BentleyOct 1

TOWN HALL! The Alberta government is trying as hard as they can to ensure ultra rich oil companies can skip out on their promise to clean up their own mess, leaving landowners & taxpayers to pay BILLIONS. We say NO WAY. Join us

RSVP: www.cleanupyourmess.ca/oct2-townhall

#PolluterPays #CleanUpYourMess #StopTheScam #ABLeg #ABPoli #CDNPoli #YYC #YEG #MatureAssetsStrategy

Show threadCalgary Climate HubSep 28
RECEIPTS 13: “Alberta is an outlier in regard to the secrecy of corporate behavior and ownership in Canada, let alone the rest of the world." thenarwhal.ca/alberta-oilp... #PolluterPays #CleanUpYourMess #StopTheScam #MatureAssetsStrategy #ABLeg #ABPoli #CDNPoli #YYC #YEG

The prominent Albertans behind...
The prominent Albertans behind delinquent oil and gas companies | The Narwhal

A former prime minister, a major philanthropist and a host of developers emerge from a tangled web of corporate ownership in the oilpatch

The Narwhal
Show threadCalgary Climate HubSep 28
RECEIPTS 12: Who gets the profits and who pays the bills, Alberta? thenarwhal.ca/alberta-big-... #PolluterPays #CleanUpYourMess #StopTheScam #MatureAssetsStrategy #ABLeg #ABPoli #CDNPoli #YYC #YEG

Urban glitz and rural disconte...
Urban glitz and rural discontent in Big Oil’s Alberta | The Narwhal

At a community meeting in Warburg, Alberta, residents wonder: will anyone make Big Oil pay its taxes and clean up its mess?

The Narwhal
Show threadBentleySep 26
RECEIPTS 11: More games https://edmontonjournal.com/news/politics/so-many-concerns-rma-says-a-new-report-on-abandoned-wells-does-not-address-concerns-raised
#PolluterPays #CleanUpYourMess #StopTheScam #MatureAssetsStrategy #ABLeg #ABPoli #CDNPoli #YYC #YEG
'So many concerns': RMA says new report on abandoned wells does not address concerns raised

Rural municipalities says new report on orphaned wells does not address concerns

edmontonjournal
Show threadBentleySep 26
RECEIPTS 10: The Calgary Climate Hub is very proud to be a partner organization in the Coalition for Responsible Energy ( #C4RE) and calling for the #AlbertaEnergyRegulator to at long last do it's job for land owners & not just #BigOil! https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-alberta-orphan-wells-cleanup-regulator-appeal/
#PolluterPays #CleanUpYourMess #StopTheScam #MatureAssetsStrategy #ABLeg #ABPoli #CDNPoli #YYC #YEG
Coalition files appeals against Alberta Energy Regulator over orphan well clean-up costs

Group of Alberta landowners, scientists and others argues the province’s watchdog hasn’t collected enough money from oil and gas companies for remediation

The Globe and Mail
Show threadBentleySep 26
RECEIPTS 9: For #CapturedByIndustry you'll never get a clearer example than the #AlbertaEnergyRegulator https://www.theenergymix.com/albertas-orphan-well-levy-is-unlawful-insufficient-coalition-contends/
#PolluterPays #CleanUpYourMess #StopTheScam #MatureAssetsStrategy #ABLeg #ABPoli #CDNPoli #YYC #YEG
Show threadBentleySep 26

RECEIPTS 8: Scam in slow motion

https://globalnews.ca/news/11199473/orphan-well-association-cleanup-levy-fund-shortfall/
#PolluterPays #CleanUpYourMess #StopTheScam #MatureAssetsStrategy #ABLeg #ABPoli #CDNPoli #YYC #YEG

Levy charged to Alberta oil companies too low to cover orphan well costs: report

A new report from the University of Calgary says the fund that's used to pay for the cleanup of orphan wells in Alberta is massively underfunded.

Global News
Show threadBentleySep 26
RECEIPTS 7: The bill they're trying to STICK US WITH is only getting higher https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/bakx-owa-seqouia-alberta-orphan-wells-1.7620267
#PolluterPays #CleanUpYourMess #StopTheScam #MatureAssetsStrategy #ABLeg #ABPoli #CDNPoli #YYC #YEG
Cost to clean up orphan wells in Alberta reaches all-time high | CBC News

The expected cost to clean up orphan oil and natural gas wells in Alberta has surpassed one billion dollars — reaching an all-time high.

CBC
Show threadBentleySep 26
RECEIPTS 6: A great deal for wealthy landowners. For Alberta landowners and taxpayers? NOT SO MUCH. https://environmentaldefence.ca/2025/03/18/industry-shift-onus-well-cleanup-to-the-taxpayer/
#PolluterPays #CleanUpYourMess #StopTheScam #MatureAssetsStrategy #ABLeg #ABPoli #CDNPoli #YYC #YEG
STATEMENT: Industry Recommendations Shift Onus for Well Cleanup to the Taxpayer - Environmental Defence

Stephen Legault, Senior Manager, Alberta Energy Transition response to a report made public in the Globe and Mail concerning a government report that

Environmental Defence
Show threadBentleySep 26
RECEIPTS 5: They made the mess, they profited from it & they want YOU to pay for the cleanup. It's literally as simple as that https://www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/article/alberta-mature-asset-strategy-draft-report-drawing-criticism/
#PolluterPays #CleanUpYourMess #StopTheScam #MatureAssetsStrategy #ABLeg #ABPoli #CDNPoli #YYC #YEG
Alberta Mature Asset Strategy draft report drawing criticism

A report detailing options to make Alberta’s oil well cleanup process more efficient and profitable recommends how the financial burden could be in part shifted onto the taxpayers through the creation of government business entities.

CTVNews