"The government came up with this #MatureAssetsStrategy report with 21 recommendations, published in April. It's essentially an industry wish list. It reduces #reclamation standards, proposing these new schemes that would essentially push cleanup costs onto the taxpayer." #abpoli

The prominent Albertans behind delinquent oil and gas companies | The Narwhal A former prime minister, a major philanthropist and a host of developers emerge from a tangled web of corporate ownership in the oilpatch

RECEIPTS 13: “Alberta is an outlier in regard to the secrecy of corporate behavior and ownership in Canada, let alone the rest of the world."
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Urban glitz and rural discontent in Big Oil’s Alberta | The Narwhal At a community meeting in Warburg, Alberta, residents wonder: will anyone make Big Oil pay its taxes and clean up its mess?

RECEIPTS 12: Who gets the profits and who pays the bills, Alberta? thenarwhal.ca/alberta-big-... #PolluterPays #CleanUpYourMess #StopTheScam #MatureAssetsStrategy #ABLeg #ABPoli #CDNPoli #YYC #YEG

'So many concerns': RMA says new report on abandoned wells does not address concerns raised Rural municipalities says new report on orphaned wells does not address concerns

RECEIPTS 11: More games edmontonjournal.com/news/politic...
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Alberta’s Orphan Well Levy Is Unlawful, Insufficient, Coalition Contends More than a dozen organizations are backing a landowner’s formal challenge to the Alberta Energy Regulator, saying the agency “failed to follow the law” when it set this year’s funding requirement for...

RECEIPTS 9: For #CapturedByIndustry you'll never get a clearer example than the #AlbertaEnergyRegulator www.theenergymix.com/albertas-orp...
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Levy charged to Alberta oil companies too low to cover orphan well costs: report | Globalnews.ca A new report from the University of Calgary says the fund that's used to pay for the cleanup of orphan wells in Alberta is massively underfunded.

RECEIPTS 8: Scam in slow motion globalnews.ca/news/1119947...
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Cost to clean up orphan wells in Alberta reaches all-time high | CBC News The expected cost to clean up orphan oil and natural gas wells in Alberta has surpassed one billion dollars — reaching an all-time high.

RECEIPTS 7: The bill they're trying to STICK US WITH is only getting higher www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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STATEMENT: Industry Recommendations Shift Onus for Well Cleanup to the Taxpayer - Environmental Defence Stephen Legault, Senior Manager, Alberta Energy Transition response to a report made public in the Globe and Mail concerning a government report that

RECEIPTS 6: A great deal for wealthy landowners. For Alberta landowners and taxpayers? NOT SO MUCH. environmentaldefence.ca/2025/03/18/i...
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Alberta Mature Asset Strategy draft report drawing criticism A report detailing options to make Alberta’s oil well cleanup process more efficient and profitable recommends how the financial burden could be in part shifted onto the taxpayers through the creation...

RECEIPTS 5: They made the mess, they profited from it & they want YOU to pay for the cleanup. It's literally as simple as that www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...
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abandoned oil - Thoughtful Journalism About Energy's Future A strategy by an oil industry insider could see Alberta taxpayers being the ones to pay for abandoned oil well cleanups.

RECEIPTS 4: Taxpayers on the hook energi.media/news/propose...
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Didsbury town hall highlights debate over Alberta oil and gas cleanup plan Critics warned Alberta’s Mature Asset Strategy would shift billions in oil and gas cleanup costs onto taxpayers, citing liability estimates of $60 billion to $130 billion. The warning came ahead of an...

RECEIPTS 3: The debate: who promised to pay for the mess and why shouldn't they pay for it now? discoverairdrie.com/articles/did...
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