11 things you need to know as Trudeau announces $1.7 billion to clean up ‘festering’ orphan and inactive wells
Federal funding will create jobs during the coronavirus crisis and help clean up environmental liabilities,...
‘Hidden danger’: Life for farmers atop Alberta’s 400,000 kilometres of pipelines
Don and Marg Wieben have lived side-by-side with the oilpatch for 45 years. “We accepted...
Oil and gas companies owe Albertans $20 million in unpaid land rents
Payments to landowners made by government on behalf of delinquent companies up 840 per cent...
Alberta taxpayers footing bill for delinquent oil and gas companies, investigation reveals
Landowners are supposed to get paid for wells on their property, but companies are increasingly...
Many of Alberta’s ‘reclaimed’ wells aren’t actually reclaimed: government presentation
With the click of a button, oil and gas companies can receive certificates for site...
The story of Alberta’s $100-billion well liability problem. How did we get here?
Landowners once promised a fair share for hosting oil and gas infrastructure on their properties...
Three Ways to Improve Alberta’s Toothless Energy Regulator
By Barry Robinson, Ecojustice. The Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) is Alberta’s one-stop regulatory body for...
Geothermal Picks Up Steam With Alberta Proposal to Retrofit Abandoned Oil Wells
It’s been an awfully rough year for Alberta, with the resource-rich province currently grappling with...
Geothermal Could Put Thousands from Alberta’s Oil and Gas Sector Back to Work
Abandoned oil and gas wells in Alberta are on the rise — but where many...
