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First Nation launches legal action over Alberta oilsands cleanup fund
04 Apr 2025 12:05 GMT
… its approach to ensuring oilsands companies pay to … Chipewyan, Alta., downstream from oilsands operations.
The ACFN… verified estimate of total oilsands liabilities and supporting analysis … Treaty obligations after multiple tailings leaks at Imperial Oil…
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Company wants to inject oil sands mine water into underground reservoir
13 Mar 2025 15:13 GMT
… billions of barrels of oil sands mine water in … effective ways to reclaim oil sands tailings, the estimated 300 square … barrels of oil sands mine water in Alberta’s tailings ponds, … Alberta Wilderness Association, said oil sands companies are supposed to …
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CHILD’s PLAY: Suncor welcomes world’s largest shovel in world’s largest (oil)sandbox
03 Mar 2025 22:04 GMT
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As the world’s largest oil sands producer, the Canadian energy giant … Manager for the Mine and Tailings team at Fort Hills, couldn …
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Imperial faces fresh charges over ongoing oil sands leaks
17 Jan 2025 23:44 GMT
… 2022, the site experienced a tailings seepage that went largely unreported … more active role in overseeing oil sands operations, citing a lack of …
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Two Spills Per Week: Alberta Regulator Lacks Evidence for Oil Sands Cleanup Claims, Study Concludes
14 Jan 2025 05:22 GMT
… about the success of oilsands tailings spills cleanup.
“Their … AER)
The information focused on oil sands tailings spills, which are mixtures … ‘routine inspections’ following tailings spills is not supported … Fournier said Alberta’s oil sands are “one of the …
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Alberta energy regulator failing to properly manage oil sands tailings spills, researcher finds
06 Jan 2025 23:02 GMT
… goes into a tailings pond at an oil sands operation near Fort … volumes from tailings ponds in Alberta’s oil sands underestimate the … data-gathering from the oil sands has been abysmal since … according to AER data.
Oil-sands mining companies have added just …
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CNRL was fined $278K after hundreds of birds died in a tailings pond. Now it has launched an appeal
10 Feb 2025 09:24 GMT
… in one of its toxic tailings ponds.
Canadian Natural Resources … mass bird deaths in the oilsands.
The high-profile landings … ;s expanse of tailings ponds.
The Athabasca oilsands are at the … condition of licence for all oilsands producers.
A 'standard …
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Indigenous leaders say lack of oversight on tailings spills a danger to water rights
27 Jan 2025 13:17 GMT
… Regulator (AER) oversees oilsands spills puts weight behind … routine inspections' following tailings spills is not supported by … government, which is pushing oilsands expansion.
"What is … s ability to monitor oilsands production, amid public promises …
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Oilsands pollution study reveals new 'blind spot' in industry reporting
20 Jan 2025 13:43 GMT
… of open pit mines, tailings ponds and smokestacks can be … was ending up.
WATCH | Oilsands facilities emitting unreported air pollutants … More than a dozen Alberta oilsands facilities are emitting potentially … ;s coming out of an oil sands mine? It's …
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Alberta’s cleanup costs for oil sands mining shift to taxpayers as companies avoid responsibility
04 Nov 2024 15:42 GMT
… major investors from Alberta’s oil sands reflect rising environmental and … quote:
“The uncertain state of oil sands tailings reclamation creates regulatory, reputational, and … value.”
— Investor briefing on oil sands liabilities
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Alberta …