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A decomissioned pumpjack near Cremona, Alta. Signifficant liabilities for cleaning up abandoned sites represents a regulatory failure and financial burden for all Canadians. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

October 22, 2023

How secrecy and regulatory capture drove Alberta’s oil and gas liability crisis

Shaun Fluker, University of Calgary; Drew Yewchuk, University of Calgary, and Martin Olszynski, University of Calgary

Decades of secrecy and industry influence in Alberta have created a crisis of liability in abandoned oil infrastructure which only a serious course correction can hope to fix.

Suncor’s base plant with upgraders in the oil sands in Fort McMurray Alta., June 13, 2017. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson)

October 11, 2018

How post‑truth politics is sinking debate on environmental assessment reform

Mark Winfield, York University, Canada; Deborah Curran, University of Victoria, and Martin Olszynski, University of Calgary

Canada’s proposed new environmental assessment law is facing heated, if not necessarily well-informed, opposition. The real question is whether it goes far enough.

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