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Time’s up, Nenshi must share the NDP plan to deal with the #oilsands hazardous waste, orphan liabilities & unpaid taxes. The Oil & Gas industry are planning on the #UCP implementing the #MAS, so #taxpayers are forced to pay to cleanup their mess
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Aerial view of the Syncrude Mildred Lake site, an Athabasca oil sands mine works in northeast Alberta, Canada.

ICYMI:

"As we stand on the precipice of missed 2030 climate targets, EIAs contain hundreds of pages justifying the expansion of oil and gas and adjacent industries.” - Felice Physioc

niche-canada.org/2026/03/26/t...

#envhist #oilsands #energy #energyhistory

We Fact Checked Poilievre on Joe Rogan’s Podcast | The Tyee The Conservative leader’s foray into the manosphere spread misinfo on oilsands, immigration, safe supply and more.

Interesting analysis of how #Poilievre went on Rogan's show and lied his face off about #immigration, #oilsands, #saferdrugs, and #inflation. He also agreed with the #healthgrift that beef tallow and butter are healthier than seed oils.

thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

Aerial view of the Syncrude Mildred Lake site, an Athabasca oil sands mine works in northeast Alberta, Canada.

Today we have "The Impact Assessment as Archive: Historical Approaches to Regulatory Documents from Alberta’s Oil Sands" by Felice Physioc

Originally published with @envhistnow.bsky.social

niche-canada.org/2026/03/26/t...

#envhist #energy #oilsands #fossilfuels #alberta #cdnhist

Did you know many US oil companies that left Venezuela invested heavily in Canada to produce similar oil and spent half a trillion dollars doing it?

Source

#Economics #Oilsands #CanadaVenezuela #TradeDeals #EnergyCrises

Pothole 🚧 Season*
Something ELSE we can do with Alberta oil
“How Canada’s oilsands can help build better roads”
- QueensU 🇨🇦
* the two seasons in urban Canada being winter & construction 🔚 #abPoli #ANDP #BigOil #cdnPoli #oilsands #potholes #roads

US eases Venezuela oil sanctions as Iran war drives crude prices higher The Trump administration has issued a sweeping new sanctions licence allowing US companies to trade directly with Venezuela's state oil company, as surging crude prices driven by the conflict with Iran push Washington to hunt for new sources of crude

The Trump administration has issued a sweeping new sanctions licence allowing US companies to trade directly with Venezuela's state oil company, as surging crude prices driven by the conflict with Iran push Washington to hunt for… Bne IntelliNews #Venezuela #Oilsands #Sanctions #CrudeOil #IranWar

Cancer Haunts Neighbors of Canada’s Oil Sands Wastelands Though high rates of the disease persist among the nearby Indigenous communities, the Canadian government is weighing rules that may allow energy giants to release treated mining waste into the river system.

⚠️ 🛢️ The same oil that’s causing cancer in First Nations communities in Canada is the same oil that travels through northern MN in dangerous oil pipelines. Read this deep dive from NYT on the harms this industry continues to cause.

#Line3 #OilSands #ProtectWater #EnvironmentalJustice #Cancer

NO #PIPELINE but YES to a safer, dedicated rail line! No environmental issues, once loaded on the rail car it becomes a solid (bitumen) so no worries about spills, then turned to liquid when it reaches tankers! #oil #Alberta #oilsands #saferrailway

Pushback on Carbon Price Shows Oil Sands Missing the Moment A claim that regulatory uncertainty is behind postponing an $8.25-billion oil sands expansion is the latest sign that the industry isn’t taking its climate pollution seriously —or it's playing hardbal...

Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. claims it's postponing an $8.25-billion #oilsands expansion in Alberta because of regulatory uncertainty.
Analysts call this yet another sign that the #fossilfuel industry isn’t taking its climate pollution seriously.
www.theenergymix.com/pushback-on-...

CNRL defers early spending on Jackpine oil sands mine expansion Canadian Natural Resources Ltd has said that it will defer plans for CAD150mn ($110mn) worth of spending related to front-end engineering and design work on its Jackpine oil sands mine expansion project

Canadian Natural Resources Ltd has said that it will defer plans for CAD150mn ($110mn) worth of spending related to front-end engineering and design work on its Jackpine oil sands mine expansion project Bne IntelliNews #CNRL #OilSands #JackpineExpansion #NaturalResources #Investment

#Alberta #Conservatives #UCP #DanielleSmith #JasonKenny #Redford #Klein none of them made the industry cleanup so we now have a multi billion dollar liability. We also have a multi billion dollar liability to clean up #OilSands messes.

Cancer haunts neighbors of Canada's oil sands wastelands

#abpoli #cancer #oilandgas #oilsands

Cancer Haunts Neighbors of Canada’s Oil Sands Wastelands

Cancer Haunts Neighbors of the Canadian #oilsands.

New article from the @NewYorkTimes detailing why all Canadians should be concerned about what's happening to communities in northern Alberta. #ableg #cdnpoli #tarsands #ymm #ypy #fortchip #FortMcKay

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/10/h...

