The Canada-Newfoundland Atlantic Accord Implementation Act: Transparency of the environmental management of the offshore oil and gas industry

Gail S. Fraser and Joanne Ellis

Marine Policy, 2009, vol. 33, issue 2, 312-316

Abstract: This paper considers the overall outcome of a "public environmental audit" of the government management of the oil and gas offshore industry in eastern Canada. Five requests for data sets were placed using the Access to Information Act; all five requests were denied by the Canada-Newfoundland Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board. This lack of access to environmental monitoring data significantly hinders the ability of independent scientific inquiry and/or public involvement in the environmental assessment process.

Keywords: Disclosure; Offshore; oil; and; gas; industry; Environmental; policy; Canadian; Environmental; Assessment; Act; Access; to; Information; Act (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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