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A few critical additions, including mandatory public consultation and
binding limits on cumulative impacts, are needed if proposed new
provincial land-use planning legislation is to better manage
development and its impacts on Alberta's landscapes and communities.
Media Contact: Steve Kennett, Water Matters
Topic Area: Oil Sands
Reductions in GHG "intensity" do not deliver reductions in actual
emissions if industrial production continues to increase, as is the
case in the oil sands sector. In its 2008 climate change plan, the
government acknowledged that it expects Alberta's total GHG pollution
to continue to increase until 2020.
Media Contact: Dan Woynillowicz
Topic Area: Oil Sands
Matthew Bramley, Director of Pembina's climate
change program, made the following statement in response to today's
announcement of a Canada-U.S. dialogue on energy technology: "Given the level of ambition President Obama has already shown in
tackling global warming, it's disappointing that the only thing Stephen
Harper committed to today is holding talks on technology research and
pilot projects..."
Media Contact: Marlo Raynolds, Matthew Bramley
Topic Area: Oil Sands
The Pembina Institute submitted comments on a draft Alberta
Government policy that would allow in situ oil sands operations to burn
dirtier fuels, which would significantly increase the intensity and
total amount of greenhouse gas pollution and air emissions from the
sector.
Media Contact: Simon Dyer, Chris Severson-Baker
Topic Area: Oil Sands
With available fresh water resources expected to decrease as a result of climate change, Alberta faces the challenge of meeting its growing demand for water in a sustainable manner, according to a new report by the Pembina Institute.
Media Contact: Mary Griffiths
Topic Area: Oil Sands
The Energy Resources and Conservation Board released a new
directive today that could help reduce the future creation of toxic
tailings waste from oil sands mining. Since 1967, oil sands mining
operators have been allowed to manage tailings on a voluntary basis
with little government enforcement. The new directive will, for the
first time, require operators to submit annual plans, including
schedules, for reducing toxic fluid tailings waste.
Media Contact: Simon Dyer, Jennifer Grant
Topic Area: Oil Sands
The Government of Alberta has repeatedly failed to respond to questions
regarding its ability to effectively monitor and enforce water
withdrawal restrictions for oil sands companies, noted a number of
Alberta environmental groups.
Media Contact: Simon Dyer, Keepers of the Athabasca, Sierra Club of Canada, Water Matters
Topic Area: Oil Sands
In response to today’s release of the new Alberta Land-Use Framework (LUF), the Pembina Institute and the
Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) Northern Alberta have
provided the Government of Alberta with a checklist for its successful
implementation.
Media Contact: Richard Schneider (CPAWS), Steve Kennett
Topic Area: Oil Sands
The extraction and refining of bitumen from Canada’s oil sands is
taking a significant toll on migratory birds throughout North America. Danger in the Nursery: Impact on Birds of Tar Sands Oil Development in Canada’s Boreal Forest
outlines the current and projected effects of the oil sands industry on
migratory bird populations in Alberta’s boreal forest and along the
Western Hemisphere’s flyways.
Media Contact: Boreal Songbird Initiative, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), Simon Dyer
Topic Area: Oil Sands
Alberta’s new Land-Use Framework could become one of the government’s most important policy and legislative initiatives in several decades, but its success is not guaranteed. A new report released today by the Pembina Institute and the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) Northern Alberta provides the Government of Alberta with a proposed implementation roadmap for the LUF.
Media Contact: Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS), Simon Dyer
Topic Area: Oil Sands
A last-minute withdrawal by the oil sands industry from a negotiated
agreement on wetlands has prompted calls from environmental groups that
the Government of Alberta not give in to oil industry pressure, but
rather deliver on overdue rules to protect and conserve wetlands across
Alberta.
Media Contact: Simon Dyer
Topic Area: Oil Sands