Southern Alberta Group for the Environment
Southern Alberta Group for the Environment • Federation of Alberta Naturalists • Alberta Wilderness Association • Nature Canada • Grasslands Naturalists • Nature Saskatchewan
Calgary (October 2, 2008) - The high-profile hearing for EnCana's application for a large shallow gas project in the Suffield National Wildlife Area (NWA) will begin in Calgary on Monday, October 6. Today the Suffield Coalition - seven conservation groups opposing the application - launched a three-minute videhighlighting EnCana's poor environmental record in the area and pointing tthe danger tSuffield's rare grassland ecosystem. The video, entitled "Suffield National Wildlife Area - Defending a Grassland Treasure," can be viewed on the Alberta Wilderness Association website (www.AlbertaWilderness.ca).
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Southern Alberta Group for the Environment • Federation of Alberta Naturalists • Alberta Wilderness Association • Nature Canada • Grasslands Naturalists
Calgary (September 18, 2008) – With the hearing into EnCana’s application to drill 1,275 wells in the Suffield National Wildlife Area less than three weeks away, another related scenario continues to unfold. On September 18, EnCana appears in Medicine Hat Court for the ninth time on charges related to installing a section of pipeline in the National Wildlife Area without a permit. EnCana has pled not guilty, and during the September 18 appearance, a trial date is to be set.
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For immediate release – September 16, 2008
Alberta Wilderness Association • Pembina Institute • Sierra Club of Canada (Prairie Chapter) • Southern Alberta Group for the Environment • South Peace Environment Association • Water Matters
A last-minute withdrawal by the oil sands industry from a negotiated agreement on wetlands has prompted calls from environmental groups that the Government of Alberta not give in to oil
industry pressure, but rather deliver on overdue rules to protect and conserve wetlands across
Alberta.
Two letters to the Alberta government, sent by the oil sands industry after they withdrew their
approval for a broadly supported wetland policy, demonstrate the oil sands industry’s overt effort to pressure the Alberta government.
Alberta Wilderness Association, Pembina Institute, Sierra Club of Canada (Prairie Chapter),
Southern Alberta Group for the Environment, South Peace Environment Association and Water
Matters are calling on the Government of Alberta to proceed swiftly to implement a landmark
wetland policy recommended today by the multi-stakeholder Alberta Water Council (AWC). Read more »
Southern Alberta Group for the Environment • Federation of Alberta Naturalists • Nature Canada • Alberta Wilderness Association • Grasslands Naturalists
Calgary (December 5, 2007) – EnCana will make their first court appearance at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, December 6 in Medicine Hat Provincial Court in response to the charge of violating the Canada Wildlife Act in the Suffield National Wildlife Area (NWA). It is expected that EnCana will request full disclosure of evidence against them and that another court date will be set for their next appearance. Read more »
Alberta Wilderness Association
News Release: March 30, 2007
EnCana is destroying an environmentally significant area at fire sale prices and with lack of environmental oversight, charges a coalition of environmental groups. The groups are concerned that EnCana's proposal to drill more wells in the Suffield National Wildlife Area may leave Canadian taxpayers with the bill for the huge ecological cost to this priceless area. They are asking the federal government to prohibit all new industrial activities in the Suffield National Wildlife Area. Read more »
Alberta Wilderness Association
News Release: March 14, 2007
Internal government documents reveal alien weeds at Canadian Forces Base Suffield threaten to overrun a federally protected wildlife area, and oil and gas activity is to blame for the spread of these invasive species, announced a coalition of environmental groups today. Read more »
