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 Items tagged: Alberta EnvironmentItems Found: 13Getting Creative with the LawApril 16, 2012 - 7:58 am We’re big fans of creative sentences—it’s no surprise, since Dianne helped to develop them 30 years ago. They flow from three basic observations about fines, the standard way of punishing environmental offenders: Fines don’t help the natural environment; they just disappear into the Consolidated... Categories: Features App SavvyFebruary 2, 2012 - 10:14 am When Mike Scarth at the Alberta WaterPortal became interested in mobile water applications (colloquially termed “apps”), he directed summer students to research what was available. The result of their findings culminated in a handy WaterPortal page that indexes water apps for iPhones, Android, and... Categories: Features Kent Releases Athabasca Water Quality Monitoring PlanMarch 25, 2011 - 12:56 pm Earlier this week, Environment Minister Peter Kent presented Environment Canada's plan for a new Lower Athabasca Water Quality Monitoring Program. Developed in collaboration with Alberta, the plan (pdf here) responds to the Federal Oil Sands Advisory Panel report. The Panel, struck in September 2010... Categories: National, News, Western Canada Reuse It or Lose ItJanuary 9, 2011 - 12:38 pm Canada depends on its water for agricultural, industrial, and domestic uses—but does it use more than it needs? A report from the Conference Board of Canada suggests Canadians are huge consumers of water because of its availability and low cost, and because of a lack of widespread water conservation... Categories: Features Alberta Releases Water Reporting VideoOctober 25, 2010 - 1:45 pm According to the Alberta Water Council's website, Alberta Environment's online water use reporting system has been operational since 2006 and has been steadily increasing its users ever since. To encourage more licensees to understand the enrollment process and use the system, a simple instructional... Categories: News, Western Canada Third Party to Review Oilsands Water DataSeptember 25, 2010 - 3:05 pm A committee of independent scientists will be created to review water monitoring data collected from Alberta’s oil sands region, announced the Province earlier this week. “Understanding the impact of the oilsands industry on the watershed of northeastern Alberta is absolutely critical. We need... Categories: News, Western Canada ConocoPhillips to Donate Medicine River Water LicenceJune 9, 2010 - 11:04 am The Water Conservation Trust of Canada announced today it has been named a recipient in a landmark application to transfer an Alberta water licence. ConocoPhillips Canada is applying to donate the first licence to privately protect instream flow. The Water Trust protects and enhances aquatic ecosystems... Categories: News, Western Canada Flyovers Give Understanding of GroundwaterJanuary 15, 2010 - 9:47 am What flies above will soon give improved knowledge about what flows below. Starting January 16, residents and motorists may notice low-flying aircraft streaking across the sky on a mission to better map underground water resources in outlying areas surrounding Edmonton. The specially-equipped... Categories: News, Western Canada Suncor Subcontractor SentencedMay 25, 2009 - 11:13 am Subcontractor Rodney McCabe has been ordered under house arrest for 11 months for his role in sewage being released into the Athabasca River. In 2005 and 2006, Suncor Energy's Borealis and Millennium locations released partially treated sewage into the river. Charged with 90 counts, neither McCabe... Alberta Supports Community Water Planning Groups: $2.5MMay 21, 2009 - 6:57 am soul men dvd download Alberta’s water groups will receive $2.5 million for core operating grants in 2009 through a new, streamlined funding process. As of the 2009 fiscal year, Alberta Environment has placed an annual cap of $250,000 on core funding for Alberta’s watershed planning and advisory... Categories: Western Canada |
