Global Burden of Disease 2021
The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2021 examines health trends worldwide. The study, which leverages 328,938 data sources, reveals health disparities across age, sex, location, and socioeconomic groups, emphasizing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic alongside other health challenges. Read More
The Alberta Medical Association (AMA) is concerned about potential adverse physical and mental health issues that may occur if proposed open pit coal mines in Alberta are developed. As such, the AMA is opposed to the development of open pit coal mining without due and detailed consideration of such adverse health effects, planning for an increased need for physical and mental health resources and a detailed health assessment analysis.
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A Policy written by Albertans, for Albertans, reflecting extensive public input to the Coal Policy Committee.
"As a collection of individuals and organizations representing a wide range of Albertans, we are pleased to present A Coal Policy for Alberta – 2022 and Beyond. This Policy is supported by grassroots Indigenous groups, municipalities, hunters, anglers, ranchers, rural landowners, artists. Read More
The Coal Policy Committee was established on March 29, 2021 to make recommendations to the Government of Alberta about what it should consider in developing a new coal policy. This final report of the committee contains eight principal recommendations for the long-term management of Alberta's coal resources. Read More
(OTTAWA) Unless the federal government revises its methane regulations to take into account new analysis, Canada will miss by a wide mark an international commitment made by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to reduce oil and gas methane emissions by 40 to 45 per cent below 2012 levels by 2025. Read More
At the Environmental Law Centre blog, Jason Unger writes about the "polluter pays principle" and its intersection with the economic challenges Alberta faces resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic and low energy prices.
…it remains unclear how our society will uphold and promote the polluter pays principle, not only today and tomorrow but well into the future.
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The Environmental Law Centre has published two new reports on waste management and reduction in Alberta.
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Good Riddance: Waste Management Law in Alberta is the 3rd Edition of the ELC's primer on the waste management system in Alberta. The report includes five sections covering (1) Legal Concepts and Institutions, (2) Waste Management & the Law, (3) Types of Waste, (4) Recycling, and (5) Import & Export of Waste. |
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Extended Producer Responsibility: Designing the Regulatory Framework is a detailed look at the extended producer responsibility [“EPR”] model of waste management, and the potential application of EPR in Alberta's waste management system. |
The Alberta Wilderness Association has posted the March 2020 issue of Wildlands Advocate on their website. The issue (and past issues from 2018 and 2019) can be downloaded as a PDF, or you can read individual articles directly on the website. You can also subscribe to receive a full-colour print edition of the journal. Read More
The Pembina Institute has published their recommendations for a green economic stimulus package. In the publication, Pembina identifies four principles that are "integral to a stimulus response that ensures the future resilience of our economy":
While financial relief for impacted Canadians should be immediate and widereaching, economic stimulus interventions, if designed with climate and economic resilience in mind, represent an extraordinary opportunity to simultaneously boost the economy in the short term and make a down payment on a prosperous, resilient future.
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