Neither likes the new federal Impact Assessment Act, which Alberta is challenging in court.
Tyee contributing editor Andrew Nikiforuk is an award-winning journalist whose books and articles focus on epidemics, the energy industry, nature and more. SHARES Jason Kenney’s government argues in the Alberta Court of Appeal that the federal Impact Assessment Act shouldn’t apply to coal mining in the province. Former Green leader Elizabeth May assails the act for different reasons.
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All this week, the Alberta government will be in court challenging the constitutionality of the new federal Impact Assessment Act, with the goal of preventing Ottawa from assessing the impact of coal mining projects in the eastern slopes or new oilsands in situ projects.
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Stand.Earth, West Coast Environmental Law and Judith Sayers, president of the Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council, spoke at a news conference Wednesday on a new report, Regulating the West Coast Cruise Industry: Canada at the Low Water Mark. They maintain Canadian environmental regulations for the sector lag far behind the stricter controls for waters off California, Washington state and Alaska. Anna Barford, Canada shipping campaigner at Stand.earth, said Canada has the weakest regulations along the west coast and as a result, “we are the cruise-ship toilet bowl.” The U.S., by contrast, has strict limits on discharge, no-discharge zones and ongoing monitoring, Barford said. “We are trusting of the industry and allow them to dump more contaminated waste than our neighbours.”
Montreal, Canada – Opponents of the contentious Keystone XL pipeline are welcoming United States President Joe Biden’s decision to nix the multibillion-dollar project, saying the move provides a “sense of vindication” in their years-long fight.
Matthew Campbell, a staff lawyer at the Native American Rights Fund, which has represented Indigenous groups in lawsuits against the project, said the move recognises “that the tribes will be heavily impacted by the pipeline and so it should not be approved”.
Just hours after he was inaugurated, Biden cancelled his predecessor President Donald Trump’s approval of Keystone XL, a 1,947km (1,210 mile) pipeline that was set to stretch from the Canadian province of Alberta to the US state of Nebraska.