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The Alberta Environmental Network (AEN) connects Albertans and environmental groups that are dedicated to preserving and protecting Alberta’s environment. As a non-profit and non-partisan organization, the AEN supports collaboration of the environmental community throughout the province.

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We are a network of individuals and groups working together on shared concerns. AEN members include individuals and representatives from member groups that connect, collaborate and share information.

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Suffield National Wildlife Area Must be Protected for Wildlife, Not Industry

Alberta Wilderness Association

News Release: November 17, 2005

A mere two years after it was designated amid much pomp and ceremony, the Suffield National Wildlife Area (SNWA) in southeastern Alberta is the focus of a proposed intensive drilling effort by EnCana Corporation. AWA opposes any further industrialization of this federally protected native grassland.

"This area is of national and international significance, and wildlife values must take priority-after all the Government of Canada saw fit to designate it a National Wildlife Area," says Cliff Wallis, AWA past-president and grasslands expert. "We don't need more studies to know the value of this native grassland. We want to go straight to a public hearing and challenge the very essence of this project- industrial natural gas development in one of Canada's crown jewels of wildlife habitat." Read More

Take AIMM at Climate Change! Sign-On to the AIMM Declaration

Albertans for Initiating a Montreal Mandate

With the first international meeting under the ratified Kyoto Protocol nearly upon us, the Toxics Watch Society of Alberta, with the support of the Climate Action Network Canada, invites you to join the AIMM Coalition - Albertans for Initiating a Montreal Mandate.

The aim of AIMM is to let the Government of Canada (and others) know that many Albertans support the call to begin international negotiations for a second round of reduction targets for the post-Kyoto 2012 commitment period. The decision to begin these negotiations must be made when the international community meets in Montreal, Quebec at COP11, from November 28 - December 9, 2005 - The Montreal Mandate. Read More

Green Paper on Energy and Climate Change to be presented at COP 11 ­- ENGOs urged to sign-on

The global environment and all the living species it supports are threatened by changes in climate brought about by human activities in industrialized countries. Energy policies implemented during the next 10 years will determine whether these changes can be minimized.

The Green Paper on Energy and Climate Change was prepared for and by members of the Canadian Environmental Network (RCEN) for discussion at their annual conference in September 2005 in order to provide a background and to stimulate discussion on climate change and energy issues, especially on the long-term role and strategy Canada should take on these issues beyond 2012. The Paper is intended to be presented to Environment Minister Stéphan Dion before the First Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol in Montreal, November 28 to December 9, 2005 (COP 11) and to be released during the COP. The paper also supports the Declaration on Climate Justice and the Montreal Climate Change Summit prepared by the Climate Action Network-Canada. Read More

Proposed EnCana development in the Suffield National Wildlife Area could set precedent for other Federal Protected Areas

Federation of Alberta NaturalistsGrasslands Naturalists
Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society - Edmonton

For Immediate Release: Tuesday, November 15, 2005

Threats to Alberta’s Largest Native Grasslands Protected Area maybe approved without a Public Panel Review

National and Provincial conservation groups, including the Coalition For Alberta’s Future (CFAF), CPAWS, FAN, and others, are urging Albertans and Canadians to voice their concerns about EnCana Corporation’s proposal to drill up to 1275 new shallow sweet gas wells within the Canadian Forces Base Suffield National Wildlife Area (NWA) over a three-year period. Without a significant public outcry before December 12, 2005, the approval of this environmentally damaging development may go ahead without a Public Panel Review as part of the required environmental assessment, disallowing concerns to be expressed in an open and transparent way. Read More

Albertans to be Honoured for Conservation Efforts

Alberta Wilderness Association

News Release: November 14, 2005

Three Albertans will receive Alberta Wilderness Defenders Awards this week to recognize lifetime contributions to the conservation of Alberta's wilderness and wildlife. The awards will be presented at Alberta Wilderness and Wildlife Trust's Annual Lecture and Awards on Friday, November 18.

"These awards are dedicated to individuals who have inspired us with their love of Alberta's wild lands, wild rivers and wildlife," says Christyann Olson, AWA's Executive Director. "These are all people who recognize that Alberta's wilderness cannot be taken for granted. We must take an active role in its conservation." Read More

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