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Dec 3, 2008

Alberta's Land-Use Framework Announcement Marks Start of Critical PhaseNew report provides implementation checklist for "making it real"

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.

Topic Area: Oil Sands


Dec 2, 2008

Oil Sands Development Could Claim More Than 160 Million Boreal BirdsNew report outlines devastating impact for birds in U.S. and Canada

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.

Topic Area: Oil Sands


Oct 17, 2008

Alberta's New Land-Use Framework at Critical PhaseNew report provides implementation roadmap for "making it real"

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.

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.

Topic Area: Oil Sands


Pembina Institute experts offered reaction to party policy proposals during the 2008 federal election. Our views were presented from a strictly non-partisan perspective. Our assessments were objective, fair and grounded in our past research and the research of other leading thinkers.

Topic Area: Oil Sands


Aug 18, 2008

Environmental Groups Pull Out of Multi-stakeholder Oil Sands ProcessOutline key steps for government to restore credibility to environmental management

Today the Pembina Institute, the Toxics Watch Society of Alberta and the Fort McMurray Environmental Association formally withdrew from the Cumulative Environmental Management Association.

Topic Area: Oil Sands


Today the Government of Alberta announced that it would spend $4 billion to address climate change.

Topic Area: Oil Sands


Jun 26, 2008

New Policy Fails to Address Risks Posed by Toxic Tailings WasteStronger regulation needed to break from business as usual

The Energy Resources Conservation Board released a draft policy today that highlights a 40-year history of inadequate tailings management at oil sands mining operations in the boreal forest north of Fort McMurray.

Topic Area: Oil Sands


Jun 16, 2008

Oil Sands Fever to Strike Edmonton with 10-fold Increase in UpgradingMistakes from Fort McMurray must not be repeated

The first ever report to provide an in-depth look at the environmental impacts of upgrading oil sands bitumen in the Edmonton region was released by the Pembina Institute today.

Topic Area: Oil Sands


Jun 10, 2008

New Conservation Tool Proposed in Alberta's Oil SandsIndustry leaders, Aboriginal communities and environmental groups agree that biodiversity offsets are vital to manage environmental impacts in Alberta's Boreal Forest

In an effort to prevent irreversible decline of species and biodiversity in Alberta's Boreal Forest, industry can take important steps to offset their environmental impacts.

Topic Area: Oil Sands


A comprehensive new report by the Pembina Institute has found that after 41 years of oil sands mining operations in northern Alberta only 0.2% or one square kilometer of disturbed land is certified as reclaimed.

Topic Area: Oil Sands



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