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Groups want Alberta coal hearings adjourned while Appeal Court considers applications
Grassy Mountain, peak on left, and the Grassy Mountain Coal Project are seen north of Blairmore, Alta., Thursday, June 6, 2024. At least two groups are asking Alberta's energy regulator to call off hearings on coal exploration in the Rocky Mountains while the province's top court rules on whether the applications are valid.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Rocky Mountain coal hearings still scheduled despite top court allowing appeal
The Alberta Energy Regulator seems to be going ahead with hearings on coal exploration in the Rocky Mountains despite a court ruling that opened the question of whether those applications should have been accepted. Grassy Mountain, peak to left, and the Grassy Mountain Coal Project are seen north of Blairmore, Alta., Thursday, June 6, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Imperial Oil fined $50,000 over oil sands leak
A flare stack lights the sky from the Imperial Oil refinery in Edmonton on December 28, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
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Alberta government documents confirm coal lobbying on Rockies mining, show months of planning
Traffic travels along the Trans Canada Highway past Mount Rundle of the Rocky Mountains near Canmore, Alta., Monday, April 24, 2023. Documents released under Alberta Freedom of Information laws confirm the United Conservative government was talking with the coal industry for "years" about relaxing a policy that protected the Rocky Mountains from open-pit mines. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Persistent drought conditions pose key risk to Canada’s natural gas producers in 2024, report warns
Persistent drought conditions are poised to challenge this country's natural gas producers even as they aim to ramp up in anticipation of the opening of Canada's first liquefied natural gas export terminal, a new report warns. A trestle bridge being constructed to support cryogenic pipes that will transfer liquefied natural gas from storage to ships at berth is seen in Kitimat, B.C., on Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Alberta First Nation sends notice of opposition to Obsidian Energy drilling plans
Surrounded by a field of blooming canola, an oilfield pumpjack, belonging to Penn West Exploration, at work near Brooks, Alberta. The Canadian Press Images/Larry MacDougal
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Alberta oil output hit new record in November as producers ramp up for Trans Mountain completion
A pumpjack draws out oil from a well head near Calgary, Alta., Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022. Some oil and gas producers in Alberta are restoring production after temporarily halting operations earlier this week due to wildfires. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Alberta’s energy regulator vows to overhaul emergency response after Kearl oil sands spill
Mining operations at the Kearl Oil Sands project, belonging to Imperial Oil Ltd. (parent company Exxon Mobil), near Fort McMurray, Ab. on Tuesday, June 13, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS IMAGES/Larry MacDougal
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Environmental group opposes coal pit application in Alberta until waste water release probes complete
The Alberta Energy Regulator says it has laid charges against Land Petroleum International Inc. and president Bill Fung for hindering AER inspections in 2018. The Alberta Energy Regulator logo is seen on a flag at the opening of the regulator's office in Calgary in an undated handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Alberta Energy Regulator, *MANDATORY CREDIT*
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Alberta Energy Regulator mulls reducing liability of old wells before cleanup certified
Alberta's Energy Regulator is considering giving oil and gas companies an advance break on the environmental liabilities of old well sites before the cleanup is certified complete. A decommissioned pumpjack is shown at a well head on an oil and gas installation near Cremona, Alta., on Saturday, Oct. 29, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Imperial, Alberta’s energy regulator knew for years about tailings seepage at mine, documents show
Documents filed by Imperial Oil Ltd. show the company and Alberta's energy regulator knew the Kearl oilsands mine was seeping tailings into groundwater years before a pool of contaminated fluid was reported on the surface, alarming area First Nations and triggering three investigations. Tailings samples are being tested during a tour of Imperial Oil's oilsands research centre in Calgary, Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Geese in ‘good condition’ after landing on contaminated lagoon says Imperial CEO
The Imperial Oil logo is shown at the company's annual meeting in Calgary on April 28, 2017.
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Alberta Energy Regulator fines AlphaBow Energy for unauthorized pipeline construction
The Alberta Energy Regulator logo is seen on a flag at the opening of the regulator's office in Calgary in an undated handout photo. Alberta's energy regulator is defending its finding that the province's largest recorded earthquake was caused by oilpatch activity. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Alberta Energy Regulator, *MANDATORY CREDIT*
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Imperial Oil faces more water problems at Kearl oil sands mine, Alberta regulator says
Tailings samples are tested in Calgary on Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2018. The Alberta Energy Regulator has issued a notice of noncompliance to the company after chemicals associated with oilsands tailings were found at an off-site well at levels that exceed provincial guidelines. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Suncor has reported dead birds at an oil sands tailings pond, Alberta Energy Regulator says
A Suncor tailings pond oilsands in Fort McMurray Alta, on June 13, 2017.   THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
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Alberta government waited a month to declare emergency response to oil sands releases, document shows
The Alberta Energy Regulator says it will launch an independent investigation into the leak of oilsands tailings from Imperial Oil's Kearl mine. Tailings samples are being tested during a tour of Imperial's oil sands research centre in Calgary, Alta., Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Energy regulator defends finding that Alberta’s largest earthquake was caused by oil patch activity
The Alberta Energy Regulator logo is seen on a flag at the opening of the regulator's office in Calgary in an undated handout photo. Alberta's energy regulator is defending its finding that the province's largest recorded earthquake was caused by oilpatch activity. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Alberta Energy Regulator, *MANDATORY CREDIT*
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After Imperial Oil leak, Ottawa looking at Alberta Energy Regulator agreement
FILE PHOTO: Oil goes into a tailings pond at an oil sands operation near Fort McMurray, Alberta, September 17, 2014./File Photo
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Alberta Energy Regulator to launch third-party probe of Kearl oilsands tailings leak
The Alberta Energy Regulator says it will launch an independent investigation into the leak of oilsands tailings from Imperial Oil's Kearl mine. Tailings samples are being tested during a tour of Imperial's oil sands research centre in Calgary, Alta., Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Obsidian Energy disputes Alberta regulator’s conclusion that it caused earthquakes through oil sands operations
The Alberta Energy Regulator says it has laid charges against Land Petroleum International Inc. and president Bill Fung for hindering AER inspections in 2018. The Alberta Energy Regulator logo is seen on a flag at the opening of the regulator's office in Calgary in an undated handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Alberta Energy Regulator, *MANDATORY CREDIT*
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