Sentences with phrase «in federal environmental assessment»

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«It's ironic that the Committee report should come out in the midst of today's court hearings into the Site C dam, a megaproject approved by the federal and province governments over the objections of First Nations and despite a highly critical environmental assessment.»

HAZELTON — A federal environmental assessment report that concluded the proposed New Prosperity open - pit mine would have significant adverse effects for the Tsilhqot» in is a condemnation of the B.C. Liberals approach to Aboriginal rights and title, says Stikine MLA Doug...

In addition to fluctuating prices, the industry faces evolving policies on Indigenous consultation and environmental assessment, a changing federal and provincial policy landscape, and technological advancements.

Victoria — Changes to the federal environmental assessment process, along with deep budget cuts, will weaken environmental protection in British Columbia say the B.C. New Democrats.

Cases such as this, the Court explained, illustrate why environmental assessment in Canada is designed to «promote co-operation and co-ordinated action between federal and provincial governments.»

FEMA and the State Department of Environmental Conservation are doing a damage assessment in the region, and if the damage exceeds $ 27.5 million, it will qualify for federal aid.

U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer on Wednesday called on the federal Environmental Protection Agency to «move into a higher gear» and conduct a comprehensive assessment of radioactive hotspots in Niagara County and Grand Island.

If activists were to succeed in stopping TMT, it wouldn't be the first time: In 2002 a federal court blocked a NASA plan to build a half dozen 1.8 - meter telescopes on the mountain because it failed to do a comprehensive environmental assessment; NASA eventually abandoned the projecin stopping TMT, it wouldn't be the first time: In 2002 a federal court blocked a NASA plan to build a half dozen 1.8 - meter telescopes on the mountain because it failed to do a comprehensive environmental assessment; NASA eventually abandoned the projecIn 2002 a federal court blocked a NASA plan to build a half dozen 1.8 - meter telescopes on the mountain because it failed to do a comprehensive environmental assessment; NASA eventually abandoned the project.

In addition to his commitment to updating federal chemical safety regulations, Dooley has led efforts urging Congress and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to ensure the best available science and technology are at the foundation of government science and risk assessment programs.

It's worth noting here that the administration is, in fact, implementing something like this, making climate a key part of federal project assessment and approval under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).

And in February, the Department of the Interior agreed to a moratorium on fracking in federal waters in the Pacific until an environmental assessment could be completed.

They are currently in the process of filing an application to the Supreme Court of Canada «seeking leave to appeal a Federal Court of Appeal decision that sets a damaging precedent for the future of environmental assessment law in Canada.»

In a similar vein, environmental assessments do not fall solely within federal jurisdiction: rather, provincial and Indigenous jurisdictions overlap federal jurisdiction, leading to a need to coordinate processes and decisions.

Just as federal and provincial departments and agencies participate as experts in environmental assessments, the regulators should also be engaged during assessments to provide their advice and expertise, and also to help streamline the transition between the assessment and regulatory stages.

This opportunity is perhaps most pronounced in the reviews of federal environmental assessment processes and the National Energy Board (NEB).

They also made the environmental law rollbacks an election issue in 2015 and led the Prime Minister to direct his cabinet ministers to undertake the review of four major federal environmental laws, processes and bodies: the Fisheries Act, Navigation Protection Act, environmental assessment processes and the National Energy Board.

Transitioning to next generation environmental assessment will necessitate removing authority from the regulators and placing it with a separate federal authority, one equipped to engage in broader, more collaborative and deliberative planning processes.

They are acting as if they are in the midst of a federal or provincial environmental assessment process but they are not — they haven't even filed any detailed plans with the National Energy Board.

In November 2015, the Prime Minister mandated several Cabinet Ministers to review four of Canada's environmental laws and processes: the Fisheries Act, Navigation Protection Act, the National Energy Board, and federal environmental assessment processes.

The current Liberal Federal Government is moving full - swing in its promised amendments to the legislation governing the federal environmental assessment process and the environmental protection provisions related to the Federal FisheriesFederal Government is moving full - swing in its promised amendments to the legislation governing the federal environmental assessment process and the environmental protection provisions related to the Federal Fisheriesfederal environmental assessment process and the environmental protection provisions related to the Federal FisheriesFederal Fisheries power.

Most readers will know that this was Taseko's second attempt to secure federal approval for its proposed mine and that the federal review panel that conducted the second environmental assessment (EA) concluded that, like the original Prosperity project, it too was likely to result in significant adverse environmental effects (SAEEs)(for more on the panel's report, see my previous post here)...

Lead counsel for the Dene Tha» First Nation in its successful challenge of the federal environmental assessment process for the Mackenzie Gas Project, which fundamentally altered the way in which governments approached consultation on environmental assessments.

Legal materials to be filed in the Federal Court of Appeal will demonstrate that, among other things, the NEB lacked legal authority to start its review process because of the federal government's failure to first consult Tsleil - Waututh on key decisions about the environmental assessment and regulatory review of the pFederal Court of Appeal will demonstrate that, among other things, the NEB lacked legal authority to start its review process because of the federal government's failure to first consult Tsleil - Waututh on key decisions about the environmental assessment and regulatory review of the pfederal government's failure to first consult Tsleil - Waututh on key decisions about the environmental assessment and regulatory review of the project.

He has also appeared as counsel in environment cases and before various federal boards, commissions and agencies across Canada, including the National Energy Board, the Berger Commission and federal and provincial environmental assessment panels.

Since the recent federal election there has been much discussion (and as my colleague Eugene Kung notes, an abundance of open letters) about the Liberal party's election promise to «review Canada's environmental assessment (EA) processes and introduce new, fair processes» for reviewing projects (or re-reviewing them, as in the case of major proposals like the controversial Kinder Morgan and Energy East oil sands pipeline and tankers projects).

The Guidelines Order, like all other Federal environmental assessment regimes until CEAA 2012, was predicated on environmental assessment being a planning tool to aid decision making in areas unquestionably under Federal jurisdiction.

Thank you for the opportunity to participate in this review of Federal environmental assessment processes.

I intend to confine my comments to the Constitutional division of powers which must underpin Federal environmental assessment processes carried out in relation to private development on privately - owned or Provincial Crown land.

The Constitutional basis for Federal environmental assessment was addressed in Friends of the Oldman River Society v. Canada (Minister of Transport), [1992] S.C.J. No. 1 (Oldman River), which affirmed the constitutionality of the Guidelines Order, the predecessor to CEAA.

Downstream Emissions in Canada's New Environmental Assessment «Climate Test» In late January 2016, Canada's federal Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Catherine McKenna, and Minister of Natural Resources, Jim Carr, announced interim changes to environmental assessment processes as part of «efforts to restore public trust.&raquin Canada's New Environmental Assessment «Climate Test» In late January 2016, Canada's federal Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Catherine McKenna, and Minister of Natural Resources, Jim Carr, announced interim changes to environmental assessment processes as part of «efforts to restore public Environmental Assessment «Climate Test» In late January 2016, Canada's federal Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Catherine McKenna, and Minister of Natural Resources, Jim Carr, announced interim changes to environmental assessment processes as part of «efforts to restore public trust.&raquIn late January 2016, Canada's federal Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Catherine McKenna, and Minister of Natural Resources, Jim Carr, announced interim changes to environmental assessment processes as part of «efforts to restore public environmental assessment processes as part of «efforts to restore public trust.»