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Permission to Appeal Granted: AWA and CPAWS Northern Alberta progress in challenging Alberta Energy Regulator’s Decision to Cancel Public Hearing for a Coal Mine

The Alberta Court of Appeal has granted permission to Alberta Wilderness Association (AWA) and the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society…
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Upper Smoky Sub-Regional Plan Sacrifices the Last Mountain Caribou

ENGOs comment on released Upper Smoky subregional landuse plan, plan lacks meaningful commitments to the conservation and recovery of Alberta’s…
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Advisory: AWA and CPAWS Northern Alberta Go to Court

Tomorrow Alberta Wilderness Association (AWA) and CPAWS Northern Alberta are going to court.…
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New Coal Development is a Bad Deal for Alberta 

CPAWS Northern and Southern Alberta launch updated letter for Albertans to remind elected officials that they do not want new…
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Our Take: 2025 Draft Ministry Mandates

updated priorities outlined in the mandates for the ministries of Environment and Protected Areas, Forestry and Parks, Energy and Minerals, and Tourism…
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Mine 14 Approvals Granted After Public Hearings Cancelled: ENGOs Continue to Move Forward With Appeal

On September 24, 2025 the Regulatory Applications branch of the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) issued approvals for Summit Coal’s Mine…
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Indigenous, environment, health groups reject tailings treat-and-release guidance

Two years of Alberta’s inaction on toxic tailings requires federal leadership to protect downstream communities…
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Environmental groups turn to Alberta Court of Appeal after Alberta Energy Regulator CEO cancels public coal hearing  

Alberta Wilderness Association (AWA) and Northern Alberta Chapter of the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS NAB) call for the…
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AER CEO claims unprecedented power to cancel public hearing for coal mine  

CPAWS Northern Alberta and AWA on AER decision to cancel Summit Inc. Mine 14 Public Hearing.…
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CPAWS Northern Alberta celebrates legal protection of Gipsy Gordon Wildland Provincial Park!

CPAWS Northern Alberta is celebrating the legal protection of the Gipsy Gordon Wildland Provincial Park – which permanently protects 186,000…
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CPAWS Northern and Southern Alberta Release Survey Guide for Plan For Parks Phase 2

In June, the Government of Alberta released the new draft Alberta Plan for Parks and launched a phase 2 public…
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New Poll: Conservation is a Core Value, not Fringe Concern, for Most Albertans 

New polling commissioned by CPAWS Northern and Southern Alberta paints a picture of nature conservation as a core value held…
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