Alberta's Shame - McCelland Lake project approval

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Alberta's Shame - McCelland Lake project approval

Please find three links:

1) A Wall Street Journal Picture ( 1,000 words) + a 2 minute blurb identifying the players
[ https://www.wsj.com/articles/oil-sands- ... 1642085980 ]
By Vipal Monga Jan. 13, 2022
TORONTO—Major oil companies, under pressure from investors and environmentalists, are fleeing Canada’s oil sands, the fourth-largest oil reserve in the world and by some measures one of the most environmentally unfriendly. Investment in existing projects has stalled, and banks are refusing to fund new ones.
Nevertheless, oil production there is expected to continue for at least two more decades. Local companies have stepped in to keep working the existing mines and wells. Last year, the oil sands were on track to deliver more oil than ever. . . .


2) Article - Suncor admits it has no plan - August 10, 2023
[ https://www.readtheorchard.org/p/suncor ... e-concrete ]
Oil giant Suncor’s plans for protecting half of the McClelland Lake Wetland Complex (MLWC) in northeastern Alberta from the environmental impacts of a proposed tar sands mine expansion are wholly inadequate, according to the Alberta Wilderness Association (AWA). The environmentalist outfit, which is fighting the Fort Hills mine’s expansion at the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER), says the existing plan’s inadequacy is readily acknowledged in Suncor’s latest submission to the AER. . . .


3) Article - Alberta Energy Regulator grants approval
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/ ... -1.7038430 ]
Alberta Energy Regulator allows Suncor to proceed with expansion in wetlands. Regulator released its ruling in response to request made last spring by Alberta Wilderness Association - The Canadian Press · Posted: Nov 23, 2023. The Alberta Energy Regulator says it won't reconsider approvals for Suncor Energy to expand an oilsands mine into a wetland once considered for environmental protection. The regulator released its ruling today in response to a request that was made last spring by the Alberta Wilderness Association. . . .