Unremediated Yukon asbestos mine poses health hazards, flood risk 42 years after closing
Clinton Creek doesn’t get the level of attention other major mine clean-ups in the territory...
Ottawa is paying to clean up Alberta’s inactive wells. Are the oilsands next?
As $1 billion in federal funds go to clean up inactive wells, experts are sounding...
Report ‘buried’ by Alberta government reveals ‘mounting evidence’ that oil and gas wells aren’t reclaimed in the long run
A previously unreleased report obtained by The Narwhal shows a government division — soon to...
Five years after Mount Polley disaster, taxpayers still on hook for cleaning up mining accidents
B.C. is supposed to have a polluter-pay policy, but that’s not the reality on the...
Regulator projects Alberta’s inactive well problem will double in size by 2030, documents reveal
Officials estimate the total number of inactive wells in Alberta will grow to 180,000 over...
Alberta issues 97% of reclamation certificates without ever visiting oil and gas sites
Data shows Alberta’s regulator visits less than three per cent of sites it certifies as...
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...
B.C. Taxpayers On The Hook for Underfunded Mine Disaster and Reclamation Costs
Taxpayers are being put at serious financial risk by gaping holes in B.C.’s mining regulations...
Syncrude Sustainable Development Award Decried as “Misleading”
Critics cried foul last week after oilsands giant Syncrude was awarded the inaugural Towards Sustainable Mining...
