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Published: Feb 1, 2010

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


Green Energy Advisory Task ForcesLetter to Premier Campbell

Published: Feb 1, 2010

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

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


Comments on the Draft Notification and Consultation Regulation Under the Oil and Gas Activities ActSubmission to the Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources

Published: Jan 22, 2010

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


Opening the Door to Oil Sands ExpansionThe Hidden Environmental Impacts of the Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline

Published: Jan 18, 2010

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 17, 2009

This document offers six recommendations for improving the planning and development of renewable electricity projects in British Columbia. The recommendations, authored by the David Suzuki Foundation, the Pembina Institute, Watershed Watch Salmon Society and West Coast Environmental Law, have been endorsed by 25 environmental organizations across the province.

Publication Type: Reports, Backgrounders & Position Papers

Topic Area: British Columbia: Climate Change


Published: Dec 16, 2009

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

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


Comments on the Draft Environmental Protection and Management RegulationSubmission to the Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources

Published: Dec 4, 2009

The 
Pembina 
Institute 
and
 West 
Coast
 Environmental 
Law submitted the following 
comments 
to the
 Ministry 
of
 Energy, Mines
 and
 Petroleum
 Resources
 in response
 to
 the 
November
 4,
 2009,
 draft 
Environmental
 Protection
 and
 Management 
Regulation
 under
 the 
Oil 
and 
Gas 
Activities 
Act.

 While 
pleased
 that
 a 
new 
regulation 
regarding
 the 
environmental 
impacts 
of 
oil 
and
 gas 
activities 
in 
British 
Columbia will be established, the groups expressed
 serious 
concerns
 with 
the 
regulation 
as
 proposed.

Publication Type: Letters & Formal Submissions, Presentations

Topic Area: British Columbia: Other


Recommendations for a Low Carbon Economy in B.C.Submission to the Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services

Published: Oct 16, 2009

The Pembina Institute's submission to the Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services includes five key recommendations for the 2010 budget to support British Columbia's transition to a low-carbon economy. The recommendations include broadening the carbon tax to cover 80% of B.C.'s greenhouse gas emissions and increasing the carbon tax above $30 per tonne after 2012, while continuing to increase protection for low-income families.

Publication Type: Letters & Formal Submissions, Presentations

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


Published: Oct 16, 2009

Four major pipeline projects have been proposed for northern British Columbia over the next five years, including the Enbridge Northern Gateway Project. All of the proposed pipelines would cross and at times run parallel to important salmon habitats in the Upper Fraser, Skeena and Kitimat watersheds.

Publication Type: Reports, Backgrounders & Position Papers

Topic Area: British Columbia: Other



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