By: Shaun Fluker PDF Version: Justice for the Westslope Cutthroat Trout at Grassy Mountain Decision Commented On: Report of the Joint Review Panel: Benga Mining Limited Grassy Mountain Coal Project, 2021 ABAER 010 On June 17, 2021, the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) denied an application by Benga Mining Limited under the Coal Conservation Act, RSA […]
By: Chris Hopkinson PDF Version: Does the Water Licence for a Coal Mine Capture its Impact on the Water Resource? Examining Benga Mining Limited’s Proposed Grassy Mountain Mine in the Headwaters of the Oldman River Basin Matters Commented On: Grassy Mountain Mine Project Water Diversion Licence Application by Benga Mining Limited (Riversdale Resources (16 October […]
By: Shaun Fluker PDF Version: Fortress Mountain and the Sale of Water from Kananaskis Country Matter commented on: Fortress Mountain Holdings Ltd. Application No. 003-00037369 under the Water Act, RSA 2000 c W-3 This is a short comment to raise awareness about a systemic problem in how Alberta Environment and Parks (AEP) administers its decision-making […]
By: Martin Olszynski PDF Version: Are Regional (and other) Assessments pursuant to the Impact Assessment Act Justiciable? Ecology Action Centre v Canada (Part 1) Case Commented On: Ecology Action Centre v Canada (Environment and Climate Change), 2021 FC 1367 (CanLII) The applicants sought judicial review in Federal Court of the “Regional Assessment of Offshore Oil and […]
By: Nigel Bankes PDF Version: Provincial Cabinet has prima facie “engaged in unfair and abusive delay” Case Commented On: Prosper Petroleum Ltd v Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Alberta, 2020 ABQB 127 (CanLII) Justice Romaine’s oral decision in this matter was released on February 10 and was widely reported in the press. We now […]
