Campaign updates, progress reports, and community actions in our fight to stop the oil well cleanup crisis.
Despite a 2023 ministerial order, 21 tax-delinquent oil companies received new AER well licences in 2024. Rural municipalities are owed $254 million — and the regulator is being asked: why did you allow it?
Drew Anderson's comprehensive explainer breaks down how Alberta oil companies accumulate $254M in unpaid municipal taxes and $150M in unpaid surface leases, with government recovering less than 1%.
One minute. That's all it takes. The Narwhal's Drew Anderson explains who pays when oil companies don't—and it's not the companies.
92% support oil and gas companies being responsible for the final clean-up of wells. 87% support the government requiring industry to cover unpaid property taxes to municipalities. 84% support the government requiring industry to cover unpaid rents to landowners.
Bob Weber's investigation in Alberta Views exposes how the Mature Asset Strategy shifts $60 billion in well cleanup costs from oil companies to taxpayers.
Nearly 200 Albertans united at our Nov 5 Calgary town hall against dumping oil well cleanup costs on taxpayers AND new coal mining in the Rockies. CTV News, Global TV, CityNews and 660 covered the event.
Landowners ring alarm bells about the Alberta government paying them on behalf of delinquent oil and gas companies. Republished with permission from The Narwhal.
A consortium of advocate groups is renewing calls to scrap the Alberta government's proposed plans for dealing with aging oil and gas infrastructure, but the province is moving ahead with 20 of 21 recommendations.
Join us November 5th in Calgary to fight back against new coal mining in the Rockies and the government's plan to make taxpayers pay for oil and gas cleanup. Free admission - food provided.
Pushback is growing among Alberta municipalities, landowners, and concerned residents who say the province is pressing ahead with a regulatory system that lets oil and gas companies dodge taxes, skip rent, and leave orphaned wells behind.
Join us October 16th in Falher for an in-person town hall exposing the government's plan to make taxpayers pay for oil and gas cleanup. Free admission - food provided.
Join us October 22nd in Vegreville for an in-person town hall exposing the government's plan to make taxpayers pay for oil and gas cleanup. Free admission - food provided.
Join us October 2nd for a virtual town hall exposing the government's plan to make taxpayers pay for oil and gas cleanup. Free registration - secure your spot now.
Our August town hall at Elks Hall in Didsbury proved something important: Albertans are awake to the government's plan to make taxpayers foot the bill for oil and gas cleanup, and industry is starting to sweat.
Upcoming Didsbury Town Hall features experts and impacted landowners working to stop Alberta government's proposed Mature Asset Strategy from dumping cleanup costs onto communities.