Alberta’s Oil Sands Operators Still Won’t Pay for Their Own Cleanup

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By Mitch AndersonOct 30, 2024, 3:21 pm1.1k ptsInteresting
In a scathing 2023 report, University of Calgary researchers summed up provincial oversight of the oil patch with the following opening sentence: “Alberta policy on inactive and orphan oil and gas wells is a massive regulatory failure characterized by a historical lack of transparency, excessive regulatory…

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