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Minister of Environment and Climate Change Steven Guilbeault looks on as Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu speaks with reporters in the Foyer of the House of Commons, on Mar. 20, 2023 in Ottawa. Photo by The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld

Guilbeault calls for stronger Alberta links on oilsands tailings ponds problems

Federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault has repeated his call for a stronger federal presence when it comes to environmental monitoring and communications in the oilsands, following a pair of wastewater releases from Imperial Oil's Kearl mine in Alberta.

By Bob Weber | News, Politics | March 21st 2023

Dene National Chief Gerald Antoine spoke to Canada's National Observer about the possibility of regulations allowing the release of treated tailings into the Athabasca River. Photo submitted by Gerald Antoine

Massive tailings leak highlights another vexing oilsands problem

The recent revelation of a massive leak from Imperial Oil’s tailings ponds highlights the question of what to do with the rest of the oilsands waste accumulating along the Athabasca River.

By Natasha Bulowski & John Woodside | News, Politics, Ottawa Insider | March 20th 2023

Chief Robert Charlie-Tetlichi of the Inuvik Native Band says one possible avenue to addressing the tailings spill issues is using the federal Species at Risk Act. Photo by Jay Telegdi

Nations must help each other ‘to stop this abuse,’ says Inuit elder alarmed over oilsands leaks

Pollution from oilsands tailings dominated the agenda at the Dene Nation Water Summit this week as northern Indigenous leaders and community members discussed how to respond to recent news of multiple leaks hidden for months from neighbouring Indigenous communities.

By Natasha Bulowski | News, Politics, Ottawa Insider | March 16th 2023

Pathways Alliance aims to reach net-zero greenhouse emissions from production by 2050, but has yet to make big investments in emission reduction projects. File photo by Andrew S. Wright

Oilsands giants made barrels of bucks last year — and here’s what they did with it

Shareholders of Canada’s large oilsands companies took home three times more money last year than in 2019, according to a new analysis, while those same companies asked for more taxpayer money to invest in their climate pledges.

By Natasha Bulowski | News, Politics, Ottawa Insider | March 14th 2023

Imperial Oil president and CEO Brad Corson's company is responsible for a major spill — and his industry's most recent self-inflicted reputational wound. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Todd Korol

Canada’s oil and gas industry is its own worst enemy

Alberta's oil and gas industry likes to blame environmentalists and the federal government for its inability to build more pipelines. But as the latest oilsands spill and resulting campaign of silence show, its biggest enemy is itself, writes Max Fawcett.

Opinion

By Max Fawcett | Opinion, Politics | March 14th 2023

A man wearing a black suit jacket and glasses stands in the House of Commons, gesturing, mid-sentence as his colleagues look on in the background and foreground.

Tailings scandal puts polluting corporations in MPs’ crosshairs

MPs lambasted federal and provincial governments in question period Friday for failing to hold polluting corporations accountable in the wake of tailings leaks in northern Alberta.

By Natasha Bulowski | News, Politics, Ottawa Insider | March 10th 2023

Alberta silence over oilsands spill 'worrisome', says Steven Guilbeault

Alberta's nine-month silence over two releases of toxic oilsands tailings water is "worrisome," says federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault.

By Bob Weber | News, Politics | March 10th 2023

Alberta oilsands spill hidden from First Nation an audacious act of ‘environmental racism’

Federal politicians have joined the chorus of anger over Imperial Oil’s failure to alert a downriver First Nations community of a massive release of oilsands tailings first reported last May.

By Natasha Bulowski | News, Politics, Ottawa Insider | March 3rd 2023

Keith Stewart, senior energy strategist at Greenpeace. Photo courtesy of Greenpeace

World’s seventh largest fossil-fuel-funding bank dumps oilsands financing in Canada

London-headquartered bank Barclays announced it will stop financing oilsands projects Wednesday in its annual report, marking another win for shareholder activists.

Financing disaster

By John Woodside | News, Business, Energy | February 16th 2023

Canada’s emergency wage subsidy ‘was really a blank cheque to companies’: Canadians for Tax Fairness

Some of Canada’s biggest corporations received a pandemic subsidy intended to keep their employees on the payroll, but a new report finds that in many cases, these large companies actually reduced employment while padding the pockets of shareholders.

By Natasha Bulowski | News, Politics, Ottawa Insider | February 9th 2023

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