Alberta's energy regulator is confirming that hazardous chemicals are present in a small waterbody after two releases of tailings-contaminated wastewater from Imperial Oil's Kearl oilsands mine.

Source: https://www.chroniclejournal.com/news/national/alberta-regulator-confirms-kearl-oilsands-toxins-in-small-fish-bearing-waterbody/article_21683143-d437-50f9-9aca-e9d75acd3fa7.html

Deborah is the former editor of jwnenergy.com and oilsands editor for the Daily Oil Bulletin.

Source: https://theclarion.ca/business/why-hollywood-shouldnt-speak-for-canadas-indigenous-communities/

Federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault wants to set up a new group with the Alberta government and Indigenous communities to monitor and oversee contamination problems in the oilsands.

Source: https://www.baytoday.ca/national-news/ottawa-requests-joint-working-group-on-oilsands-contamination-with-alberta-6716853

Imperial Oil’s president and CEO described the failure to alert downstream communities to toxic oilsands tailings leaks as a “communication breakdown” during his testimony on Parliament Hill on Thursday.

Source: https://www.nationalobserver.com/2023/04/21/news/imperial-execs-testify-toxic-tailings-leak-parliament-hill-protesters

No phaseout targets or timelines for the oilsands or other sectors in the 32-page document; no universal job totals; no new spending by Ottawa.

Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/sustainable-jobs-just-transition-justainable-jobsition-alberta-ottawa-oil-gas-1.6753118?cmp=rss

TD Securities analyst Menno Hulshof pointed out that Kruger has deep knowledge of the oilsands, with Imperial and Suncor having assets next to each other in the region and refineries in the same jurisdiction.

Source: https://globalnews.ca/news/9500467/suncor-energy-rich-kruger-new-ceo/

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.

Source: https://www.lacombeexpress.com/news/alberta-energy-regulator-to-launch-third-party-probe-of-kearl-oilsands-tailings-leak/

The largest recorded earthquake in Alberta's history was not a natural event, but most likely caused by disposal of oilsands wastewater, new research has concluded.

Source: https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/largest-recorded-alberta-earthquake-not-natural-from-oilsands-wastewater-study-1.6325474

Why not for oilsands reclamation?

Source: https://www.nationalobserver.com/2023/12/13/news/inquiry-needed-so-oilsands-companies-clean-pay