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• June 3, 2008: World Environment Day June 6 - Industries Cashing In On Americans' Poor Environmental Habits
  

Los Angeles, CA - While households are slow to turn out the lights and separate perishables from plastics, some industry sectors are posting impressive profits from America's poor environmental progress ... [Read the complete article].

• Manitoba Auditor General's
  2007 report on Contaminated Sites and Landfills
  Online Report (123 pages)

• May 21, 2008 Release of the Draft Land-use Framework

I am very pleased to advise that the Honourable Ted Morton, Minister of Sustainable Resource Development today released the Government of Alberta’s Draft Land-use Framework.

The Draft Land-use Framework charts new direction in how land-use decisions are made in Alberta. It provides a strategic blueprint for all levels of government and Albertans as we make decisions today about the province we want in the future.

The draft Land-use Framework, the Draft Land-use Framework Public Feedback Survey, the Land-use Framework Multi-Stakeholder Working Groups Roll-up Report and the Jurisdictional Review Report are now available on the LUF website: www.landuse.gov.ab.ca

I have attached the draft framework, the announcement package and the public Q&A's for your information.

If your organization, group or association wishes to provide feedback, please complete the online survey.

Please forward this to your members as the Government of Alberta is looking for feedback on the draft.

If you have any questions, please contact me. Thank you for your continued interest in the development of the Land-use Framework and have a good day.

<<Draft Land-use Framework.pdf>> <<BG - LUF Goals.pdf>> <<BG - Cumulative Effects Management.pdf>> <<BG - Regional Land-use Plans.pdf>> <<BG - LUF Six Key Strategies.pdf>> <<QAs - Public.pdf>> <<News Release.pdf>> <<Public Feedback Survey.pdf>>

Dave Bartesko, RPFT
Land-use Framework
Sustainable Resource and Environmental Management
Alberta Sustainable Resource Development
LUF Website: www.landuse.gov.ab.ca
LUF Email: LUF@gov.ab.ca

 

• Oct. 23, 2007 APWA, SWANA co-locate exhibitions in 2010

  WASHINGTON, D.C.–Today the American Public Works Association (APWA) and the Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) announced an agreement to co-locate APWA’s International Public Works Congress and Exposition and SWANA’s WASTECON in Boston, Aug. 15-17, 2010. [Read the complete article ].

• March 7, 2007 CITY OF SASKATOON AND SASKPOWER ANNOUNCE BRIGHT PARTNERSHIP

  The City of Saskatoon and SaskPower are partnering to make Saskatoon a more energy-efficient community by giving away 8,000 compact fluorescent lights (CFLs). [Read the complete article].