Greening the Grid in Alberta

Alberta's growing demand for electricity can be entirely met by tapping into the province's vast renewable energy resources.

Pembina's analysis of green electricity scenarios clearly demonstrates Alberta has incredible potential to become a leader in green power production and energy efficiency and doesn't have to rely on dirty fuels.

From Brown to Green

Greening the Grid outlines two scenarios for meeting Alberta's electricity demand. The more aggressive "green scenario" shows how Alberta could move from 70 per cent coal to 70 per cent renewable energy in just 20 years.

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Alberta’s New Land-Use Framework at Critical Phase

Alberta’s new Land-Use Framework could become one of the government’s most important policy and legislative initiatives in several decades.

It acknowledges that “we have reached a tipping point, where sticking with the old rules will not produce the quality of life we have come to expect.” But its success is not guaranteed. The outcome will hinge on key implementation decisions.

In Making It Real: Implementing Alberta’s Land-Use Framework, the Pembina Institute and the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society recommend specific actions for the Government of Alberta to take six key areas to translate the Land-Use Framework’s policy direction into meaningful change on the ground.

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Correcting the Course of Cumulative Environmental Management in the Athabasca Oil Sands

Recognizing the urgent need for environmental management and the benefits of engaging stakeholders, the Pembina Institute has put forward recommendations for a new approach to environmental management in the Athabasca oil sands.

During eight years of effort, the multi-stakeholder organization created to recommend systems for protecting the environment in the Athabasca Boreal Region has failed consistently. The current approach by the Governments of Alberta and Canada to environmental management has failed to protect Alberta's environment from rapidly expanding oil sands development.

Taking the Wheel lays out a new pathway for developing environmental management systems through a new, reconstituted multi-stakeholder process.

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