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In the wake of the release of its report, Opening the Door for Oil Sands Expansion: The Hidden Environmental Impacts of the Enbridge Gateway Pipeline, the Pembina Institute wrote this letter to Jim Prentice, Minister of the Environment, and Peter Sylvester, president of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency. In the letter, Pembina calls on the government to amend the terms of reference for the environmental assessment to include the upstream impacts of the proposed pipeline.
This document provides background information about tailings and about Directive 074: Tailings Performance Criteria and Requirements for Oil Sands Mining Schemes.
Publication Type: Reports, Backgrounders & Position Papers
Topic Areas: Environmental Governance, Energy Watch, Oil Sands, Athabasca River
An Assessment of Oil Sands Company Submissions for Compliance with ERCB Directive 074
A comprehensive review conducted by the Pembina Institute and Water Matters found that only two oil sands operations reported they would meet new rules to reduce toxic tailings.
Publication Type: Reports, Backgrounders & Position Papers
Topic Areas: Environmental Governance, Energy Watch, Oil Sands, Athabasca River
Benchmarks for Implementing Alberta's Land-Use Framework
This report is a response to the final version of the Alberta Land-use Framework. It recommends that the Government of Alberta take actions in six key areas to translate the LUF’s policy direction into meaningful change on the ground.
Publication Type: Reports, Backgrounders & Position Papers
Topic Areas: Environmental Governance, Energy Watch, Oil Sands
Implementing Alberta's Land-Use Framework
In this report, the Pembina Institute and the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society recommend specific actions for the Government of Alberta to take in six key areas to translate the Land-Use Framework’s policy direction into meaningful change on the ground.
Publication Type: Reports, Backgrounders & Position Papers
Topic Areas: Environmental Governance, Energy Watch, Oil Sands