Environmental Law & Regulation
Letter to Saskatoon on Building Efficiency Standards
May 5, 2025 — SES supports City Administration’s recommendation that the Standing Policy Committee on Planning Development and Community Services recommend to City Council to maintain alignment with the Low Emissions Community (LEC) Plan by regulating to Tier 2 of the National Building Code.
SES letter on the Clean Electricity Strategy
February 19, 2025 — Saskatchewan and Alberta are undermining the objectives of the Clean Electricity Strategy and Clean Electricity Regulations. Accordingly, SES urges the federal government to respond with a constitutional reference hearing to question and evaluate the legitimacy of the Saskatchewan First Act and the Alberta Sovereignty within a United Canada Act.
SES Perspective on the SK Tribunal Report on the Draft Clean Electricity Regulations
July 20, 2024 — SES’s perspective on the newly released Saskatchewan Economic Impact Assessment Tribunal Report on the draft Clean Electricity Regulations.
SES Comments on the Clean Electricity Regulations
March 15, 2024 — SES’s support for the draft CER and comments on proposed changes to the regulatory design.
Response to Bill 88 The Saskatchewan First Act
December 15, 2022 — Letter to Premier Scott Moe, Minister of Justice Bronwyn Eyre, and Minister of the Environment Dana Skoropad expressing deep concern about the provisions related to greenhouse gas regulation and environmental standards in Bill 88, The Saskatchewan First Act.
“Prairie Resilience” Is Not Enough
December 2018 — SES Report: “Prairie Resilience” Is Not Enough (SES’s response to the Saskatchewan government’s climate change plan)
Comments on Proposed Federal Carbon Pricing Backstop
June 30, 2017 — Comments from the Saskatchewan Environmental Society on the Technical Paper (May 18, 2017) on the Federal Carbon Pricing Backstop.
Comments on Proposed Methane Regulations
July 13, 2017 — Comments from the Saskatchewan Environmental Society on the Proposed Regulation Respecting Reduction in the Release of Methane and Certain Volatile Organic Compounds (Upstream Oil & Gas Sector).
Input on the Federal Environmental Assessment Process
November 29, 2016 — Written submission from SES to the Expert Panel Review of Federal Environmental Assessment Processes.
Comments on EIS for the Yancoal Southey Project
June 2, 2016 — Comments to the Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment on the Environmental Impact Statement for the Yancoal Southey Project.