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Environmental groups and AFL release groundbreaking Green Jobs report

Feature story | April 21, 2009 at 17:00

More than 200,000 green jobs could easily be created in Alberta if the government made renewable energy a priority, says a new report by Greenpeace, Sierra Club Prairie Chapter and the Alberta Federation of Labour.

Alberta caribou conservationists ask for help south of the border

Blog entry by Catharine Grant, Forest Campaigner | February 21, 2013 1 comment

Conservation groups in Alberta are hoping that US environmental groups will help raise awareness about the plight of woodland caribou in the tarsands region of the province. In Alberta, the main threat to caribou - a threatened species...

Greenpeace “underground operation” gives a lucky Albertan a chance at $600

Press release | April 6, 2009 at 10:07

Greenpeace is giving one lucky Albertan a chance today to get back the $600 dollars the Stelmach government is wasting on its flawed carbon capture and storage scheme.

If Canada Followed Alberta on GHG Emissions

Blog entry by Mike Hudema | March 25, 2013

Recently Alberta’s illustrious Premier Allison Redford was in Ottawa. There she told reporters that the Federal government should follow Alberta’s lead when it comes to dealing with climate change and rising emissions (though she...

Greenpeace condemns Syncrude lawsuit

Press release | August 28, 2008 at 17:00

Greenpeace today condemned a lawsuit launched against it by Syncrude, Canada’s largest tar sands producer and polluter. The civil suit follows a Greenpeace action at Syncrude’s "Aurora" site in northern Alberta on July 24th when activists...

Memo to Premier Redford: What a real carbon price looks like

Blog entry by Mike Hudema | April 18, 2013 1 comment

Twenty two organizations, representing a broad cross section of society from environmental and landowner groups to First Nations, called on Alberta to be a true climate leader today in an open letter to Premier Redford. They...

Over 40 groups now looking for answers from Alberta government on Suncor spills

Blog entry by Mike Hudema | April 3, 2013 3 comments

A mounting number of groups are petitioning Alberta’s Minister of the Environment Diana McQueen for answers regarding two spills from tar sands giant Suncor Energy.  The letter comes just over a week after eleven groups sent an...

Another tar sands spill you never heard about

Blog entry by Mike Hudema | April 2, 2013

As we still wait for very basic answers regarding the Suncor burst pipe that for 10 hours spewed toxic water into the Athabasca river, the Government of Alberta released information late Thursday of another startling toxic incident...

Groups demand oil industry fox get out of Alberta's henhouse

Blog entry by Mike Hudema | May 3, 2013

Alberta must stop letting an oily fox guard the energy henhouse, and bring in an energy regulator that protects people, and the environment not just oil companies. That call comes from over 30 landowner, labour, environmental and First...

Alberta pipeline safety review announcement: a victory for grassroots organizing

Blog entry by Mike Hudema | July 21, 2012 1 comment

On Friday, the Alberta government did something they didn't want to do. At 10:00 a.m. from a room in Calgary Energy Minister Ken Hughes announced that the ERCB (Energy Resources Conservation Board), in conjunction with an independent...

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