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Concerns over global climate change have sparked a series of legislative and policy responses on the provincial, federal, regional, and international levels. Governments have invoked a number of different policy tools to respond and adapt to these concerns. This bulletin provides a brief update on current legislative and policy initiatives in selected jurisdictions.

Concerns over global climate change have sparked a series of legislative and policy responses on the provincial, federal, regional, and international levels. The challenge of complying with climate change policy is that different governments have invoked a number of different policy tools to respond and adapt.

Presentation given at Insight Information's 2nd Annual Conference on Heavy Oil Refining - Business Case and Environmental Sustainability, held in Edmonton, Alberta on May 30, 2008.

Energy Law Newsletter with a Feature Article on the Mackenzie Gas Project: Federal Court of Appeal Dismisses Appeal in Dene Tha' Case.

Energy Law Newsletter with a Feature Article on Residential Natural Gas Unbundling in BC.

This edition of the Energy Law Newsletter has stories from British Columbia, Alberta and the Northwest Territories.

Energy Law Newsletter with a Feature Article on new Federal and Alberta Climate Change Initiatives.

A presentation about the Alberta Electric System Operator System (AESO), which has the mandate to ensure that all Albertans receive safe, economic and reliable power today and in the future.

On February 27, 2007 British Columbia issued "The BC Energy Plan: A Vision for Clean Energy Leadership". The document is an extensive statement of provincial energy policy, and a roadmap for future government action in BC's energy sector.

Quarterly newsletter from the Energy Law Group.

This paper provides a guide to the regulatory approval processes for oil and natural gas exploration and production in the Northwest Territories, which holds an estimated 33% of Canada’s remaining conventionally recoverable natural gas resources and 25% of the remaining recoverable resources of light crude oil.

Quarterly newsletter from the Energy Law Group.

The issue of coalbed methane (CBM) ownership, frequently disputed between coal rights holders and holders of mines and minerals rights other than coal, has been the subject of numerous recent applications to the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board (AEUB). The AEUB recently announced that it will hold a hearing relating to legal entitlement of CBM on split-title freehold mineral lands in Alberta.

Quarterly newsletter from the Energy Law Group.

The importance of renewable energy resources cannot be overstated. In a climate of rising oil and natural gas prices, enhanced environmental awareness and increasing evidence that fossil fuel supplies are finite, politically vulnerable and environmentally taxing, renewable energy is a promising energy alternative. While not totally without impact on the environment, renewable energy is cleaner than fossil fuels and, by definition, cannot be depleted.

Quarterly newsletter from the Energy Law Group.

Supreme Court of Canada Protects Property Rights of Public Utilities.

Quarterly newsletter from the Energy Law Group.

Quarterly newsletter from the Energy Law Group.

Quarterly newsletter from the Energy Law Group.