1/10 🇨🇦 🩺 THE HIDDEN CRISIS IN CANADA'S OIL SANDS 🩺 🇨🇦

PM Carney is pushing for megaprojects.

But in the camps, workers call it "prison." Isolation and silence are fueling a suicide crisis we refuse to name.

Source: Trina Moyles,
The Globe and Mail
#OilSands #MentalHealth #Alberta #CdnPoli #Labor

A copy of Extracting home in the oil sands laying on a vintage floral blanket

2026 Reading Challenge: 15/50
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Extracting Home in the Oil Sands: Settler Colonialism and Environmental Change in Subarctic Canada edited by Clinton N. Westman, @tarajoly, and Lena Gross
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Review on StoryGraph
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Routledge, 2020.
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#amreading #envhist #anthropology #oilsands #energy

You can’t separate Alberta’s success from Canada’s support. From federal backing during the Great Depression and COVID, to major public investment that helped launch the oil sands — this story isn’t Alberta vs. Canada. It’s Alberta within Canada.

#abpoli #cdnpoli #Energy #Canada #OilSands

Original post on social.sciences.re

FR - Parmi les dernières vidéos de The Narwhal, il y a celle présentant la situation des pipelines au Canada, et quelques-uns des enjeux liés. Sidérant quand des chiffres concrets sont avancés. Plus de 800 000 km de pipelines au pays ! [en anglais]

ENG - Among The Narwhal's latest videos is one […]

Canada’s #oilsands are an important source of energy and economic activity. Researchers from the University of Alberta are using the CLS to find more efficient, environmentally friendly ways to process the #bitumen that's extracted there. https://bit.ly/46EnylB

The shift toward brownfield and step-out projects isn’t ideological — it’s financial. Lower capital costs, better cost control, and clearer egress make smaller projects easier to deliver, especially after decades of greenfield oil sands cost overruns.  #abpoli #cdnpoli #EnergyInvestment #OilSands

The multi-billion problem Canada’s oilpatch doesn’t want to disclose Canada's oil and gas industry is a fiscal time bomb due to oil well cleanup liabilities that have been kept off the books.

This article about Tar Sands cleanup externalities (off the books liabilities) should be extrapolated to the oil and gas industry. #O&G #Tarsands #oilsands #Oilindustry #cleanup #risk #liability #climate #climatecrisis

The Impact Assessment as Archive: Historical Approaches to Regulatory Documents from Alberta’s Oil Sands Canada’s recent embrace of Indigenous rights looks transformative on paper, but in the Alberta oil sands, a different story unfolds.

My colleague Felice Physoic's latest concerning how Environmental Historians might consider using #oilsands Environmental Impact Assessments as a source. #cdnhist #envirohist #ymm envhistnow.com/2026/01/15/t...

#CBC provide a very good review of misconceptions and misunderstandings of the #tankerban #tanker ban off the north coast of #BritishColumbia #Alberta #OilSands #tarsands #Pipeline

youtu.be/ZT4beOs5tTs?...

Canada’s #oilsands are an important source of energy and economic activity. Researchers from the University of Alberta are using the CLS to find more efficient, environmentally friendly ways to process the #bitumen that's extracted there. https://bit.ly/46EnylB

Energy Economist on Venezuela's Impact on Alberta Oil Industry

@KevinBirn of @EnergySPG unpacks the implications for Canada of Trump's invasion of #Venezuela.
youtu.be/AyUCuAWkM8w
#abpoli #oilsands #cdnpoli

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🇨🇦 VENEZUELA SHAKE-UP RATTLES CANADA'S OILPATCH 🇨🇦

Canadian energy stocks plunged Monday following the US ouster of Maduro.

The fear? A revived Venezuelan oil sector could threaten Canada's market share.

Kyle Bakx & Paula Duhatschek report...
#CdnEcon #Oil #Energy #OilSands #AbEcon #AbPoli

#Canada #Alberta #OilSands #HeavyOil #Venezuela takeover #Trump #USA #https://youtu.be/Pgwny1BiCYk?si=Uxv2ubG_l8xQTHCH

The #oil companies must pay for the mess they have made. It is outrageous to expect the public to pay for capitalism's catastrophe. The "cost" of cleaning up #oilandgas toxicity -- externalized by the industry, which claims "profits" -- should be an industrial prison sentence. #abpoli #oilsands

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🇨🇦 🚨 ALBERTA FAILS TO SECURE MINE CLEANUP FUNDS 🚨 🇨🇦

The Auditor General warns the gov't failed to fix the Mine Financial Security Program. Risk of overstating assets remains high, leaving Albertans on the hook for billions.

The Auditor General reports #AbLeg #OilSands #Environment #Taxpayers

Canada’s #oilsands are an important source of energy and economic activity. Researchers from the University of Alberta are using the CLS to find more efficient, environmentally friendly ways to process the #bitumen that's extracted there. https://bit.ly/46EnylB