Oilsands Tailings

• Alberta regulator confirms potential oilsands toxins in small fish-bearing waterbody

  Alberta's energy regulator has confirmed hazardous chemicals are present in a small waterbody after releases of tailings-contaminated wastewater from Imperial Oil's Kearl oilsands.

  Canada

  Apr 5, 2023
  
• Alberta waited a month to declare emergency response to Kearl oilsands releases: document

  'The fact that the province waited over a month before initiating its emergency response is not surprising at all,' said Chief Alan Adam of the Athabasca Cree First Nation.

  Environment

  Apr 4, 2023
  
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• Alberta Energy Regulator to launch third party probe of Kearl oilsands tailings leak

  The regulator says in a news release today it is looking for a qualified, impartial third party to conduct the probe.

  Environment

  Mar 28, 2023
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• Alberta silence over Kearl oilsands spill ‘worrisome,’ says federal environment minister

  Alberta has an agreement with Ottawa that all such events must be reported promptly to the federal department, which has enforcement responsibilities over water.

  Environment

  Mar 9, 2023
• Fungus could clean up oil spills, oilsands tailings: researchers

  Researchers at the University of Saskatchewan have discovered a fungus which could clean up oil spills and restore oilsands tailings.

  Science

  Oct 24, 2017