Category Archives: Environmental

Environmental Private Prosecution Update: John Custer v. Syncrude Canada

Posted on January 9, 2009 by Shaun Fluker

Cases Considered: John Custer v. Syncrude Canada PDF Version: Environmental Private Prosecution Update: John Custer v. Syncrude Canada On January 7, John Custer swore an information in front of a Justice of the Peace in Edmonton alleging violation by Syncrude … Continue reading →

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Remembering Martha Kostuch: The Private Prosecution and the Oldman River Dam

Posted on September 29, 2008 by Shaun Fluker

Cases considered: Kostuch (Informant) v. WA Stephenson Construction (Western) (1990), 75 Alta. L.R.. (2d) 110 (Alta. Prov. Ct.); Kostuch (Informant) v. W.A. Stephenson (Western) (1991), 78 Alta. L.R. (2d) 131 (Alta. Prov. Ct.); Kostuch (Informant) v. W.A. Stephenson Construction (Western) … Continue reading →

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Back on track to socio-ecological ruin: Kearl oil sands project re-authorized

Posted on June 16, 2008 by Shaun Fluker

Cases Considered: Imperial Oil Resources Ventures Limited v. Pembina Institute for Appropriate Development et al, 2008 FC 598, Pembina Institute for Appropriate Development v. Canada (Attorney General), 2008 FC 302, PDF Version: Back on track to socio-ecological ruin: Kearl oil … Continue reading →

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Federal Court upholds nullification of Kearl oil sands authorization

Posted on May 21, 2008 by Shaun Fluker

Cases Considered: Imperial Oil Resources Ventures Limited v. Pembina Institute for Appropriate Development et al, 2008 FC 598 PDF Version: Federal Court upholds nullification of Kearl oil sands authorization The Federal Court’s decision in Pembina Institute for Appropriate Development v. … Continue reading →

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Just a Bump on the Road to Socio-Ecological Ruin: Federal Court Finds Error in Kearl Oil Sands Project Environmental Assessment

Posted on March 26, 2008 by Shaun Fluker

By: Shaun Fluker PDF Version: Just a Bump on the Road to Socio-Ecological Ruin: Federal Court Finds Error in Kearl Oil Sands Project Environmental Assessment Case Commented On: Pembina Institute for Appropriate Development v Canada (Attorney General), 2008 FC 302 … Continue reading →