Alberta spent $30M on unpaid land rent for delinquent oil and gas companies in 2024
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7 min. readWhen oil and gas companies are unable, or unwilling, to pay their land rent, the...
From oil well to wetland: meet the B.C. First Nations reclaiming old oil and gas wells on their homelands
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Aski Restoration is ‘healing the land’ in their historic homelands
As Alberta landowners struggle with orphan wells, documents show regulator anxious about gaps in system
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The Alberta Energy Regulator feared a ‘landslide’ of orphan wells — already an ‘exponentially large...
Alberta wants to subsidize oil and gas companies to clean up their mess. Here’s what you need to know
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The proposed pilot oil and gas cleanup incentive program — first pitched to the government...
Alberta officials withholding list of hundreds of dangerous oil and gas sites from public
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Newly obtained documents reveal the Alberta Energy Regulator has kept a confidential list of ‘potentially...
A Petro-Canada gas station polluted their land decades ago — they’re still fighting to get it cleaned up
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Across Alberta, underground storage tanks have contaminated properties, often rendering neighbouring land nearly worthless. Finding...
$100 million in federal funding for cleanup of Alberta oil and gas wells went to sites licensed to CNRL
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Canadian Natural Resources Limited — which has reported an average annual profit of $1.9 billion...
Canada’s oil and gas sector received $18 billion in subsidies, public financing during pandemic: report
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Despite long-held promises to phase out fossil fuel subsidies, Ottawa increased assistance to the industry...
Alberta covered $20 million in unpaid land rent for oil and gas operators in 2020
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The bill for delinquent companies — picked up almost entirely by taxpayers — is up...
