Should Alberta embark on nuclear energy for electricity production? This is the question being posed by Energy Alberta (not to be confused by the government body – Alberta Energy!). I think two basic questions need to be answered, based on the best science and balanced with Albertans’ views of their long term best interest:
1) What [...]

Despite Liberal efforts in the Legislature and the efforts of community groups in Northern Alberta, last week the SRD Ministry approved seismic testing on pristine Marie Lake. Even Conservative member Denis Ducharme was upset over the approval, along with many Albertans. The decision flies in the face of the recent Oilsands Consultation Final Report [...]

Mountain-pine-beetle invasion retreats in Alberta, experts say
I came across an article in today’s Globe and Mail about the Pine Beetle threat in Alberta.  Scientists and researchers, including Dr. David Schindler, are once again claiming that clear-cutting sections of Alberta forests will have more adverse effects than if the trees were left untouched.
Please write to SRD [...]

Kirti Bhadresa wrote this upon arriving home from a meaningful first trip to the Oilsands.  I encourage everyone you know who hasn’t been there to read this.  As always, I welcome your thoughts.
                                              
This weekend I learned that there is nothing in the world to be more grateful for than the clean dry socks hidden [...]

Read: Balzac Track Gets Its Water
This may seem like an odd question but now that the Western Irrigation District has approved the sale of 6700 cubic metres of water a day to the Balzac MegaMall project we’re faced with a dilemma.  Alberta’s water has been divided on a ‘first in time, first in right’ basis where license [...]

In the year before an election, golf courses in Tory ridings get almost $7 million in grants.  This is unbelievable, actually no, this is what we’ve come to expect from the governing party.  Not only do they do it, they defend it by saying that most golf courses are in rural areas that elect only [...]

Tonight I’m heading to Fort McMurray to join Don Van Hout and the Pembina Institute on their Athabasca River Expedition called “Connecting the Drops”.
At the heart of the Connecting the Drops is a two month expedition from the river’s glacial headwaters to its end in the Peace-Athabasca Delta to spark interest in issues surrounding [...]