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 ...

The Alberta government has announced it will be launching engagement sessions this year as it develops a long-term plan to ...

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 ...

Canada’s second largest oil company Suncor Energy Inc. found 32 dead birds at one of its oilsands mining operations and now faces additional scrutiny from regulators and investors as it seeks to ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...