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'Silent financial tsunami'

There's no need for an emergency debate on the looming, multibillion-dollar cost of cleaning up Alberta’s oilpatch, the governing New Democrats and official Opposition United Conservatives told the provincial legislature Tuesday. They took this position in response to a request from the legislature's lone Liberal member who suggested the matter required an urgent debate.

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By Emma McIntosh | News, Energy, Politics | November 6th 2018

Head of Alberta regulator to resign in January after $260-billion oilpatch cleanup estimate leads to apology

The president of Alberta’s fossil fuel industry regulator is resigning one day after the organization publicly apologized for the alarm caused by its $260-billion estimate of financial liabilities in the province’s oilpatch.

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By Carl Meyer | News, Energy, Politics | November 2nd 2018

Alberta regulator apologizes for spooking public with $260-billion cleanup cost estimate

The Alberta Energy Regulator is apologizing for a “staggering” presentation, made last February by one of its highest-ranking officials, warning the province’s oilpatch that it could be sitting on an estimated $260 billion in financial liabilities.

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By Emma McIntosh, Steph Wechsler, Carolyn Jarvis & Mike De Souza | News, Energy, Politics | November 1st 2018

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Alberta oilpatch liabilities estimated at $260 billion

The staggering estimate of $260 billion in financial liabilities for the oil and gas industry’s graveyard of spent facilities were spelled out by a high-ranking official of the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) in a February presentation to a private audience in Calgary.

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By Mike De Souza, Carolyn Jarvis, Emma McIntosh & David Bruser | News, Energy, Politics | November 1st 2018

Toxins in Saskatchewan were 'off the charts'

"Off the chart" toxic releases in Saskatchewan have been going unpunished for years. Provincial air quality standards have been breached hundreds of times since 2014, but those living nearby were not warned and oil companies responsible for some of the emissions have faced no charges or fines.

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By Robert Cribb, Patti Sonntag, Michael Wrobel, Patricia W. Elliott & Carolyn Jarvis | News, Energy, Politics | October 16th 2018

Ontario watchdog urged to investigate oilpatch

Two organizations have filed a formal request for Ontario’s Chief Electoral Officer to launch an investigation into an election advertising blitz by the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP), Canada’s largest oil and gas lobby group.

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By Fatima Syed | News, Energy, Politics | August 1st 2018

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Mysterious odour in Saskatchewan oil facility contained waste not approved to be disposed at facility

At the time of the incident, residents in the town of Unity, Sask. said the overwhelming smell wafted in from outside. More than six months later, the Saskatchewan Ministry of Energy and Resources has come out with its findings about what made them sick.

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By Canada's National Observer | News, Energy, Politics | July 20th 2018

Oilpatch fires 'warning shot' at Trudeau Liberals

The political implications of a new oilpatch advertising campaign has prompted at least one political insider to call it “a warning shot” from one of Canada’s largest and most powerful lobby groups for the upcoming federal election.

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By Fatima Syed & Robert Cribb | Investigations, Energy, Politics | July 5th 2018

Abbotsford Conservative MP Ed Fast takes part in a development and sustainability panel during the Manning Networking Conference in Ottawa on Feb. 10, 2018. Photo by Alex Tétreault

Canada's toxic refinery emissions 'wake-up call' to MPs

The federal government is failing to protect Canadians from toxic refinery emissions pumped into the air at rates far above those in the United States, opposition politicians said Thursday in response to a Toronto Star/Global News/National Observer investigation. Federal MPs said they were shocked and troubled by the findings.

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By Robert Cribb, Carolyn Jarvis, Rebecca Lindell & Trish Audette-Longo | News, Energy, Politics | May 3rd 2018

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Pollution from Canadian refineries an ‘embarrassment’ compared to U.S.

The average Canadian refinery produced less oil while emitting substantially higher rates of sulphur dioxide, carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxides compared with the U.S. average in 2014, the data shows from a joint investigation by National Observer, Global News and The Toronto Star.

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By Robert Cribb, Carolyn Jarvis & Andrew Bailey | News, Energy, Politics | May 2nd 2018

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