Southern Alberta Group for the Environment

Oct
22
2021

Issue Brief: Irrigation Expansion Project in Southern Alberta

The single largest irrigation expansion in Alberta’s history is underway. By converting canals into pipelines and constructing new reservoirs, the $815 million project aims to boost irrigated land in the province without using more water. But the massive infrastructure project started without public consultation and an assessment of the cumulative impacts and effects on the health of the river ecosystem  Read More

Water & Watershed Management
Alberta Wilderness Association
Southern Alberta Group for the Environment
Issue Briefs
Feb
19
2020

Letter from 18 Alberta environmental & community groups about Teck Frontier Oil Sands Mine

Joint letter submitted on behalf of 18 Alberta environmental and community groups the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, P.C., M.P. Minister of Environment and Climate Change, and all members of the Canadian federal cabinet. The 18 signatories to the letter are Alberta environmental and community groups that urge the cabinet to not approve the proposal for Teck Resources' Frontier Oil Sands Mine.

2020-02-19 Open letter from 18 Alberta groups on Teck Frontier Oil Sands Mine

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Climate Change
Oil Sands
Mining
Alberta Wilderness Association
Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society
Council of Canadians
Edmonton River Valley Conservation Coalition
Keepers of the Athabasca
Peace River Environmental Society
Sierra Club of Canada
Southern Alberta Group for the Environment
Briefs & submissions
May
23
2019

Continuity and support for energy efficiency makes sense for Albertans, say 15 Alberta groups

Joint letter on the future of energy efficiency in Alberta

Protect Alberta

A joint letter from 15 Alberta community and environmental groups is urging the provincial government to implement meaningful energy efficiency policies and programs. 

Energy efficiency is common sense, says the letter. Supporting energy efficiency in Alberta creates jobs, invests in our communities and businesses and maintains opportunities for Albertans to save money. Not only does energy efficiency make fiscal sense, it is an achievable approach to reduce our province’s emissions. Read More

Source: Protect Alberta
Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society
Council of Canadians
Keepers of the Athabasca
Peace River Environmental Society
ReThink Red Deer
Sierra Club of Canada
Southern Alberta Group for the Environment
Climate Change
Energy
Mar
15
2018

Strong methane regulations the quickest, easiest and most cost-effective way to protect our environment, say 16 Alberta organizations

Joint letter urges the alberta government to seize the economic and environmental opportunity available by enacting strong methane regulations to capture wasted natural gas

Protect Alberta

Edmonton, Alberta—16 community and environmental organizations from across Alberta are calling on the province to implement mandatory methane regulations to reduce climate pollution from the oil and gas sector, help meet the Province's emission reduction targets, capture valuable natural gas this is currently wasted and catch up to other leading energy-producing jurisdictions.  

A joint letter was submitted on March 9, 2018 to the Alberta government to inform the development of the Province's new methane regulations for the oil and gas sector. Read More

Source: Protect Alberta
Alberta Wilderness Association
Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society
Keepers of the Athabasca
Mewassin Community Council
Peace River Environmental Society
Pembina Institute
Prairie Acid Rain Coalition
Southern Alberta Group for the Environment
Climate Change
Energy
Conventional Oil & Gas
Mar
09
2016

SAGE Calls for Headwaters Restoration fo Benefit Majority of Citizens in Southern Alberta

Southern Alberta Group for the Environment

The Southern Alberta Group for the Environment (SAGE) together with others in the conservation community is calling for reduced linear footprint, strict limits on off-highway vehicles (OHVs) on public lands, and a ban on OHVs in parks and protected areas.  A communiqué was sent to the Government of Alberta on January 13, 2016.  The Southern Alberta Group for Environment (SAGE), established in 1984, works to protect and restore the health of our environment—water, air, and land—in Lethbridge and region. Read More

Source: Castle-Crown Wilderness Coaltion
Southern Alberta Group for the Environment
Fresh Water
Biodiversity and Wildlife
Water & Watershed Management
Wilderness & Parks
Outdoor Recreation
Oct
13
2011

Open Letter: Water for Alberta's Rivers

Alberta Wilderness Association
CPAWS – Northern Alberta
CPAWS - Southern Alberta
Central Athabasca Stewardship Society
Keepers of the Athabasca Watershed Council
Water Matters
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Dear Albertans:

We believe you understand the value of water and the need to use water wisely. That is why so many of you have participated in Alberta’s Water for Life Strategy, providing guidance to decision-makers about how we use and manage our water resources.

The goals of the Water for Life Strategy are:

  • Safe, secure drinking water
  • Healthy aquatic ecosystems
  • Reliable, quality water supplies for a sustainable economy
Source: Water Matters
Alberta Wilderness Association
Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society
Southern Alberta Group for the Environment
Keepers of the Athabasca
Water Matters
Central Athabasca Stewardship Society
Fresh Water
Biodiversity and Wildlife
Sep
01
2010

National Wildlife Area Missing from Proposed Endangered Owl Habitat Designation

Suffield Coalition

Calgary. A proposal by the federal government that would limit habitat protection for the endangered Burrowing Owl has raised alarm among conservation groups. In a letter sent to Environment Minister Jim Prentice today, members of the Suffield Coalition voiced concern that his department’s apparently selective identification of critical habitat overlooks burrowing owls in the Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Suffield National Wildlife Area. Read More

Link: National Wildlife Area Missing from Proposed Endangered Owl Habitat Designation (AWA)
Alberta Wilderness Association
Southern Alberta Group for the Environment
Wildlife Protection
Mar
12
2010

Suffield National Wildlife Area — Conservation Makes Economic Sense

Suffield Coalition

As shale gas discoveries greatly expand already abundant reserves of natural gas, the economics of EnCana's application to drill an additional 1,275 gas wells within Suffield National Wildlife Area are becoming ever more questionable. The Suffield Coalition has long argued that it would be economically imprudent and not in the public interest to approve EnCana's application. In June, EnCana announced it was shutting in gas wells because of low demand and prices, so the time may be just right for EnCana to abandon further drilling within Suffield National Wildlife Area. Read More

View the release on the AWA website
Alberta Wilderness Association
Southern Alberta Group for the Environment
Biodiversity and Wildlife
Jan
12
2010

EnCana Avoids Trial on Charges of Canada Wildlife Act Violation in Suffield National Wildlife Area

Alberta Wilderness Association
Federation of Alberta Naturalists
World Wildlife Fund Canada
Nature Saskatchewan
Southern Alberta Group for the Environment
Grassland Naturalists
Nature Canada

Calgary – The Suffield Coalition is disappointed to have learned last week that the Crown has stayed the case against EnCana on charges of violating Canada’s Wildlife Act. EnCana was scheduled to be tried on March 19, 2010, almost five years after EnCana installed a section of pipeline in the CFB Suffield National Wildlife Area without a permit (in March 2005). Numerous adjournments and a preliminary hearing were held in Medicine Hat, but now there will be no trial. Read More

View the release on the AWA website
Alberta Wilderness Association
Southern Alberta Group for the Environment
Wildlife Protection

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