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Stand with the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation and Say No to Shell's Tar Sands Expansion

Alberta Chipewyan First Nation - Case Against the Tar Sands
Sierra Club Prairie Chapter
Oct 23 2012 (All day)

Want to help stop the expansion of the tar sands?

The Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation are bringing forward a question of constitutional law before the Joint Review panel challenging the application of Shell Oil's Jackpine Mine Expansion on October 23rd in Fort McMurray, AB. They are asking the public to join them and stand in solidarity as they present their evidence against Shell's proposed tar sands expansion project.  Read more »

Location

MacDonald Island Park
Fort McMurray, AB
See map: Google Maps
Facebook event page

Posted October 18, 2012 by AEN

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Film Screening & Discussion— White Water, Black Gold

Sierra Club Prairie
APIRG
Mar 20 2012 - 7:00pm - 9:00pm

White Water, Black Gold is a jarring new documentary film on the tar sands following Director David Lavallee as he journeys down the Athabasca River and across western Canada in search of answers about the battle between water and oil. The film follows an imaginary drop of water, and later an imaginary drop of oil, unveiling the threats the tar sands pose to the third largest watershed in the world and two separate oceans. White Water, Black Gold is a film about the inextricable link between water and oil in our modern world. Read more »

Source: Facebook event page

Location

Humanities Centre L41 University of Alberta
Edmonton, AB
See map: Google Maps

Posted March 19, 2012 by AEN

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Help Stop Clear-Cutting in Castle— "Alberta's Costa Rica"

Sierra Club Canada

Clear-cutting has begun in Castle

Use Your Leverage as a Visitor or Voter to Stop Clear-Cutting in Castle Protected Area - "Alberta's Costa Rica"

It's URGENT you act because Spray Lake Sawmill's bulldozers are now building logging roads in former national park lands to clear-cut what today is the heart of the Castle Special Management Area -- a Government of Alberta designated Special Place protected area in the Rocky Mountains of southwest Alberta. As Alberta's Legislature and new Premier go back to work, you can use your leverage as a potential visitor to Alberta or voter in Alberta to save this vital part of the international Crown of the Continent ecosystem and National Geographic geotourism area. Read more »

Source: Sierra Club Canada

Posted February 14, 2012 by russ

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History being made in Alberta: Picket-line prevents clear-cutting in Castle protected area for 16th day

Picket-line counter posts site where locals & outfitter continue to hold back clear-cutting in Castle protected area
Castle-Crown Wilderness Coalition
Sierra Club Canada
26 Jan 2012

Beaver Mines: Located on the way to Castle Mountain Resort in the Castle Special Management Area of southwest Alberta, locals, businesses and outdoor enthusiasts will be counter posting the site today with the Alberta Government's decision and map designating the area as a Special Place protected area. (Document attached or is on government webstite http://alberta.ca/home/NewsFrame.cfm?ReleaseID=/acn/199803/5992.html , except for the original map with the decision.) It's no Read more »

Source: Sierra Club Canada

Posted January 27, 2012 by AEN

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History being made in Alberta as for 14th day, picket-line & outfitting camp keep clear-cutting out of protected area

Castle-Crown Wilderness Coalition
Sierra Club Canada
25 Jan 2012

BEAVER MINES: A rotating picket-line maintained by outdoor enthusiasts and near-by residents, and an outfitting camp set up by a second generation outfitter are making history in Alberta as for the 14th day now, they continue to hold back Alberta's Sustainable Resource Development Department (SRD) and a sawmill located outside the region from starting clear-cuting in Castle Special Management Area; a popular protected area in southwest Alberta.  Determined by a government hearing panel in 1993 to be an integral part of the health of the international Crown of Read more »

Source: Sierra Club Canada

Posted January 25, 2012 by AEN

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Alberta Government kicks public out of protected area so Spray Lake Sawmills can begin clear-cutting

Sierra Club Canada
19 Jan 2012

BEAVER MINES: This afternoon, Alberta Government’s Sustainable Resource Development Department (SRD) issued a notice closing part of the popular, year-round recreation core of the Castle Special Management Area to public use. That includes closing it to a legal camp of a second-generation outfitter and a picket-line by local residents - the presence of which was holding back Spray Lake Sawmills from starting up its equipment to bulldoze new roads and clear-cut the protected area. Read more »

Source: Sierra Club Canada

Posted January 19, 2012 by AEN

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Resident’s picket-line and outfitters camp continue to hold off clear-cutting a popular protected area in southwest Alberta

Castle-Crown Wilderness Coalition
Sierra Club Canada
16 Jan 2012

Beaver Mines: Situated on the way to Castle Mountain Resort, inside the Castle Special Management Area west of Pincher Creek, it’s now the sixth day and counting that a legal camp set up by a second-generation outfitter and a picket line by local residents, outdoor enthusiasts and conservation groups are holding off logging equipment from starting in the protected area.   It was an upbeat and determined atmosphere through the weekend at the site as long-time ranching families stop by with hot chocolate and more new volunteers stopped in to help.  Most driving to Cast Read more »

Source: Stop Castle Logging (Facebook)

Posted January 17, 2012 by AEN

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Too Many Roads Mean Too Many Grizzly Deaths. Help Now!

Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society – Southern Alberta Chapter
Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative
Alberta Wilderness Association
Sierra Club Canada
Fact: Alberta's grizzly bears are listed as a Threatened species; there are fewer than 700 left.
Fact: Most grizzly deaths occur because there are too many people in their habitat - too many roads and trails criss-cross lands that grizzly bears need to survive.
Fact: The Alberta government is not adhering to its own road density thresholds. In fact, the density of roads and other linear features in grizzly habitat is up to 4 times greater than thresholds set in Alberta's 
Fact: We need your voice to help protect Alberta grizzly habitat.

Be the voice of the grizzly - It only takes 1 minute.

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Source: Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative
Source: Canadian Parks & Wilderness Society — Southern Alberta Chapter
Source: Alberta Wilderness Association

Posted December 5, 2011 by AEN

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Federal government must prevent extinction of sage-grouse in Canada

Ecojustice
23 Nov 2011

VANCOUVER — An international coalition of environmental groups is calling on the federal environment minister to take Canada’s endangered Greater sage-grouse under his wing with an emergency protection order. Read more »

Source: Ecojustice

Posted November 24, 2011 by AEN

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Thousands of Canadians demand for Canada to go beyond coal

Climate Action Network Canada
27 Oct 2011

OTTAWA - Over 5,000 letters demanding stricter greenhouse gas regulations for coal power in Canada were submitted during the public consultation period on federal coal regulations. Climate Action Network Canada believes that if incorporated into the proposed regulations, measures proposed in member submissions could insure that these regulations have a meaningful impact on Canada’s path towards a safer, more sustainable future. Read more »

Source: Sierra Club Prairie

Posted October 27, 2011 by AEN

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