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 Items tagged: oil sandsItems Found: 16New Study Considers Water Consumption in Oil SandsMay 16, 2012 - 1:58 pm Can Alberta's oil sands balance environmental tradeoffs and economic returns? According to a new study from Alberta Innovates - Energy and Environmental Solutions (AI-EES), there may be a way. In collaboration with the Energy Resources Conservation Board (ERCB), Alberta Environment and Water (AEW)... Categories: News, Western Canada Democratizing Data to Build a Blue FutureFebruary 2, 2012 - 10:23 am This guest column is part of Building Our Blue Future, a monthly web series that narrates Canada’s water story as it happens. In 2003, Don Tapscott published a book called The Naked Corporation, which declared that the boundary-less immediacy of the Internet would expose business practices and radically... Categories: Blog Kent Reveals Second Phase of Oil Sands PlanJuly 21, 2011 - 9:42 am Environment Minister Peter Kent today issued a press release announcing an integrated monitoring plan for Canada's oil sands region. The Government of Canada will be working with the Province of Alberta on implementing the plan. "The oil sands represent a significant, long-term economic advantage... Categories: News, Western Canada CEMA Forms Groundwater Working GroupJuly 18, 2011 - 5:28 am The Cumulative Environmental Management Association (CEMA) has launched a new Groundwater Working Group (GWWG) to focus on improving scientific knowledge of regional groundwater systems using effective characterization, monitoring, and modelling approaches that, according to a press release, "support... Categories: News, Western Canada A Shift in the Oil Sands?January 28, 2011 - 3:09 pm There is immense opportunity for water technology innovation in Canada's oil sands region. Even the greatest oil sands critics would find it hard to argue with that statement. But the more important question is whether operators are choosing to embrace the opportunity to become global leaders. In... Categories: Blog Holiday News RoundupJanuary 3, 2011 - 8:54 am Happy New Year! A brief news roundup following a two-week break: 1. Shortly after the Royal Society of Canada released its oil sands report and just before the holidays began, Minister of the Environment John Baird released the results of the independent report on the oilsands chaired by Elizabeth... Categories: International, National, News, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada Comment Roundup: RSC ReportDecember 16, 2010 - 9:27 am Yesterday's release of the Royal Society of Canada's Expert Panel report on the environmental and health impacts of the oil sands industry (pdf) garnered a flurry of activity on the web—especially around water issues. Here's brief rundown of some the praise and scrutiny it has received: "The expert... Categories: Blog Monitoring Not Adequate: VaughanDecember 7, 2010 - 9:25 am Environment Canada is not adequately monitoring Canada’s fresh water resources, says Scott Vaughan, Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development, in his report tabled today in the House of Commons. “Environment Canada has been running the federal government’s water monitoring... FilterBoxx Signs Agreement with GEJuly 12, 2010 - 7:48 am Recognizing the importance of finding efficient and economical ways to recover heavy oil from the oil sands regions, GE and Calgary-based FilterBoxx Water & Environmental Corp. have teamed up to develop water treatment solutions. GE and FilterBoxx recently signed an agreement to develop integrated... Categories: International, National, News, Western Canada Seair Sells to Oil Sands OperationDecember 15, 2009 - 12:45 pm Edmonton-based Seair Inc. has sold six large industrial water treatment units to an oil sands facility for use in treating groundwater prior to mining. The water, which has not come in contact with the mining operation, can be pumped out and released to the environment as long as it meets all regulated... Categories: National, News, Western Canada |
