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January 2018
Edmonton January Luncheon: Carbon Competitiveness Incentive Regulation
CPANS is pleased to announce the January Edmonton Luncheon Topic: Carbon Competitiveness Incentive Regulation Introducing Alberta’s New Industrial Carbon Pricing System. On January 1st, Alberta transitioned from the Specified Gas Emitters’ Regulation to a new system to price carbon emissions from larger industrial facilities, as per committed in the Climate Leadership Plan. Presenter: Heather Carmichael is the Director of the Emissions Policy Unit in the Alberta Climate Change Office. She has worked with the Government of Alberta for almost 10 years…
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Calgary February Luncheon: Proposed Changes to Federal Environmental Legislation Including the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act
The next CPANS Calgary Technical Luncheon presentation is Wednesday, February 28, 2018. Please register by this Friday, February 23! Presenter: Brad Gilmour, Partner, Head of Regulatory, Bennett Jones Brad Gilmour is head of the regulatory department at Bennett Jones and co-head of the environmental department. His practice focuses primarily on environmental, energy, regulatory and aboriginal law. He has significant experience in facility approval applications associated with a broad range of energy, natural resource, chemical, petrochemical, hydro, oil sands, bio-fuel, wind…
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CPANS EC competition
Students step into the shoes of an environmental consultant! Build a team of 3-5 students Read through and come up with a solution to the problem Submit your 3 page proposal Cash prizes! 1st place: $1000* 2nd place: $500 3rd place: $250 * Plus reimbursement for up to $2000 to compete at the international level! For more details, download the guidelines here.
Find out more »2018 CPANS Conference – Call for Abstracts
Please mark your calendars for the 2018 CPANS Annual Conference: Conference Theme: "Western Canada: Environmental State of the Union” Date: Wednesday, May 9th, 2018 Venue: Ramada Hotel – Downtown, 708 - 8 Avenue, Calgary, Alberta General Information (Session details and schedule to follow) The 2018 CPANS annual conference will be held at the Ramada Plaza Calgary Downtown, Calgary, Alberta. Participants of this conference will include environmental researchers, educators, students, environmental managers, other professionals, environmental industries and policy makers. The conference will be…
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Calgary April Luncheon: U.S. Climate Liability Lawsuits Against Oil Companies: An Attempt to Bring Science to the Table
The next CPANS Calgary Technical Luncheon presentation is Wednesday, April 18, 2018. Please register by this Friday, April 13! Presenter: Christian Reuten, Ph.D., ACM, Technical Director / Associate, RWDI AIR Inc. Christian's technical work at RWDI includes climate-change assessments, data analysis, and numerical modelling and model evaluation. He oversees RWDI’s Greenhouse Gas Verification Program and a broad client sector including government, Indigenous people, lawyers, and academia. Christian is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of Calgary. His research interests…
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