that’s required is a pause to reflect that young men and women, long gone, sacrificed themselves for this country The relentless assault on what it means to be Canadian continued apace this Remembrance Day. Let’s not forget we have a prime minister whose mantra is “Come to Canada and be whatever […]
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Read MoreSpringbank Off-Stream Reservoir Project – Comment Period on Proposed Amendments to the Decision Statement
What is happening? November 14, 2024 — The Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (IAAC) is holding a public comment period on proposed amendments to the Decision Statement for the Springbank Off-Stream Reservoir Project, a flood mitigation project located near Calgary, Alberta. Why is IAAC holding a public comment period? When the project was approved in 2021, the Minister […]
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Read MoreAlberta took on drought with voluntary water-sharing. Here’s how it went, and what comes next – CBC
Nov 14, 2024 Province called agreements the largest in Alberta’s history, involving municipalities, industry and irrigation The provincial government says its water-sharing agreements were a “major success” and an arrangement that could be replicated in the rest of the country, as experts say important conversations around Alberta’s water supply still loom in the years to […]
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