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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.

Whooping cranes, a critically endangered species, breed in one location, a wetland in Wood Buffalo National Park. Yet a federal-provincial review panel has approved an oilsands mine that could kill some of the birds. (Shutterstock)

August 5, 2019

Energy development wins when it’s pitted against endangered species

Shaun Fluker, University of Calgary

Are our brains wired to favour growth over environmentally rational decisions?

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