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Originally Posted by Intentionalfilmguy
What's key is that nothing should be getting a free pass, we have to be rigorous with all energy sources. The we can determine what we consequences we will have to accept.
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If you're considering being rigorous with all energy sources then might I suggest that you devote a small portion of your program to the Environmental Assessment process as the frontline for minimization of impacts.
IMO ... more often than not there is minimal effort to collect some form of reasonable baseline data by unqualified personnel, then the word "mitigate" is thrown in to get the stamp and move on to the next stage.
But ... what really confuses the hell out of me is that there is ZERO requirement for any kind of post development monitoring to measure the impacts so that lessons can be learned for similar future projects.
And that's not to mention that some activities escape without any form of stewardship. You know the declining salmon population in the west?
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Exploration permits for oil, gas, and mining are granted through the Oil and Gas Commission (OGC) and the Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources (MEMPR), respectively. The OGC is not obliged to contact DFO about projects that may harm migratory fish habitat. Similarly, the MoE’s Environmental Stewardship Division and its biologists are generally not in the loop on OGC developments because the OGC has been granted approval authority under some Provincial legislation.
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http://www.sfu.ca/biology/faculty/re...iew%202008.pdf (page 71)