datum (n=1)More good journalism to kick off your weekend: Emphasis added:
Yager is the architect of Alberta’s strategy for dealing with the province’s growing oil and gas liabilities, including pipelines and orphaned wells, a problem that he once called a “giant stinking pile of sh*t.” The Alberta government paid Yager more than C$250,000 for the strategy, while he simultaneously served as AER director, a special advisor to Premier Danielle Smith, and ran an oil and gas consulting company.
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Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) board chair Duncan Au wrote that he and his fellow board directors were satisfied that no “conflict or apparent conflict” exists.
https://www.theenergymix.com/alberta-landowner-alleges-mafia-style-meeting-demands-as-energy-regulators-ethics-investigation-stalls/ by @JEmphatically
Alberta Landowner Alleges ‘Mafia-Style’ Meeting Demands as Energy Regulator’s Ethics Investigation Stalls
Dwight Popowich and legal group Ecojustice are seeking an ethics investigation into AER director David Yager over alleged conflicts of interest. They say the regulator’s demand for an unrecorded meeting has stalled the process, a claim the AER denies.
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