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Albertas New Rules May be Insufficient for Dealing with Sprawling Oilsands Tailings Ponds
2016-09-10 20:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
DeSmog: Its been almost two months since the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) released a new management framework to deal with the provinces growing legacy of oilsands tailings ponds that hold a toxic mixture of waste water, bitumen, solvents and sand. But were really no closer to knowing if Directive 085 -- quietly made effective on July 14 -- will provide the necessary financial pressures for companies to start dealing with the almost one trillion litres of tailings that cover some 220 square kilometres...
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