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Joint Implementation Oil Sands Monitoring Plan : spring 2013 update

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The Joint Canada-Alberta Implementation Plan for Oil Sands Monitoring was announced in February 2012. Under the plan, the provincial and federal governments are taking steps to enhance the oil... More ≫

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The Joint Canada-Alberta Implementation Plan for Oil Sands Monitoring was announced in February 2012. Under the plan, the provincial and federal governments are taking steps to enhance the oil sands monitoring program for air, land, water and biodiversity. This update descriges completed enhancements and work in progress as of spring 2013.

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Air quality modelling exercise using Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) model for South Saskatchewan regional plan summary report

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Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development retained ENVIRON International Corporation and Novus Environmental Inc. to conduct regional air quality modelling to support South... More ≫

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Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development retained ENVIRON International Corporation and Novus Environmental Inc. to conduct regional air quality modelling to support South Saskatchewan regional planning, as well as to provide a better understanding of potential air quality issues in the South Saskatchewan Region. The Community Multiscale Air Quality Modelling system was used to predict air pollution concentrations for the 2006-2008 and 2020, 2050 future years at 36, 12 and 4 km resolutions.

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Annual summary of specified gas emitters regulation

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2009 was the second full year of operations for the Specified Gas Emitters Regulation. This report details the results for 2009 and for the previous program periods.

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Potential for gas migration due to coalbed methane development

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Coalbed gas (CBG) effectively consists of methane with minor amounts of ethane and propane, but no hydrogen sulphide (H2S). Recognition of CBG as an increasingly important energy resource has led... More ≫

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Coalbed gas (CBG) effectively consists of methane with minor amounts of ethane and propane, but no hydrogen sulphide (H2S). Recognition of CBG as an increasingly important energy resource has led to rapid expansion of exploration activity. Rapid development started in the 1980s in the western United States of America (USA), and has spread over the last six years to the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin (WCSB). Increased production activities have brought increased awareness of environmental issues surrounding CBG development. In particular, reports of negative experiences associated with early CBG development in the USA have raised stakeholder concerns in Canada. Alberta CBG development has largely avoided the water resources issues experienced in the USA from CBG exploitation for two reasons. The major CBG resource plays in Canada to date have been in ‘dry’ coals, while ‘wet’ CBG coals developed in the USA required dewatering in order to recover the gas. Secondly, the rapid...

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