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Alberta Energy Regulator lacks evidence for tailings spill cleanup claims: study

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Alberta -based ecologist Kevin Timoney analyzed the regulator’s internal reports and data for all 514 tailings spills reported between 2014 and 2023 .

For the 514 spills he received internal records for, Timoney found that 91 per cent weren’t inspected by the regulator.

The study was based on an access to information request that returned more than 6,000 pages of information from the Alberta Energy Regulator .

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