Water Amendment Act, 2025 (Bill 7): At the end of October 2025, the Government of Alberta introduced Bill 7, Water Amendment Act. The principle changes include: 1. Permitting “low-risk” inter-basin transfers allowing water to be moved from one river basin to another; 2. Combining the Peace-Slave and Athabasca River Basins into a single basin; and…

[The Alberta Environmental Policy Series highlights the many environmental challenges and related government policies in Alberta. SAGE welcomes feedback on these topics.]  In 2020, the 1976 Coal Policy was rescinded without public consultation. Significant areas of the Eastern Slopes land were opened to coal leases, initiating a widespread response from concerned landowners, environmentalists, and Indigenous…

[The Alberta Environmental Policy Series highlights the many environmental challenges and related government policies in Alberta. SAGE welcomes feedback on these topics.] The Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB) entered an agreement in 2021 with the Government of Alberta and Irrigating Alberta, Inc. for improving irrigation infrastructure and increasing water storage. The CIB loan amounts to $466…