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Alberta Auditor General Says Oilsands Piggybank Too Tiny
Today the Auditor General of Manitoba, Merwan Saher, blasted the provincial government for not requiring oilsands companies to cough up enough cash in advance in order to clean up and remediate affected landscapes once the last batch of crude has been shipped out.
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UNESCO Moves to Investigate Threats to Wood Buffalo National Park
UNESCO has responded positively to Mikisew Cree First Nation's petition to list Canada's emerald jewel, Wood Buffalo National Park, as in danger. In Germany on Wednesday, UNESCO agreed to launch a Reactive Monitoring Mission in order to ascertain whether "effective and active measures are taken for its protection, conservation and presentation." Mikisew claims that the park is threatened on all sides: Uranium abandonment in the east, oil sands development in the south, hydro dam construction in the west, and a gutting of environmental legislation by the federal government in the past decade.
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ACFN Stands Behind Oil Sands Moratorium
Earlier this month, a group of Canadian and U.S. scientists published a letter calling for significant and mandatory changes to the Oil Sands Industry as it operates today. There are names of 100 authors and signatories on the document, and...
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Honour the Treaties Concert to be Rescheduled
View image | gettyimages.com “I am sad to say that I must postpone the July 3 Honour the Treaties concert at Edmonton’s Rexall Place in support of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nations legal defence,” says Neil Young. “The Honour The...
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Learning Together: The global struggle of land and industry.
As reported by APTN, two delegates from Australian Indigenous groups, the Wangan and Jagalingou Family Councils, stopped in Alberta last week as part of a world tour to raise awareness of a mining project planned for their sacred territories. Sounds like...
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Alberta Forest Fire Threatens Ecosystems, Industry
Forest fires in North-Eastern Alberta have brought roughly 9% of the Oil Sands industry to a halt. Crews have been evacuated from various work sites, and other sites have been left inaccessible by road due to the fire. Much discussion...
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Parliament Hill hears from advocates against fracking
It is becoming clearer and harder to deny that the oil, energy, and resource extraction industries have negative effects on water quality in their surrounding ecosystems. For the Athabasca - Peace River Delta, this has become increasingly clear through the...
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Mount Polly Review Released
The message from Environment Canada is that the Mount Polley tailings dam was built on weakened soil, and that the environmental rules as-they-exist are good enough.
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A quote from Rachel Notley's victory speech last night: "To Alberta’s Indigenous peoples: the trust we have been given tonight is a call to be better neighbours and partners. I’m looking forward to consulting with you and learning from you."
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Alberta Election: The future of Fort McMurray - Wood Buffalo riding
View image | gettyimages.com Alberta goes to the polls today, and by tonight the Fort McMurray - Wood Buffalo riding will have a new representative in the provincial legislative assembly. Fort Chipewyan and Mikisew Cree First Nation, as well as...
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