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Oil well cleanup program listed as ‘key objective’ in Alberta’s pre-election budget
March 1, 2023 Bob Weber - THE CANADIAN PRESSEDMONTON – Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s last budget before an expected spring election gives strong support to a proposed tax break for energy companies to fulfill their legal cleanup duties but doesn’t tell voters how much would be spent on…
Review of oilsands cleanup funding program needs public input, says Alberta NDP
January 30, 2023 Bob Weber - THE CANADIAN PRESSEDMONTON – 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…
Canada’s top five federal contaminated sites to cost billions to clean up
November 29, 2022 Emily Blake - THE CANADIAN PRESSYELLOWKNIFE – With a cost estimate of $4.38 billion, remediation of the Giant Mine, one of the most contaminated sites in Canada, is also expected to be the most expensive federal environmental cleanup in the country’s history. The figure, recently…
Study says easing rules on transfer of unreclaimed oil wells could speed cleanup
April 26, 2021 The Canadian PressCALGARY – A report says Alberta should lower regulatory barriers that discourage businesses from reusing abandoned oil and gas wells. The Canada West Foundation and Energy Futures Lab say that could include allowing companies to sell off defunct energy infrastructure…
Cleanup underway after severe storm with heavy winds rips through Montreal area
August 23, 2017 Sidhartha Banerjee - THE CANADIAN PRESSMONTREAL – Crews began cleaning up in Quebec on Wednesday after a suspected tornado hit one town and severe thunderstorms ripped through other parts of the province, felling century-old trees in one Montreal neighbourhood. The Montreal area and the Laurentian…
Oil spill cleanup continues at derailed freight train site, CN investigating
July 4, 2017 The Associated PressPLAINFIELD, Ill. – The effort to clean up 40,000 gallons of crude oil continues south of Chicago where a freight train derailed last week. Canadian National Railway spokesman Patrick Waldron said Monday the company is investigating the cause and circumstances…
Husky resumes cleanup after major oil spill in Saskatchewan last summer
May 10, 2017 Jennifer Graham - THE CANADIAN PRESSREGINA – Husky Energy is going to see how much more oil – if any – can be cleaned up from a major spill last July along the North Saskatchewan River. The company has started more shoreline cleanup and assessment…
Husky spill in southwest Alberta estimated at 25,000 litres; cleanup going well
March 23, 2017 The Canadian PressCALGARY – Husky Energy says about 25,000 litres of crude oil leaked from one of its pipelines in southwestern Alberta last week. Spokesman Mel Duvall said in an email to The Canadian Press that cleanup at the site at Cox…
Clean up underway after 1,000 litres of bio diesel spills at B.C. fish farm
March 6, 2017 The Canadian PressPORT HARDY, B.C. – The leader of a First Nation off the north coast of Vancouver Island says he’s worried about the impact a fuel spill at a nearby fish farm will have on his community’s food source. Bob Chamberlin,…
Storm-lashed California roads, dams could cost US$1B to fix
February 27, 2017 Scott Smith - THE ASSOCIATED PRESSFRESNO, Calif. – The bill to repair California’s crumbling roads, dams and other critical infrastructure hammered by an onslaught of storms this winter could top $1 billion, including nearly $600 million alone for damaged roadways that more than doubles what…
Cleanup of oil spill in Saskatchewan cost $107 million, Husky Energy says
February 24, 2017 Dan Healing - THE CANADIAN PRESSCALGARY – A major oil pipeline spill last year in Saskatchewan cost $107 million to clean up, a $17-million increase from a September estimate of $90 million, according to pipeline operator Husky Energy (TSX:HSE) of Calgary. The pipeline rupture last…
Government of Alberta advances Disaster Recovery Program funding to help with Fort McMurray uninsurable costs
February 24, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterThe government of Alberta announced on Thursday that it is advancing $20 million in Disaster Recovery Program funding to help with uninsurable costs related to the Fort McMurray wildfire. The funding is intended to help with uninsurable costs, such as…