EDMONTON — Alberta’s New Democrat Opposition says a government review of the program that’s supposed to ensure oilsands companies can clean up their mines was…
Environment critic Marlin Schmidt said Albertans now know even less than before the review of the Mine Financial Security Program began.Sign up to receive daily headline news from Ottawa Citizen, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails or any newsletter. Postmedia Network Inc.
Estimates of the environmental liability of the mines and their tailings ponds vary widely. Official figures peg it at $34 billion, while an internal estimate from Alberta Energy Regulator staff put it at $130 billion.Article content The number of companies using such bonds and the size of the liability they insure against is not released, even on an aggregate basis.
The program review was called after two scathing reports from Alberta’s auditor general. But First Nations consulted during the review have said the government’s current direction holds on to most of the old program’s mistakes and makes some new ones — including failing to account for changes in the oil market as countries move to low-carbon economies.
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