Deadline April 19 to provide feedback on Alberta coal policy through an on-line survey Read more about Provincial Coal Consultation - critical opportunity for public input
From the Alberta Wilderness Association website:
It’s imperative to complete the government’s survey on coal if you are concerned about the future of Alberta’s Eastern Slopes. The link to the survey is on this webpage. The deadline for submitting your response is April 19th. Read more about Please Complete the Alberta Government’s Coal Consultation Survey
Yesterday’s announcement from the Government of Alberta launching the consultation process for a new Coal Policy does not address CPAWS Southern and Northern Alberta Chapters’ concerns around coal development in Alberta’s Rocky Mountains. While CPAWS is happy to see that the process will be run by an independent committee, the survey released as part of the consultation is narrowly focused on regulation of coal developments. Read more about New government coal consultation misses the mark, failing to engage with Albertans on the issues they care most about
Join Niitsitapi Water Protectors on Saturday, March 27 for a peaceful (socially distanced) walk to protect the Eastern Slopes from open-pit coal mining!
We will begin our walk at 1pm at Reconciliation Bridge in Mohkinstsis, Treaty 7 (Calgary). Read more about Water NOT Coal : Solidarity Walk with Niitsitapi Water Protectors
Plastic pollution harms human health, wildlife and ecosystems. The Government of Canada is looking for input on the discussion paper A Proposed Integrated Management Approach to Plastic Products to Prevent Waste and Pollution. The opportunity to provide input closes December 9. Read more about The Government of Canada is looking for input on plastics management
The Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) recently made public the Alberta Tailings Ponds II Factual Record which resulted in widespread national media coverage and commentary. This report is the result of the CEC’s Submissions on Enforcement Matters (SEM) process, which allows individuals and organizations across North America to raise concerns about the enforcement of environmental laws by Canada, Mexico or the United States. Read more about The Alberta Tailings Ponds II Factual Record: A Submission Under the NAFTA Environmental Side Agreement
Keepers of the Athabasca and our partners have taken 2 sets of lake sediment core samples in Lesser Slave Lake (LSL): at the mouth of the Swan River, and in Faust Bay in 2018 and 2020. Read more about New Research on lake contamination: Swan Hills’ SHTC and Faust’s Osmose Site
CALGARY — Nina Lothian, director of responsible fossil fuels at the Pembina Institute, made the following statement in response to the Commission for Environmental Cooperation's final report on Alberta tailings ponds, released Sept. 3, 2020, which found scientific evidence of contaminated water seeping into groundwater around oilsands tailings ponds. Read more about Government action holding oilsands operators to account on tailings management long overdue
Draft Canadian Soil Quality Guidelines for the Protection of Human Health: Lead are available for public review and comment until July 30, 2020.
The draft provisional guidelines revise the 1999 Canadian Soil Quality Guidelines for lead for the protection of human health only. The soil quality guidelines for lead for the protection of environmental health have not been revised. Read more about Call for Comments: Canadian Soil Quality Guidelines for the Protection of Human Health: Lead
Alberta Environment and Parks has posted their draft Ambient Air Quality Guidelines for Total Reduced Sulphur (TRS).
Comments, questions or suggestions regarding the content of this ambient air quality guideline can be emailed or forwarded to:
Email: [email protected]
Address: Read more about Call for Comments: draft ambient air quality guidelines for Total Reduced Sulphur
