Ponds of toxic waste in Alberta’s oilsands are bigger than Vancouver — and growing
Mapping the growth of the toxic reservoirs shows just how far they’ve expanded since 1975,...
Between a rock and an arts place: can a B.C. town survive another gold rush?
Wells, B.C., was built around gold mining, but a proposed project has the community debating...
The federal government should cap toxic oilsands tailings — not approve its release into rivers
Ottawa’s move to allow oil and gas companies to dump ‘treated’ effluent into the Athabasca...
Mount Polley loses appeal of $9,000 penalty for violating new wastewater permit
The company responsible for Canada’s largest tailings spill failed to meet new provincial conditions for...
Audit of B.C.’s tailings pond regulations casts shadow on government’s ‘world class’ mining claims
B.C. positions itself as a world leader in responsible mining, but an internal review of...
Alberta ‘undermining’ system meant to ensure oilsands companies pay for cleanup, critics say
Last year’s economic crash meant oilsands companies were going to have to pay an annual...
Here’s how plants could help clean up Alberta’s oilsands tailings ponds
Plants are highly effective at pulling trapped water from the subsurface and releasing it to...
It’s official: Alberta’s oilsands tailings ponds are leaking. Now what?
There are more than a trillion litres of toxic oilsands waste stored in tailings ponds...
New global standards for mine waste won’t prevent dam failures, critics say
The international standards, which come in response to tailings disasters like Mount Polley, are facing...
