Alberta oilsands leak reveals gaps in industry oversight
Recent leaks of toxic tailings from northern Alberta oilsands mines have revealed serious flaws in how Canada and Alberta look after the environment, observers say.
Mandy Olsgard
Alberta oilsands monitoring program is being run on the cheap and doesn't work
Alberta doesn't have a good grasp of the overall environmental impacts of the oilsands a decade after implementing monitoring that was supposed to provide it, internal government documents suggest.