Bob Weber
Reporter with The Canadian Press
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Imperial Oil faces more water problems at Kearl oilsands mine, regulator warns
The Alberta Energy Regulator has warned Imperial Oil about more wastewater problems at its Kearl oilsands mine in northern Alberta.
Alberta municipalities asked provincial government to keep aerial wildfire fighters
Alberta's 2019 decision to cancel funding for an elite wildfire-fighting crew in 2019 came despite pleas to keep the Rapattack program from at least three municipalities, including one that has since been evacuated during this spring's blazes.
Country music star Corb Lund urges strong election stance against Alberta coal mines
As Albertans begin what could be a bitter and divisive provincial election campaign, one of the province's most popular musicians wants to remind them of an issue that brought everyone together a couple years ago.
Alberta oilsands may be vastly underestimating greenhouse gas emissions
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.
Alberta government releases ‘aspirational’ plan on climate
Alberta's United Conservative Party government released a climate plan Wednesday that it hopes will take the province to net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 without offering many details, targets or new measures to get it there.
Suncor reports release from sediment pond on Alberta oilsands mine
In a note to area First Nations, the Alberta Energy Regulator says the water is from a pond used to settle suspended solids in surface water collected from parts of the site that haven't been mined. Once the sediments settle, the water is emptied into a creek that drains into the Athabasca River.
Alberta regulator reconsiders Fort Hills oilsands approval after critical report
Alberta's energy regulator is reconsidering a project it approved months ago after receiving a critical report on Fort Hills Energy's plan to mine oilsands from a unique carbon-storing wetland.
Toxins found in small fish-bearing waterbody near oilsands spill, energy regulator says
Alberta's energy regulator has confirmed hazardous chemicals are present in a small waterbody after two releases of tailings-contaminated wastewater from Imperial Oil's Kearl oilsands mine.
Alberta delayed declaring emergency response to oilsands releases for a month: document
The Alberta government waited a month before calling an emergency response to one of the biggest releases of oilsands tailings in the province's history, a leaked document shows.
Regulator defends conclusion that Alberta's largest earthquake was caused by oilpatch
Alberta's energy regulator has defended its finding that the province's largest recorded earthquake was caused by oilpatch activity, saying the pattern of temblors since last fall clearly points to a water disposal well even though there's no suggestion rules were flouted.