Category: Other Issues
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The Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE) and For Our Kids would like to share Polluting Education: The Influence of Fossil Fuels on K-12 Education in Canada. This report reveals how industry-driven narratives shape young people’s understanding of energy and climate in ways that serve corporate interests rather than the public good. It calls for urgent…
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Organized by For Our Kids and Canadian Lung Association Dear Prime Minister, We, the 21 undersigned organizations, call for the immediate passing of strong oil and gas methane regulations. As organizations dedicated to the health and well-being of children and communities, we recognize the urgent need to reduce methane emissions and emphasize that robust regulations…
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Letter to Minister Joseph Schow, Minister of Tourism and Sport The notion that the designation of currently protected provincial parks, provincial recreation areas, wilderness areas, ecological reserves, natural areas or heritage rangelands may be rescinded on the recommendation of the Minister of Tourism and Sport to make way for an all-season resort contradicts the preamble…
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The Southern Alberta Group for the Environment (SAGE) has been a leading voice for a healthy and environmentally sustainable community in Lethbridge and region since 1984. SAGE was an active participant in the public consultations that eventuated the South Saskatchewan Regional Plan (SSRP). The SSRP articulated strategic directions for policy action that included the management…
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Letter to the University of Lethbridge The University of Lethbridge Business Corporation (ULBC) is in the process of conducting a market analysis that will guide the South Campus Development of approximately 100 acres owned by the University (1). Part of the area proposed for housing development has been identified in the City of Lethbridge Environment…
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The future of Albertans will be based on a healthy and resilient environment: Water flowing in our rivers must meet instream flows and water quality levels necessary for long-term health of aquatic ecosystems and humans dependent upon them; biodiversity must be preserved to maintain the complex, interdependent ecosystem of which humans are a part; soil…
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Submitted to City of Lethbridge, Community Safety Standing Policy Committee The Southern Alberta Group for the Environment (SAGE) supports the initiative being advanced by Rena Woss regarding the development of a Light Nuisance Bylaw for Lethbridge. Light that trespasses into personal living spaces, including backyards, has negative impacts both to human wellbeing and the environment. The Leadership…