Danielle Smith revives controversial oil well cleanup program financialpost.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from financialpost.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
In her mandate letter to Brian Jean, Smith charges him with "developing a strategy to effectively incentivize reclamation of inactive legacy oil and natural gas sites and to enable future drilling while respecting the principle of polluter pay."
Alberta energy minister told to design incentives for industry to clean up oil wells alaskahighwaynews.ca - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from alaskahighwaynews.ca Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
EDMONTON - Direction from Alberta Premier Danielle Smith to her new energy minister suggests the United Conservative government hasn't given up on a controversial program that would see taxpayers backstop the cleanup of old oil and gas wells that companies are already legally required to do.