Published: Jun 29, 2010

By: Karen Campbell

A chart comparing the review processes for the Mackenzie Gas Project and the Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline

Publication Type: Reports, Backgrounders & Position Papers

Topic Area: British Columbia: Other

Published: May 5, 2010

By: Matt Horne

The Pembina Institute and Forest Ethics are pleased that the Ministry of Environment is modernizing the Water Act and engaging British Columbians in that process. We offer the following comments on how the process can best produce a reformed Water Act that protects and manages B.C.'s water resources given the challenges we're facing today and those that we're likely to face in the future. We would be happy to work the B.C. government to ensure that the Water Act Modernization produces a Water Act that meets these objectives.

Publication Type: Reports, Backgrounders & Position Papers

Topic Area: British Columbia: Other

Published: May 5, 2010

By: Matt Horne

The B.C. government introduced the Clean Energy Act (Bill 17) on April 28, 2010. The Act repackages elements of existing policy and introduces a number of changes (some minor and some significant) to the way decisions about electricity supply and demand will be made in British Columbia. The provincial energy objectives that underpin the Act are largely positive, but there are several that will be contentious and merit further debate.

The Pembina Institute has assessed the Act against a set of six recommendations for clean electricity development that we co-authored in December 2009.

Publication Type: Reports, Backgrounders & Position Papers

Topic Area: British Columbia: Other

Published: Apr 5, 2010

By: PJ Partington, Matthew Bramley

Pembina's analysis of the recent controversy over the work of climate scientists finds that the science of climate change remains rigorous, providing a credible and compelling basis for policy decisions.

Publication Type: Reports, Backgrounders & Position Papers

Topic Area: British Columbia: Climate Change

Published: Feb 1, 2010

By: Karen Campbell

In the wake of the release of its report, Opening the Door for Oil Sands Expansion: The Hidden Environmental Impacts of the Enbridge Gateway Pipeline, the Pembina Institute wrote this letter to Jim Prentice, Minister of the Environment, and Peter Sylvester, president of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency. In the letter, Pembina calls on the government to amend the terms of reference for the environmental assessment to include the upstream impacts of the proposed pipeline.

Publication Type: Letters & Formal Submissions, Presentations

Topic Area: British Columbia: Climate Change

Published: Feb 1, 2010

By: Matt Horne

In a December 2009 letter to Premier Gordon Campbell, the Pembina Institute and the David Suzuki Foundation raised concerns about a lack of transparency in the Green Energy Advisory Task Forces process. Read the original letter here.

In this follow-up letter to the premier, Matt Horne, Director of B.C. Energy Solutions for the Pembina Institute, makes several recommendations for ensuring the success of the Green Energy Advisory Task Forces, including: 1) release the recommendations from each of the task forces publicly, and 2) implement the range of solutions needed to ensure clean energy in B.C. is supported, planned and permitted more effectively.

Publication Type: Letters & Formal Submissions, Presentations

Topic Area: British Columbia: Climate Change, British Columbia: Other

Published: Jan 28, 2010

By: Matt Horne

This document outlines four key opportunities for the B.C. government to strengthen its carbon tax in the 2010 budget.

Publication Type: Reports, Backgrounders & Position Papers

Topic Area: British Columbia: Climate Change

Published: Jan 22, 2010

By: Karen Campbell, Pembina Institute

The Pembina Institute reviewed the Consultation Draft of the Consultation and Notification Regulation under the Oil and Gas Activities Act and submitted the following comments to the Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources.

Publication Type: Letters & Formal Submissions, Presentations

Topic Area: British Columbia: Other

Published: Jan 18, 2010

By: Greg Brown, Jennifer Grant, Jeremy Moorhouse

The proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline Project will facilitate the expansion of the Alberta oil sands, causing significant environmental impacts.

Publication Type: Reports, Backgrounders & Position Papers

Topic Area: British Columbia: Other

Published: Dec 16, 2009

By: Karen Campbell, Nicholas Heap

In this letter to Premier Gordon Campbell, Karen Campbell, Staff Council and Director, Strategy, for the Pembina Institute, and Nicholas Heap, Climate and Energy Policy Analyst for the David Suzuki Foundation, call for transparency in the Green Energy Advisory Task Force process.

In a Feburary 2010 follow-up letter to the premier, Matt Horne, Director of B.C. Energy Solutions for the Pembina Institute, makes several recommendations for ensuring the success of the Green Energy Advisory Task Forces. Read the follow-up letter here.

Publication Type: Letters & Formal Submissions, Presentations

Topic Area: British Columbia: Climate Change, British Columbia: Other

Published: Dec 4, 2009

By: Greg Brown, Jennifer Grant, Jeremy Moorhouse

The proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline Project will facilitate the expansion of the Alberta oil sands, causing significant environmental impacts.

Publication Type: Briefing Notes, Summaries & Fact Sheets

Topic Area: British Columbia: Climate Change