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Dene Nation demands a say on oil sands projects
12 Nov 2025 20:05 GMT
… organization’s participation in Alberta oil sands environmental assessments when they … “grave concerns” over treated oil sands tailings being released and potentially threatening … the treatment and release of oil sands tailings into the river system — …
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Alberta chiefs say oilsands causing cancer surge, call for halt to tailings plan
07 Nov 2025 05:55 GMT
… Alberta Oil Sands Mine Water Steering Committee — to create standards allowing treated tailings … . However, the technology to treat oilsands tailings remains unproven and can’t … and environmental crises caused by oilsands tailings, they said.
"We have …
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Alberta First Nations denounce plans to ‘treat and release’ oil sands tailings
27 Oct 2025 20:21 GMT
… its own regulatory framework for oil sands tailings management. Environment and Climate Change … the accumulation of oil sands process-affected water in tailings ponds.
Currently, … under stringent regulatory requirements, oil sands mines have had to retain …
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Oil Sands Tailings Plan Sparks Indigenous Opposition, Calls for Federal Oversight
24 Oct 2025 20:21 GMT
… a proposal to treat toxic oil sands tailings stored in massive ponds and … this mess without our approval.”
Oil sands tailings are a mix of water … could release untreated tailings into surrounding ecosystems.
Tailings ponds from oil sands mines in …
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MCFN protests plans to release treated oilsands tailings into waterways
21 Oct 2025 05:27 GMT
… government is confident oilsands tailings can be treated … plans to release treated oilsands tailings into waterways, arguing … toxic wastewater stored in oilsands tailings ponds.
“By moving … after wastewater containing oilsands tailings seeped outside its …
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Indigenous leaders to rally in Fort McMurray against tailings release plan
16 Oct 2025 13:22 GMT
… ’s proposal to allow treated oil sands tailings water to be released into … communities to harmful contaminants.
Tailings ponds from oil sands operations contain a mix … to evaluate management options for oil sands tailings but has not yet approved …
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Bridging Gaps: Investigating Oil Sands and Community Health
15 Sep 2025 10:24 GMT
… the ecological distress linked to oil sands tailings is the detection of elevated … of the issues surrounding the oil sands tailings, it is imperative that interdisciplinary …
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Research as reconciliation: Oil sands and health
15 Sep 2025 10:25 GMT
… researching the health effects of oil sands tailings, as previous research suggests that … about the health impacts of oil sands and tailings ponds. A community-led … commitments therefore naturally extend to oil-sands-affected communities and require rigorous …
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Alberta to create standards for releasing oilsands tailings into environment
05 Sep 2025 23:33 GMT
… for releasing treated oilsands tailings into the environment. … with studying tailings management options.
Tailings are mixture … treating and releasing oilsands tailings into the environment … recommendations, including injecting tailings deep underground.
“This …
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Alberta vows to implement new standards for releasing treated oil sands mine water
05 Sep 2025 18:50 GMT
… clean up Alberta’s massive oil sands tailings ponds says the government should … better manage the water in oil sands tailings ponds in the province’s … -million to help develop oil sands water, tailings technologies
The government said Friday …