Alberta's Oil and Gas Boom Fuels Land-Use Conflicts – But Should the EUB be Taking the Heat?

dc.contributor.authorKennett, Steven A.eng
dc.contributor.authorWenig, Michael M.eng
dc.date.accessioned2009-04-23T22:34:34Z
dc.date.available2009-04-23T22:34:34Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.description.abstractThe Alberta Energy and Utilities Board (EUB) is at the centre of a growing 'storm' of land-use conflicts arising from oil and gas activities. The public typically looks to the EUB to resolve those conflicts, because of the EUB's role as the province's primary regulator of oil and gas operations. However, the EUB is poorly suited to handling this role because: (1) there is a lack of adequate, high level policy and planning to guide the EUB's decisions; (2) the EUB's 'public interest' determinations are skewed by Alberta Energy's issuance of mineral rights; and (3) the EUB lacks authority to manage the cumulative effects of all activities on all types of land bases. For these reasons, the public should look to Cabinet and the Legislature, as well as the EUB, for resolution of land use conflicts.
dc.description.refereedNoeng
dc.description.sponsorshipNewsletter funded by Nexen Inc. Research for this article was funded by the Alberta Law Foundation.eng
dc.identifier.citation(Summer 2005) 91 Resources 1eng
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/34341
dc.identifier.issn7914-5918
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/47049
dc.language.isoengeng
dc.publisherCanadian Institute of Resources Laweng
dc.publisher.corporateUniversity of Calgaryeng
dc.publisher.facultyLaweng
dc.publisher.urlhttp://www.cirl.caeng
dc.titleAlberta's Oil and Gas Boom Fuels Land-Use Conflicts – But Should the EUB be Taking the Heat?eng
dc.typeNewslettereng
thesis.degree.disciplineCanadian Institute of Resources Laweng
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