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Aaron Atcheson and Kyle Bertsch author article on green hydrogen power
Water Canada, May/June 2023
The article looks at the sustainable utilization of water in generating green hydrogen power: In an effort to reach net-zero emissions by 2050, Canada has focused its attention towards the emerging industry of green hydrogen power as a source of...
Conférence des Nations Unies sur l’eau : une occasion d’agir concrètement
À la fin du mois de mars, les Nations Unies ont tenu la Conférence des Nations Unies sur l’eau de 2023, la première du genre depuis près de 50 ans. Cette conférence, qui se situe à mi-chemin de la Décennie d’action sur l’eau,...
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Tyson Wagner and Megan Kennedy write on « Alberta’s Liability Management Framework »
Water Canada, March/April 2023, p. 32-33
Water Canada publishes an article by Tyson Wagner and Megan Kennedy on end-of-life environmental stewardship for Alberta’s oil and gas resources: Oil and gas are well known as cornerstones of Alberta’s economy. The nature of the industry necessarily exposes the...
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Charles Bois and Michelle Eng write on British Columbia’s proposed Watershed Security Strategy and Fund
Water Canada, Jan/Feb 2023, p. 26-28
Charles Bois and Michelle Eng (Articling Student) author an article for Water Canada on British Columbia’s strategy to promote healthy and secure watersheds: In January of 2022, the government of British Columbia issued a discussion paper seeking the public’s input...
Des mesures accélérées vers la transition énergétique au Québec
Le 7 avril 2016, le gouvernement du Québec (le « Gouvernement ») a publié la Politique énergétique 2030 (la « Politique »)[1], laquelle expose l’objectif du Québec de devenir un chef de file en Amérique du Nord en matière d’efficacité énergétique et d’énergies renouvelables d’ici 2030....
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Oil & Gas Meets Electricity: Flare Gas Energy Projects in Western Canada
In Western Canada “energy” is often considered to be mainly petroleum, oil & natural gas. “Energy” is not often thought of as including electricity generation, as it might be in other jurisdictions. In order to successfully develop a flare gas...
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Use and Non-Use of Licensed Land Agents by Renewable Energy Companies
In Alberta, oil and gas companies have long required the services of accredited land agents in acquiring or leasing land to exploit the mineral resources there. The recent surge in interest in renewable energy sources, especially wind and solar, presents...
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New Renewable Electricity Procurement in Alberta
The Alberta Minister of Environment and Parks, Shannon Phillips, announced two new rounds of Renewable Electricity Procurement (REP) at the recent Alberta Saskatchewan Renewable Energy Financing Summit conference. REP 2 looks to acquire up to 300 MW of renewable electricity generation...
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The Winds of Change: How Will the Saskatchewan Government’s New Wind Energy Siting Location Guidelines Impact Wind Energy Developers?
On September 19, 2016, the Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment refused to approve the development of a proposed wind energy project near the Village of Chaplin, Saskatchewan (the “Chaplin Project”). Environmental concerns – predominantly the concern that the proposed location was...
Le gouvernement du Québec introduit un cadre pour l’exploration pétrolière et gazière
Tôt le matin du 10 décembre 2016, l’Assemblée législative du Québec a adopté le controversé projet de loi no 106, intitulé Loi concernant la mise en œuvre de la politique énergétique 2030 et modifiant diverses dispositions législatives. Le projet de loi no 106 a pour objet principal...
