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Group Sues Government over Castle Logging

Castle-Crown Wilderness Coalition
18 Apr 2012

Arguing that there was a reasonable expectation that the Castle Special Place would be protected, and that no proper consultation was carried out when the Alberta government decided to allow logging in that sensitive watershed, the Castle-Crown Wilderness Coalition and a group of local citizens announced today that they are initiating a judicial review of the government’s decision to allow clear cut logging. “In 1993, the Natural Resources Conservation Board recommended that the Castle be protected,” said Gord Petersen, speaking on behalf of the applicants. Read more »

Source: Stop Castle Logging

Posted April 18, 2012 by AEN

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Pembina reacts to federal government plans to weaken environmental assessment

Pembina Institute
17 Apr 2012

CALGARY — Simon Dyer, policy director at the Pembina Institute, made the following statement in response to Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver’s announcement that the federal government will weaken environmental oversight of resource development projects: Read more »

Source & Background: Pembina Institute

Posted April 17, 2012 by AEN

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Conservation groups take Environment Minister to Federal Court over failure to protect woodland caribou, again

Ecojustice
Alberta Wilderness Association
Pembina Institute
23 Feb 2012

EDMONTON — The fight to save woodland caribou herds threatened by oilsands development in northeastern Alberta is headed to Federal Court for the second time.

Ecojustice, on behalf of the Pembina Institute and Alberta Wilderness Association, filed an application in the Federal Court today, seeking a court order to force Environment Minister Peter Kent to recommend emergency protection for the caribou and the habitat they need in order to survive.  The groups have joined forces with the Athabasca Chipewyan, Swan River, Beaver Lake and Cold Lake First Nations to challenge Kent. 

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Source: Ecojustice

Posted February 23, 2012 by AEN

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Alberta Government Kills 145 Bears at Oilsands Camps

No Charges Laid

Alberta Wilderness Association
22 Feb 2012

Last year, the Alberta government killed 145 garbage-habituated black bears at oilsands camps in Alberta. Poorly-managed oilsands camps are known to attract bears to garbage. But rather than enforcing regulations, or prosecuting the guilty companies, Alberta government staff simply move in and kill bears. Lots of bears. Read more »

Source: Alberta Wilderness Association

Posted February 22, 2012 by AEN

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Canadians Can Stop Massive Wolf Kill

Alberta Wilderness Association
16 Feb 2012

The deadline for Canadians to comment on the federal government’s massive wolf-kill caribou recovery strategy is February 22, 2012. For most Alberta boreal woodland caribou herds, the wolf-kill strategy would allow 95% of their habitat to be destroyed. Tar sands and other oil-gas activities in those herds’ ranges would not be disturbed. Read more »

Source: Alberta Wilderness Association

Posted February 16, 2012 by AEN

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Conservation groups take Environment Minister to court over endangered Sage-grouse

Ecojustice
Alberta Wilderness Association
Wilderness Committee
Grassland Naturalists
Nature Saskatchewan
14 Feb 2012

EDMONTON — Conservation groups are taking Environment Minister Peter Kent to Federal Court over his continued failure to protect Canada’s endangered Greater Sage-grouse and fulfill his duties under the Species at Risk Act (SARA).

In November, Ecojustice filed a petition demanding Kent use a SARA provision to recommend emergency protection for sage-grouse and the habitat the species needs to survive in Canada. The protections requested included an end to further human disturbance, particularly oil and gas development, in crucial sage-grouse habitat. Read more »

Source: Ecojustice

Posted February 14, 2012 by russ

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Over a hundred attend Valentine’s Day Rallies in Support of Forests

Bragg Creek Environmental Coalition
Castle-Crown Wilderness Coalition
Alberta Wilderness Association
Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society— Southern Alberta Chapter
14 Feb 2012

Calgary, Edmonton, AB: More than 170 people attended rallies today in Calgary and Edmonton to send a strong message to the Government of Alberta: Albertans love their forests and don’t want the heart of protected areas like the Castle Special Place or poplar trail systems in Bragg Creek to be logged. Read more »

Source: Alberta Wilderness Association

Posted February 14, 2012 by AEN

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Approval of Jasper Development Ignores Public Outcry

Alberta Wilderness Association
Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative
Bow Valley Naturalists
9 Feb 2012

Over the objections of almost 200,000 citizens, the federal government has approved the proposed “Brewster Glacier Discovery Walk” in Jasper National Park. Conservation organizations fear that the beauty and integrity of Jasper National Park are being surrendered to commercial interests, opening the door for more for-profit businesses to capitalize on the splendour of Canada’s most loved and protected landscapes. Read more »

Source: Alberta Wilderness Association
Source: Yellowstome to Yukon Consevation Initiative (pdf)

Posted February 9, 2012 by AEN

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Beyond Monitoring— Responsible Management Needed for Oilsands Environmental Impacts

Alberta Wilderness Association
3 Feb 2012

Today, forty five years after the first tar sands mines started, the federal government has finally taken steps to introduce credible monitoring for contaminants and habitat degradation from oilsands development. Alberta Wilderness Association believes that long-overdue monitoring of Alberta’s oilsands impacts is a step in the right direction, but monitoring itself will not fix any of the issues which have so bedeviled the industry for the past few years. Read more »

Source: Alberta Wilderness Association

Posted February 3, 2012 by AEN

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