Alberta water emergency powers raise environmental and accountability concerns
Inter-basin water transfers can now be greenlit by cabinet. But sending water to parched regions south of Calgary comes with environmental risks.
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Inter-basin water transfers can now be greenlit by cabinet. But sending water to parched regions south of Calgary comes with environmental risks.
In late May, the Supreme Court of Canada the SCC denied an application for leave to appeal a decision of the Court of Appeal of Alberta the ABCA, which, in turn, had denied leave to appeal of the decision of the Court of King's Bench of Alberta the ABKB in Re Mantle Materials Group, Ltd, 2023 ABKB 488 Mantle KB. The decision in Mantle KB held that the interests of secured creditors are subordinate to environmental obligations pursuant to the Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act EPEA, thus confirming that the priority of environmental obligations determined by the SCC in Orphan Well Ass...
A public engagement meeting designed to clear the air on details surrounding a controversial billion dollar Bow River dam proposal has accomplished the opposite by muddying the waters and creating confusion
A public engagement meeting designed to clear the air on details surrounding a controversial billion dollar Bow River dam proposal has accomplished the opposite by muddying the waters and creating confusion