For every barrel of bitumen extracted in Alberta, about 1.5 barrels of non-recyclable tailings volume are produced. In 2019 alone, an estimated 1.5 million barrels of tailings were produced, which ...

Alberta’s energy regulator has a plate-full of problems, from a leaking tailings pond to another full of dead animals. Laurie Pushor, the president and CEO of the Alberta Energy Regulator, was called ...

The tribal Tahltan Central Council held up Red Chris operations, pending a third-party review of the tailings pond. Engineer Klohn Crippen Berger's study found "a major design issue" in the foundation ...

A University of Alberta researcher is taking a new look at what happens when birds come into contact with oilsands tailings ponds. Colleen St. Clair, a professor in the Department of Biological ...

A controversial byproduct of oil-sands operations at the centre of an environmental scandal last spring involving 500 dead ducks will be subjected to tougher rules by Alberta's energy regulator.

Just one mention of tailings ponds in the recent update to the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA) could mean more accountability for oil and gas companies, according to experts. Bill S-5, ...

It’s too soon to determine the extent of damage and cost of repairs caused by the Aug. 4 Mount Polley Mine tailings pond failure, officials say. The blowout dumped about 2.6 million gallons of water ...

HOUSTON, Oct. 23-- Suncor Energy Inc. is seeking approvals for a process it says can shrink the environmental footprint of oil sands mining operations. The process, called tailings reduction ...

A civil engineering research team has developed a new way to clean oil sands process affected water and reclaim tailings ponds in Alberta's oil sands industry. Using sunlight as a renewable energy ...

New changes to the Canadian Environmental Act spell out the federal environment minister’s role in gathering and reporting info on toxic oilsands tailings ponds. Just one mention of tailings ponds in ...