News & Announcements

Apr

11

2011

Pembina reacts to Conservative Party platform

Ed Whittingham, Executive Director, made the following statement in response to today's release of the Conservative Party's election platform:

"The Conservative Party came to today's announcement with a five-year track record of failing to meaningfully tackle greenhouse gas pollution and avoiding federal responsibility for oilsands development. The result is that Canada now risks falling further behind other countries in capitalizing on the rapidly growing global clean energy market.

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Source: Pembina Institute

Pembina Institute

Apr

07

2011

Pembina reacts to the Green Party platform

Pembina Institute

OTTAWA, ON — The Pembina Institute's Clare Demerse made the following statement in response to today's launch of the Green Party's campaign platform:

"The Green Party puts tackling climate change at the heart of its platform. The result is a commitment to a suite of strong policies to cut greenhouse gas pollution, along with national emission reduction targets based on up-to-date climate science. More clearly than any of the other parties have to date, the Green Party's platform makes the case for urgent action to prevent dangerous global warming. Read More

Source: Pembina Institute

Pembina Institute

Apr

07

2011

Declining Grasslands and Species at Risk

On the Environmental Law Centre blog, Laura Bowman posts on the decline on native grasslands in Canada, and the threats posed to the species at risk in Alberta that rely on grassland habitats. Bowman identifies deficiencies in the recently posted Recovery Strategy for the Sprague’s Pipit (Anthus spragueii) in Canada:

Although most of the grasslands on which this bird depends are outside federal lands, only federal lands are identified as critical habitat in the recovery strategy.

Bowman concludes that:

Alberta urgently needs to make a clear commitment to protection of remaining native grasslands to prevent extirpation of grassland species. Instead, the Alberta Government continues to dispose of native grasslands for other uses. Read More

Source: Environmental Law Centre

Biodiversity and Wildlife

Wildlife Protection

Land Management & Stewardship

Environmental Law Centre

News & Announcements

Apr

06

2011

Alberta’s caribou left out in the cold, again

Ecojustice

EDMONTON — The highly-anticipated Lower Athabasca Regional Plan (LARP), rolled out this morning to much fanfare, is another glaring example of Alberta’s unwillingness to enact swift, meaningful protection of the province’s dwindling caribou population, Ecojustice said today.

Virtually none of the new protected areas designated in the LARP include habitat areas critical to caribou survival and recovery. Read More

Source: Ecojustice

Ecojustice

Land Management & Stewardship

Environmental Law & Policy

Oil Sands

Apr

06

2011

Northeast Alberta Wilderness Sacrificed

Alberta Wilderness Association

Breaking its promise to develop oilsands in an environmentally responsible way, the Government of Alberta in its newly released Lower Athabasca Regional Plan has fallen far short of its own and international targets for protecting northeast Alberta’s ecosystems for future generations. Read More

Source: Alberta Wilderness Association

Alberta Wilderness Association

Biodiversity and Wildlife

Land Management & Stewardship

Oil Sands

Apr

06

2011

COMMENTS: Sierra Club Prairie, Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation and Local Cree Elder on Lower Athabasca Land Use Plan

Sierra Club Prairie

Please see comments below from Chief Allan Adam of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation, Alice Martin a Local Cree Elder from Ft. Chipewyan, and Sierra Club Prairie Energy Campaigner Dustin Johnson on the Mel Knight's release of the Lower Athabasca Land Use Plan. Read More

Source: Sierra Club Prairie

Sierra Club of Canada

Land Management & Stewardship

Oil Sands

First Nations Issues

Apr

06

2011

Pembina Institute calls for independent science review of draft oilsands plan

Independent scientists should validate Lower Athabasca Regional Plan to ensure the regional environment will be protected and to restore trust in government oversight

Pembina Institute

CALGARY, ALTA. - The Government of Alberta should commission an independent science panel to review its draft Lower Athabasca Regional Plan as part of the consultation process, the Pembina Institute said following the release of the draft plan Tuesday. Read More

Source: Pembina Institute

Pembina Institute

Water & Watershed Management

Land Management & Stewardship

Air Quality

Oil Sands

Apr

04

2011

Pembina reacts to Liberal Party election platform

Pembina Institute

OTTAWA, ON — The Pembina Institute's Clare Demerse made the following statement in response to today's release of the Liberal Party platform:

"Overall, we're happy to see this platform put clean energy at the centre of Canada's economic future. While countries such as China and the U.S. are taking steps to succeed in the clean energy economy, Canada has been lagging behind. Strong action on climate change can create more jobs than 'business as usual,' so the Liberal Party's decision to make clean energy a priority would be good news for Canadian workers and for the environment.
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Source: Pembina Institute

Pembina Institute

Apr

01

2011

Southern land-use plan falls short of public expectations on Castle protection

Castle Special Place Working Group

Lethbridge — South Saskatchewan Regional Advisory Council (RAC) recommendations to continue development on land also identified as conservation management areas doesn’t go far enough to protect the Castle Special Place, says a spokesman for the group that submitted a 2009 proposal to the Alberta government. The Castle Special Place Working Group recommended increasing the Castle’s protection to the level of Alberta’s other “Special Place” protected areas. Read More

Biodiversity and Wildlife

Wilderness & Parks

Mar

30

2011

Door Remains Open for Hunting of Alberta’s Threatened Grizzlies

Temporary Hunt Restriction Needs to be Extended

Alberta Wilderness Association

The future for Alberta’s grizzly bears, designated as threatened in 2010, remains uncertain while the threat of a continued spring hunt hangs over them. Alberta’s grizzly hunt was halted for three years in 2006, and since then has been suspended on a year-by-year basis. Every spring Albertans await with bated breath to find out whether the provincial government will OK the hunt once again; no decision has yet been announced for 2011.

Alberta Wilderness Association (AWA) is calling for the hunt suspension to be extended: a five-year moratorium at the very minimum. Read More

Source: Alberta Wilderness Association

Alberta Wilderness Association

Biodiversity and Wildlife

Wildlife Protection