By: Martin Olszynski PDF Version: All I Want for Christmas is the Justification for Shell Jackpine Case Commented On: Adam v Canada (Environment), [2014] FC 1185 On December 9, 2014, the Federal Court rendered its decision in Adam v. Canada (Environment). Chief Allan Adam, on his own behalf and on behalf of the Athabasca Chipewyan […]
PDF Version: Shell Jackpine Mine Expansion Project: The Mysterious Case of the Missing Justification Document commented on: Decision Statement Issued under Section 54 of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 2012 re: Shell Jackpine Mine Expansion Project (2013 ABAER 011/Decision 2013-011) Last Friday (December 6, 2013), the federal Minister of the Environment, Leona Aglukkaq, released the […]
PDF version: Shell Jackpine JRP Report: Would the Real “Adaptive Management” Please Stand Up? Decision commented on: Shell Canada Energy, Jackpine Mine Expansion Project, Application to Amend Approval 9756, 2013 ABAER 011/Decision 2013-011 (CEAA, 2012). On July 9, 2013, the Joint Review Panel (JRP) for Shell’s Jackpine Mine Expansion Project released its long-awaited report (the […]
By: Martin Olszynski Opinion Commented on: Reference re Impact Assessment Act, 2022 ABCA 165 (CanLII) PDF Version: Carbon Tax Redux: A Majority of the Alberta Court of Appeal Opines that the Impact Assessment Act is Unconstitutional On May 10, 2022, the Alberta Court of Appeal released its lengthy and long-awaited opinion in Reference re Impact […]
By: Nigel Bankes, Sharon Mascher & Martin Olszynski PDF Version: The Sad State of Regional Land Use Planning in Alberta Matters Commented On: (1) Coal Policy Committee, Final Report: Recommendations for the Management of Coal Resources in Alberta, December 2021, released to the public March 4, 2022, (2) Minister Sonya Savage, Press Release, Getting it […]
