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Feds urged to label acids in oilsands as toxic and harmful
12 Mar 2024 11:28 GMT
… polluted water from the oilsands tailings ponds impacted … acids, which accumulate in oilsands tailing ponds, have been found to … United States. #Climate #Oilsands #TailingPonds
Ottawa can unlock … communities near the oilsands have been advocating for …
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Canada’s oil sands emit 6300% more pollutants than previously thought
02 Feb 2024 13:28 GMT
… the air molecules at the oil sands, factoring out the greenhouse … of Canada’s biggest oil sands companies stated that the ECCC … most concerning would be tailing ponds wherein the leftover solution … The development of the oil sands has brought about damage to …
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Oilsands Air Pollution Is at Least 20 Times Higher Than Industry Estimates
26 Jan 2024 23:55 GMT
… affect downwind air quality.
Oilsand contaminants also include polycyclic … the observed emissions from oilsands operations was larger than … of nearly a dozen tailing ponds covering almost 300-square … watershed destruction by the oilsands industry annually added …
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Opinion: The stakes for solving oilsands tailing ponds could not be higher
22 Apr 2023 12:18 GMT
Article content The numbers that describe oilsands tailings are so big that they almost lose meaning. Right now, tailings ponds cover roughly 300 square kilometres of boreal forest in northern Alberta — nearly half the size of Edmonton and one-third the …
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Scientists say Kearl oilsands tailing pond spills were harmful to fish
13 Mar 2023 22:35 GMT
Breadcrumb Trail Links National The company and the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) had both insisted no wildlife had been harmed when the leaks were made public in early February. A tailings pond at Imperial Oil's Kearl Lake oilsands operation north of …
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Scientists say Kearl oilsands tailing pond spills were harmful to fish
13 Mar 2023 21:17 GMT
Breadcrumb Trail Links National The company and the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) had both insisted no wildlife had been harmed when the leaks were made public in early February. A tailings pond at Imperial Oil's Kearl Lake oilsands operation north of …
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Scientists say Kearl oilsands tailing pond spills were likely harmful to fish
13 Mar 2023 22:02 GMT
Federal scientists say a leaking tailings pond at Imperial Oil’s Kearl Lake site likely harmed fish. The company and the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) have insisted wildlife has not been harmed when the leaks were made public in early February. “Based on …
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Canada oil sands leak by Exxon unit heightens First Nations’ calls to clean up tailings
28 Apr 2023 07:27 GMT
… about Canada’s vast oil sands tailings ponds, which reached … to clean up. Oil sands mining companies are responsible … for it.
Remediating oil sands mines could cost C … environmental liabilities that are tailing ponds,” spokeswoman Kaitlin Power said …
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Canada Oil Sands Leak Heightens First Nations' Calls To Clean Up Tailings
27 Apr 2023 12:31 GMT
… tailings leak at the Kearl Oil Sands site, in Fort Chipewyan … complicated to clean up. Oil sands mining companies are responsible … environmental liabilities that are tailing ponds," spokeswoman Kaitlin Power … of Canada's oil sands, one of the largest …
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First Nation demands action from AER and Imperial to clean up tails spillage at Kearl oil sands
02 Mar 2023 21:37 GMT
… tailings spillage from the Kearl oil sands project in northern Alberta. The … systemic failure of Imperials' tailing ponds," added Chief Adam. …