Category Archives: Climate Change

CCS is now a CDM Project Activity

By: Ana Maria Radu PDF Version: CCS is now a CDM Project Activity   Decision Commented On: Decision -/CMP.7 Modalities and procedures for carbon dioxide capture and storage in geological formations as clean development mechanism project activities – adopted in December … Continue reading

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Carbon Capture and Storage in Alberta: Draft Offset Protocol

By: Nigel Bankes PDF Version: Carbon Capture and Storage in Alberta: Draft Offset Protocol Document and Regulations Commented On: Government of Alberta, Draft Quantification Protocol for the Capture of CO2 and Storage in Deep Saline Aquifers, December 2011; Specified Gas … Continue reading

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Why Canada Should Not Withdraw from the Kyoto Protocol

By: Nigel Bankes PDF Version: Why Canada Should Not Withdraw from the Kyoto Protocol  Rumours abound that Canada will withdraw from the Kyoto Protocol later this month. While Canada’s Minister of the Environment, Peter Kent, will not confirm these rumours … Continue reading

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Public Interest Standing and a Statutory Right of Appeal

PDF version: Public Interest Standing and a Statutory Right of Appeal Case Considered: Pembina Institute for Appropriate Development v Alberta (Utilities Commission), 2011 ABCA 302 The Pembina Institute for Appropriate Development (“Pembina”) recently sought leave of the Alberta Court of … Continue reading

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Bill 16, 2011: Alberta Paves the Way for Cleaner Coal with In Situ Coal Gasification

By: Astrid Kalkbrenner PDF Version: Bill 16, 2011: Alberta Paves the Way for Cleaner Coal with In Situ Coal Gasification Legislation Commented On: Bill 16 – Energy Statutes Amendment Act, 2011 On 13 May 2011, the Legislative Assembly of Alberta … Continue reading

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