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Oct
18
2007

New Study Shows Royalty Panel's Recommendations Would Continue the Giveaway of Alberta’s Resource Wealth

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Today the Parkland Institute released its official response to the report and recommendations of the Alberta Royalty Review Panel. The report, entitled "Selling Albertans Short" is available for free download from the Parkland Institute web-site (www.ualberta.ca/parkland), or can be purchased in hard-copy from the Parkland Institute office. Read the media release

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Conventional Oil & Gas
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Oct
15
2007

Royalty Reform Town Hall

<div class="flexinode-body flexinode-1"><div class="flexinode-textarea-1"><div class="form-item"> <label>Description: </label> <p>You are invited to a meeting on Resource Royalty Reform</p><h3>Our Resources, Our Future, Our Decisions</h3><h4>Who should get the royalties — big oil or the people of Alberta? </h4><p>Come and have your say. </p><p>Panelists Include:</p> </div> </div></div>
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Oct
11
2007

EnCana Makes the Case for Public Ownership in the Energy Industry

The Parkland Institute has published an Op-Ed on the Royalty Review, the energy industry's response, and the case for public ownership in the energy sector.

Monday, October 08, 2007

by Ricardo Acuña

In the weeks following the release of the recommendations of Alberta's Royalty Review Panel, energy giant EnCana has been one of the loudest opponents of any moves that might increase the direct benefits Albertans receive from their natural resources — going as far as publicly threatening to cancel a billion dollars worth of investment if the panel's recommendations are implemented.

The irony of these threats and the desire to see Albertans get less than full value for their oil and gas will not be lost on those who remember EnCana's history. Read More

Economics
Conventional Oil & Gas
Oil Sands
Oct
03
2007

Action Alert: Royalty Review Panel Recommendations

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Pembina Institute

The recent recommendations from Premier Stelmach's Royalty Review Panel represent a step forward for the province of Alberta. We need your help to ensure that Premier Stelmach implements the recommendations put forward by the Royalty Review Panel. It is as easy as 1, 2, 3.

  1. Read the report of the Royalty Review Panel, Our Fair Share: Report of the Alberta Royalty Review Panel
  2. Think like an owner.
  3. Insist that Premier Stelmach adopts all the royalty recommendations made by the Royalty Review Panel.
Economics
Conventional Oil & Gas
Oil Sands
Pembina Institute
Sep
26
2007

Book Launch — Stupid to the Last Drop: How Alberta Is Bringing Environmental Armageddon To Canada (And Doesn’t Seem To Care)

<div class="flexinode-body flexinode-1"><div class="flexinode-textarea-1"><div class="form-item"> <label>Description: </label> <p><a href="http://www.litfestalberta.org/">LitFest</a> and the <a href="http://www.ualberta.ca/PARKLAND/">Parkland Institute</a> invite you to the launch of the book: </p><h3><a href="http://www.randomhouse.ca/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780676979138">Stupid to the Last Drop: How Alberta Is Bringing Environmental Armageddon To Canada (And Doesn’t Seem To Care)</a></h3><p><em>By William Marsden</em></p><p>12 noon, Friday, October 5, 2007<br />Audreys Bookstore, 10702 Jasper Avenue<br />Edmonton, Alberta</p> </div> </div></div>
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Sep
09
2007

Marie Lake Decision Brings Hope for McClelland Lake Fen

Alberta Wilderness Association

Release Date: September 6, 2007

Premier Stelmach's decision to halt seismic testing on Marie Lake indicates a shift in government priorities that may bode well for other lakes and wetlands on the brink of destruction. One such area is the spectacular McClelland Lake Wetland Complex north of Fort McMurray. Read More

Wilderness & Parks
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Wetlands
Alberta Wilderness Association
Aug
24
2007

Sierra Club Chinook Group Monthly Meeting: "A Thousand Barrels a Second", Peter Tertzakian

<div class="flexinode-body flexinode-1"><div class="flexinode-textarea-1"><div class="form-item"> <label>Description: </label> <p><a href="http://www.sierraclubchinook.org">Sierra Club of Canada — Chinook Group</a></p><p><em>The Sierra Club Chinook Group hosts a monthly meeting series on the 1st Wed. of every month from 7 to 9 pm at the Calgary Area Outdoor Council at 1111 Memorial Drive NW.</em> </p><p>Best-selling author of <a href="http://www.1000barrels.com/">A Thousand Barrels a Second</a>, published by McGraw-Hill, <strong>Peter Tertzakian</strong> is the Chief Energy Economist of <a href="http://www.arcfinancial.com/">ARC Financial Corporation</a>, one of the world&#39;s leading energy investment firms.</p> </div> </div></div>
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Truth & Reconciliation at AEN

Learn more about our process and progress, and share your thoughts with us, on our Decolonization and Indigenization page.

It is our understanding at the Alberta Environmental Network that Reconciliation starts with the land, and there is no Reconciliation until we have faced the Truth. While Truth is held collectively, we recognize everyone is on their own learning journey, at their own pace. Our work at AEN focuses on the lands outlined by the Province of Alberta, lands with which we are learning to be in kinship relationship, in the nêhiyaw (Cree) spirit of treaty-making. The lands we work for are described in Treaties 4, 6, 7, 8, and 10. The traditional keepers of this land are Anishinabe, Nêhiyawak (Cree), Dené, Dane-zaa, Nakota, Îyârhe Nakoda (Stoney Nakoda), Tsuut’ina, and Siksikaitsitapi (Blackfoot Confederacy); this land is also the homeland of the Métis. We are committed to building meaningful reciprocal relationships, to be of service particularly to those directly experiencing the effects of oppression, genocide, and exploitation.