Alberta cracks down on new renewable energy projects and EV drivers

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After the province announced it was lifting the moratorium on new renewable energy projects earlier this week, it brought in sweeping new changes to how any future projects could be built, including a 35 kilometre buffer zone.

Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society released a map of the province that it feels would be in line with provincial restrictions on new renewable energy projects.

“Jasper National Park, Banff National Park, Waterton National Park, all you have to do is draw a line out about 35 kilometres from there to get an idea of what the true buffer zone is going to be,” she said. “This is life insurance companies, pension funds, this is banks. This is our money that gets plowed back into these into these projects.”

Horner says the provincial fuel tax is currently used on gas powered vehicles to financially support the road networks. Alberta's budget doesn't even come close to addressing residents' health-care needs now or in the future, workers and advocates said Friday. And nowhere is that more apparent than in the province's capital city, they say.The Alberta government has set aside nearly $1 billion in its annual budget for roads in the province's two biggest cities.

Environment and Climate Change Canada has now issued winter storm warnings for much of southern and parts of central Saskatchewan. Upgraded from a watch earlier in the day.A Yorkton woman said she has run out of options after hearing it will take up to a year to see a gastroenterologist in Saskatchewan.Team Saskatchewan might be the home team, but they’re not the only team with connections to the host province at this year’s Montana’s Brier.

 

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