natural resources

An Important Development in the Kelly Appeal

December 28, 2008 18:26

Cases Considered: Kelly v. Alberta (Energy and Utilities Board), 2008 ABCA 410 PDF Version:  An Important Development in the Kelly Appeal Last March I posted a blog about a Court of Appeal decision which granted a group of landowners (Kelly et al.) leave to appeal a decision of Alberta’s ...

What zones were the subject of a unitization agreement?

December 27, 2008 13:41

Cases Considered: Signalta Resources Limited v. Dominion Exploration Canada Limited, 2007 ABQB 636; Signalta Resources Limited v. Dominion Exploration Canada Limited, 2008 ABCA 437 PDF Version:  To follow. I blogged the trial decision of Justice AG Park in this case and now the Court of Appeal has ...

The French to corner nuclear?

JD Hull

December 08, 2008 16:42

See The Economist: "Power struggle: Will France continue to lead the global revival of nuclear power?" Excerpt: France is poised to develop its expertise into a significant export. Its president, Nicolas Sarkozy, considers the sale of nuclear power to be...See The Economist: "Power struggle: Will...

Were you ready for Europe's REACH directive?

JD Hull

December 01, 2008 12:44

Regulation (EC) No. 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council, of 18 December, 2006. The Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and restriction of CHemicals (REACH) is a remarkably comprehensive European Union chemical and environmental regulation. It requires all companies...

More on Bush Burrowing

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November 20, 2008 01:40

Schumer and Feinstein have acted in response to the Washington Post's story on how some of the most controversial of Bush's political appointees have burrowed into civil service positions, which I wrote about here, as it pertains to the Interior Department. While their response is limited to yet...