Author Archives: Jenette Poschwatta

About Jenette Poschwatta

Jenette Poschwatta has been a Research Associate at the Canadian Institute of Resources Law (CIRL) since May 2007. She holds a B.S. and M.S. in Microbiology from Idaho State University and an LL.B. from the University of Calgary. Before being called to the Alberta Bar in 2006, she articled with the Courts of Queen's Bench and Appeal in Calgary and worked at a national firm where she practised in the areas of energy and environmental law. Prior to entering the practice of law, Jenette worked in the food, brewing and chemical industries. Jenette's current research focus is on sustainable energy policy including work on the legal aspects of carbon capture and storage. She is also a student in the Faculty's course based LL.M. program.

Comments on the Interim Report of the Alberta Carbon Capture and Storage Development Council, Accelerating Carbon Capture and Storage in Alberta

By: Nigel Bankes & Jenette Poschwatta

PDF Version: Comments on the Interim Report of the Alberta Carbon Capture and Storage Development Council, Accelerating Carbon Capture and Storage in Alberta

Report Commented On: Accelerating Carbon Capture and Storage in Alberta, dated September 30, 2008, released October 22, 2008; now Final Report released March 2009

In these comments we focus on three aspects of the interim report: (1) the treatment of the ownership of pore space, (2) the design of a provincial tenure system for geological sequestration, and (3) the treatment of liability issues. In each case we provide our understanding of what it is that the Council proposes and then we provide our comments. While we welcome the report and agree with the need to accelerate the adoption of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) in Alberta, we think that these sections of the report require further clarification before the Council issues its final report. In particular, we think that the report needs to do a much better job of, identifying the problems and providing reasoned arguments for the solutions that it advances.

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