Events

Clean Energy Superpower and Environmental Assessment: Canada's Ambitions and Choices

In December 2010, Canada's Minister of Finance told an American audience that Canada is an "emerging energy superpower" ready to provide the world with a safe supply of resources. December 2010 also saw a Royal Society of Canada report highlighting two important deficiencies in environmental review of oil sands projects. If we grow our energy to superpower scale, Environmental Assessment (EA) becomes a more critical bridge than ever between our national objectives on the one hand and our national responsibilities on the other. The increasing burdens we are placing on it means that EA itself now deserves some assessment. This April 14-15th, join The Queen's University Institute for Energy and Environmental Policy for: "Clean Energy Superpower and Environmental Assessment: Canada's Ambitions and Choices" in Kingston, ON. More information

Call for Papers - St. Lawrence River Great Lakes Basin: Scoping the Future

The St. Lawrence River Institute of Environmental Sciences is pleased host its 18th annual international conference on the St. Lawrence River - Great Lakes Ecosystem to be held in Cornwall, Ontario this May 4-5th. For years, this conference has been a key platform to discuss recovery efforts of Great Lakes remedial action plans (RAPs) and long-term monitoring needs for the Cornwall RAP. The conference will aim to build connections to communities and interested groups by providing a platform for discussion of St Lawrence River and Great Lakes governance. This is the first call for papers and all are invited to participate. Final arrangement and number of session topics will depend on the abstracts received. Please submit your paper on one of the session topics listed at www.riverinstitute.ca. Deadline: March 11, 2011.

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