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Alberta is preparing to change how it ensures oilsands companies are able to pay for the mammoth job of cleaning up their operations, but critics fear a year of consultations hasn't been enough to avoid repeating past mistakes.

Today, the financial futures of many coal companies involved in exploration work in southern Alberta is unclear. Who will clean up the work theyve already done?

Alberta’s government is expanding coal restrictions to protect the Eastern Slopes.

Brandon Sun By: Bob Weber, The Canadian Press Posted: Last Modified: 5:05 PM CDT Tuesday, Jun. 22, 2021 Save to Read Later Two coal companies planning to develop mines in Albertas Rocky Mountains say they hope to move forward despite new regulatory and political roadblocks. A sign opposing coal development in the eastern slopes of the Livingston range southwest of Longview, Alta., Wed...

Bob Weber A sign opposing coal development in the eastern slopes of the Livingston range southwest of Longview, Alta., Wednesday, June 16, 2021.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh June 22, 2021 - 3:05 PM Two coal companies planning to develop mines in Albertas Rocky Mountains say they hope to move forward despite new regulatory and political roadblocks. "We feel that our mine plan that we are going to present is unique to the situation were in," said Peter Doyle, head o...

Article content Two coal companies planning to develop mines in Alberta’s Rocky Mountains say they hope to move forward despite new regulatory and political roadblocks. “We feel that our mine plan that we are going to present is unique to the situation we’re in,” said Peter Doyle, head of Montem Resources, which hopes to build a new open-pit mine in southern Alberta on a previously worked deposit. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Coal com...

EDMONTON — Albertas auditor general is criticizing the government for failing to fix problems pointed out six years ago in a program thats supposed to guarantee coal and oilsands mines clean up . . .

Two newly-released reports from Albertas auditor general are calling on the province to address issues around its environmental liabilities and processes around criminal bail hearings and case management.

Auditor scolds Alberta over mine cleanup fund, how province handles polluted sites by Bob Weber, The Canadian Press Posted Jun 10, 2021 6:25 pm EDT Last Updated Jun 10, 2021 at 6:28 pm EDT EDMONTON — Alberta’s auditor general is criticizing the government for failing to fix problems pointed out six years ago in a program that’s supposed to guarantee coal and oilsands mines clean up after themselves. Doug Wylie says there’s so much confusion over who’s responsible for the government�...

Alberta’s oil and gas industry is talking the talk on ESG metrics — now it needs to walk the walk, writes columnist Max Fawcett. File photo by the Government of Alberta / Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) When it comes to the growing global focus on so-called ESG (environment, social and governance) metrics, Alberta’s oil and gas industry is talking the talk. Slides have been added to investor presentation decks, committees have been struck and key messages have been developed. The UCP government...