As toxic water continues to spill from tailings ponds across mining developments, decades of scientific research provides evidence of how wildlife will be affected.
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OSFI’s guidelines are a small step towards making financial decision-makers more conscious of their influence on climate outcomes, but there is still work to be done.
The Alberta government is failing to ensure environmental liabilities are adequately accounted for and that progress is being made to address the province’s massive tailings ponds.
Throughout human history, clay has played a role in many different industries. Its unique properties make it suited for a wide applications in widely ranging industries.
A new nature-based approach to managing oilsands tailings shows promise in the lab and may soon be tested in the field.
A new global standard on tailings dams aim to prevent mining disasters like the Brazil dam collapse in 2019 – but there’s more to do.
Bankrupt oil and gas companies must clean up old wells, yet taxpayers are still stuck with the bill for abandoned mines.
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Robert L. Ascah is a Friend of The Conversation.Research Fellow, Public Economics, The Parkland Institute, University of Alberta
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Assistant Professor, Department of Biology & School of Environmental Studies, Queen's University, Ontario
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Canada Research Chair in Stressed Aquatic Systems, Laurentian University
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Professor and Director, Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining, The University of Queensland
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Professorial Research Fellow, The University of Queensland
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Associate Professor, The University of Queensland
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Research associate, Applied BioNanotechnoloy Industrial Research group, Northern Alberta Institute of Technology
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Lead Researcher, Northern Alberta Institute of Technology
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Applied Research Chair, Oil Sands Sustainability, Northern Alberta Institute of Technology
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Junior Research Associate, Experimental Ecology and Ecotoxicology Research Team, Queen's University, Ontario
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Freshwater Ecology, Carleton University
