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Martin Z. Olszynski
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Associate Professor & Chair in Energy, Resources and Sustainability @UCalgaryLaw. PhD candidate @UBCIRES (regional planning).
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More bad news from the O&G liability dep’t: The MFSP is deception. It's not a security regime. It has <$1B for ~$56B in oil sands liabilities. If an oil sands co. were to go into financial distress, there isn't enough $ to clean-up a *single* mine site. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...

Alberta oil sands companies won’t be forced to pay more to cleanup fund, documents show
Alberta oil sands companies won’t be forced to pay more to cleanup fund, documents show

Changes to Alberta’s security-payment rules expected to be released this week

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JKkostyack.bsky.social

I couldn't get behind the paywall, but I'd note that this quote from another publication applies well beyond Canada: "The squeeze between growing environmental liabilities and falling revenue has many worried about who will pay the cleanup bill."

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SMsmurph.bsky.social

Ugh and WTF x 60 billion

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Martin Z. Olszynski
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Associate Professor & Chair in Energy, Resources and Sustainability @UCalgaryLaw. PhD candidate @UBCIRES (regional planning).
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