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Take Action for Northeast Alberta's endangered wilderness

Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society
Oct 8 2010 (All day)

The future of a pristine boreal wilderness area in Alberta is at stake.

The recommendation to government for the new Lower Athabasca Regional Plan proposes to protect only 20-32% of the area from industry. Based on conservation science, CPAWS believes this will not be enough to safeguard the area’s ecosystems or protect threatened species, such as woodland caribou. The plan also puts these "protected" areas at risk by allowing companies that already have a lease on the "protected" land, to continue their activities.

CPAWS’s position is that Alberta should protect more than half of the Lower Athabasca Region from industry, for wildlife and traditional uses.

You have only until October 8, 2010 to voice your opinion.

Tell Premier Stelmach what you want to see in the plan for the Lower Athabasca Region

Link: Take Action for Northeast Alberta's endangered wilderness (CPAWS)

Posted September 8, 2010 by AEN

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Got Thirst? Fight for Water Allocation Rights

Sierra Club Prairie

For the first time in 12 years, the provincial government plans to review the current water rights system on how water is allocated in the province, and more importantly, who gets access. In a province where big industry lives strong, it is very important that we as non-millionaires make sure our water rights, and the water rights of our lakes and rivers are protected.   Read more »

Visit the Got Thirst? website

Posted June 18, 2010 by AEN

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Green Energy Needed for Alberta!

RePower Alberta

Sign the RePower Alberta Petition!

Many communities in Alberta are feeling the heat from a variety different resource extractive industries - coal, oil, gas, tar sands, nuclear, etc. For the most part these industries come under the guise as energy and job providers, but in reality the burden of the toxic legacy they will leave on the land, water, and community far outweighs any short-term job benefits. In Alberta, oil and gas extraction actually produces the least amount of jobs per dollar invested compared to health care, education, construction and transportation. Read more »

Sign the Petition urging the Alberta Government develop and implement a Green Energy Strategy!

Posted June 18, 2010 by AEN

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Athabasca Wild: Last true wilderness in Alberta

CPAWS Northern Alberta

The Lower Athabasca Region contains some of Alberta's most pristine wilderness. By contrast, it is also home to Alberta's oil sands — making it the most immediately threatened landscape in the province.

CPAWS is appealing to the government to protect at least 50% of the Region from industry and for wildlife and traditional public uses.

Campaign page on the CPAWS website

Posted June 1, 2010 by AEN

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Don't let Oil & Gas destroy Alberta's Future!

Sierra Club Prairie

Watered down Wetlands Policy threaten water, air, and land security for the province.

"Wetlands provide substantial ecological services that would cost billions if we had to achieve them through other means. Wetlands store and purify supply freshwater; act as carbon sinks; and, support plants and wildlife. Wetlands can filter out from 80 to 770 kilograms of phosphorus per hectare per year. They can also filter out from 350 to 32,000 kilograms of nitrogen per hectare per year. It is estimated that Alberta’s peatland-wetland systems store up to 13.75 billion tonnes of carbon."
www.water-matters.org

Alberta does not have a wetlands policy to protect Wetlands in the tar sands region. Since 2003, the public of Alberta has been engaged on developing a policy to address this gap and finally after years of deliberation, and public consultation, the Alberta Water Council put forward a proposed policy to the AB Government. Read more »

Posted April 22, 2010 by AEN2

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Speak Up for Woodland Caribou and Wilderness

Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS)

As you’ve likely seen in the news, CPAWS is warning that Boreal woodland caribou in Alberta’s oil sands region will perish unless the province moves to protect at least half of this area’s intact forests and wetlands.

Since 1993, nearly half of the Boreal woodland caribou in the area where the oil sands industry is concentrated have disappeared. You can make a difference. Please sign the petition now to protect at least 50% of Alberta’s Lower Athabasca planning region.

This region, part of CPAWS’s Athabasca Heartland campaign, contains some of the most pristine wilderness in the province. It’s threatened by heavy industrial development, including Alberta’s oil sands.

Take action!

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Posted February 4, 2010 by AEN2

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AEN Fall Cross Caucus Meetings

October 1-2, 2010 • Calgary, Alberta
Program & Registration Information

AEN is Hiring

Position: Network Manager
Application Deadline: 24 Sep 2010 - 16:00
Full job description and application instructions

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