Toxics Watch
Outline key steps for government to restore credibility to environmental management
18 Aug 2008
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Court finds gaping holes in environmental assessment
Edmonton
March 05, 2008
The Federal Court of Canada today released a judgment finding fatal
legal errors in the environmental assessment of the Kearl Tar Sands
Project, north of Fort McMurray.
Ecojustice lawyer Sean Nixon was in court in January on behalf of
the Pembina Institute, Sierra Club of Canada, the Toxics Watch Society
of Alberta and the Prairie Acid Rain Coalition .
“This is a huge victory,” said Nixon. “The Court accepted our
position that the environmental assessment was flawed, and that the
Joint Panel failed to explain why it thought the Kearl Project’s
environmental effects were insignificant. We will now consider whether
to bring another lawsuit to challenge the project’s federal permit that
was granted without legal authority.”
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While Alberta Premier goes to Washington, the Kearl Tar Sands Project is going to court
January 14, 2008
EDMONTON - While Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach is in Washington this week seeking to assure Americans that there are no environmental problems associated with dirty tar sands development, Canadian environmental organizations are going to court tomorrow to challenge a massive tar sands operation north of Fort McMurray, Alberta. Imperial Oil's proposed Kearl Tar Sands project includes an open-pit mine that would strip 200 square kilometres of Boreal Forest and contribute to the devastation of the region's landscape and wildlife.
Ecojustice lawyer Sean Nixon will be in court on behalf of the Pembina Institute, Sierra Club of Canada, the Toxics Watch Society of Alberta and the Prairie Acid Rain Coalition, arguing that the environmental assessment of the open-pit mine project was flawed and that the project should be halted until a proper assessment has been completed. Read more »
