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Alberta regulator says Imperial Oil faces more water problems at oilsands mine

May 12, 2023 Bob Weber - THE CANADIAN PRESS

The Alberta Energy Regulator has warned Imperial Oil about more wastewater problems at its Kearl oilsands mine in northern Alberta. The regulator has issued a notice of non-compliance to the company after chemicals associated with oilsands tailings were found at

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Oilsands emissions could be underestimated by current measuring methods, study says

April 24, 2023 Bob Weber - THE CANADIAN PRESS

New federal research suggests greenhouse gas emissions from the Alberta oilsands may be significantly underestimated, adding to a growing pile of studies that say our understanding of what is going into the atmosphere is incomplete. In a paper published last

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Alberta oilsands wastewater seepage cleanup to be complete by end of May

April 20, 2023 Amanda Stephenson - THE CANADIAN PRESS

CALGARY – Imperial Oil Ltd. said its cleanup efforts following recent high-profile wastewater releases from its Kearl oilsands site will be complete next month. Executives with the Calgary-based company said at an annual investor day event Wednesday that cleanup from

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Alberta Energy Regulator to launch third-party probe of oilsands tailings leak

March 29, 2023 Bob Weber - THE CANADIAN PRESS

EDMONTON – The Alberta Energy Regulator says it’s looking for an investigator to dig into releases of oilsands tailings and tailings-contaminated water that weren’t made public for nine months. In a statement Tuesday, the regulator said it’s seeking a “qualified,

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Alberta premier says changes coming to ensure prompt reporting of oilsands spills

March 22, 2023 Dean Bennett - THE CANADIAN PRESS

EDMONTON – Premier Danielle Smith says laggardly public notification of Imperial Oil oilsands wastewater spills has illuminated the need for Alberta to ensure future alarms are sounded quicker. Smith says her government is working with the province’s oilsands regulator to

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Ottawa requests joint ‘working group’ on oilsands contamination with Alberta

March 20, 2023 Bob Weber - THE CANADIAN PRESS

Federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault has further spelled out what he wants to see in a new body that would oversee monitoring and communications around pollution problems in the oilsands. In a letter dated March 16 to his Alberta counterpart

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Federal and Alberta governments to study oilsands tailings leak communication

March 17, 2023 Bob Weber THE CANADIAN PRESS

EDMONTON — The Alberta and federal governments say they will work together to understand what happened around a nine-month delay in notifying the public about toxic seepage from an oilsands tailings pond. Alberta Environment Minister Sonya Savage and federal Environment

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N.W.T. says lack of notice on oilsands tailings spill goes against deal with Alberta

March 7, 2023 Bob Weber - THE CANADIAN PRESS

Alberta didn’t live up to the terms of a deal it has with the Northwest Territories to inform it about threats to its shared watershed after two major oilsands tailings spills, the territory’s environment minister said Friday. Shane Thompson said

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Alberta’s energy regulator orders company to fix months-old oilsands seepage

February 8, 2023 The Canadian Press

Alberta’s energy regulator has given Imperial Oil until the end of the month to figure out a way to fix ongoing seepage at a tailings pond at its Kearl oilsands mine. The Alberta Energy Regulator says a pond on the

Alberta's NDP is criticizing a governmental review of a program that's supposed to ensure oilsands companies can clean up their mines.
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Review of oilsands cleanup funding program needs public input, says Alberta NDP

January 30, 2023 Bob Weber - THE CANADIAN PRESS

EDMONTON – Alberta’s New Democrat Opposition says a government review of the program that’s supposed to ensure oilsands companies can clean up their mines was conducted too privately and should have been done in public.   Environment critic Marlin Schmidt

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Environment commitments not met by Canada’s oil and gas companies, new report shows  

September 26, 2022 Caitlin Yardley - THE CANADIAN PRESS 

Most of Canada’s oilsands producers have made little progress on their goal to decarbonize the sector despite historically high profits and low capital expenditures, a new report said.   A report from the Pembina Institute said little has been done by

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Auditor scolds Alberta over mine cleanup fund, how province handles polluted sites

June 11, 2021 Bob Weber - THE CANADIAN PRESS

EDMONTON – Alberta’s auditor general is criticizing the government for failing to fix problems pointed out six years ago in a program that’s supposed to guarantee coal and oilsands mines clean up after themselves. Doug Wylie says there’s so much