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 Items tagged: Athabasca RiverItems Found: 7WWF Urges Government to Protect AthabascaJanuary 20, 2011 - 8:07 am Today, WWF-Canada released Securing Environmental Flows in the Athabasca River, a report that urges government agencies to demonstrate their commitment to protecting Alberta’s lower Athabasca River over the long term. The report picks up from the close of the Phase 2 Framework Committee (P2FC)... Categories: National, News, Northern Canada, Western Canada Liberals Release Report on Water and Oil SandsAugust 18, 2010 - 11:05 am Liberal members of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development today released their report from the committee’s study of the impact of oilsands development on Canada’s freshwater. The study was launched over two and a half years ago on a motion from Lac-Saint-Louis... Categories: International, National, News Rising TensionsAugust 8, 2010 - 9:08 am Named Deh Cho, or “big river,” by the Dene people, the Mackenzie River is one of the world’s few remaining large, free-flowing rivers, and one of remarkable continental and global importance. At 1.8 million square kilometres, the Mackenzie River Basin (MRB) drains 20 per cent of Canada’s land... Categories: Features Funds for Athabasca Watershed CouncilMarch 23, 2010 - 11:02 am A two-year $500,000 provincial grant, announced yesterday, will allow the newly-created Athabasca Watershed Council to set up operations to advise government and begin its assessment of the state of the watershed. Alberta’s 10th watershed planning and advisory council covers most of the Athabasca... 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 Takes Water Management Action in Athabasca RiverJanuary 21, 2009 - 9:19 am Alberta Environment has directed industry to reduce water withdrawals from the Athabasca River as a result of a naturally occurring low water flow in the region. Statistics show water flow levels have dropped into the yellow warning zone as determined by the Water Management Framework introduced in 2007. Under... Categories: News, Western Canada Protecting the Mackenzie River Basin: NNSOnlineAugust 26, 2008 - 8:26 am Michael Miltenberger says a way already exists to deal with the preservation of quality and flow of water in the Mackenzie River basin, reports the Northern News Services Online. The Northwest Territories minister of environment and natural resources said that the Mackenzie River Basin Transboundary... Categories: News, Northern Canada, Western Canada Advertisement
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