Mar
13
2023
Issue Brief: Imperial Oil tailings leaks
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On March 13, 2023, Environment and Climate Change Canada released a statement regarding the Kearl releases, stating that "based on information enforcement officers have to date, the seep is believed to be deleterious, or harmful, to fish" and that a Fisheries Act direction had been issued to Imperial Oil requiring "immediate action to contain the seep and prevent it from entering a fish-bearing waterbody."
- News Ottawa says Kearl leaks harmful to wildlife; issues order to stop seepage (Global News/The Canadian Press | March 13, 2023)
- News Kearl oil sands leak exposes gaps in how Alberta and Canada oversee industry, say experts (Canadian Press | March 13, 2023)
- Media Release Statement from Indigenous and environmental experts on the federal government’s enforcement of the Fisheries Act in response to Imperial Oil leak (Keepers of the Water, Environmental Defence | March 14, 2023)
- Statement Statement by Minister Guilbeault on ongoing spill situation at Imperial Oil’s Kearl Oil Sands Processing Plant and Mine (Environment & Climate Change Canada | March 15, 2023)
- News Federal, Alberta governments to study public notice process around oilsands tailings leak (CBC News/The Canadian Press | March 15, 2023)
