What happens to oil and gas wells when they stop producing, become not profitable or the company drilling them runs into financial trouble?
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’07 top soil concerns still remain
The farm land northeast of Highway 21 and Range Road 225 has been a concern of residents for many years, and they have lost their patience.
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Reclamation plan pushes Parkland County into court
Northland Landfill is wading through more problems than just waste, having recently been locked into court action against Parkland County.
As of May 10, 2013, Parkland County filed an application for judicial review, after Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resources Development authorized Northland to begin land reclamation efforts.
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Gravel pit in Parkland County must be reclaimed
An environmental protection order (EPO) has been issued against Kingkorp Ltd. for failing to conserve and reclaim a gravel pit in the Entwistle area, near the western boundary of Parkland County, according to a Government of Alberta press release.
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Province keen on CEMA’s reclamation suggestion
The Government of Alberta is responding favourably to a series of suggestions for End Pit Lake use from a local environmental organization.
In a February letter to the Cumulative Environmental Management Association, Dana Woodworth, deputy minister for the province’s environmental ministry, wrote that the province has reviewed CEMA’s End Pit Lake Guidance Document.
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Bowness residents lament slow progress at gas leak site
A court-ordered deadline to clean up the Calgary site where 9,000 litres of gas spilled into the surrounding soil in Bowness three years ago has passed, and people who live nearby say there is little evidence that the cleanup had even started.
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GPRC plays role in oilsands reforestation
It’s simple in theory, but Grande Prairie Regional College has played a large role in helping oil sands companies reclaim damaged land.
The college’s Pollutants to Products (P2P) initiative, led by Dr. Weixing Tan and funded by the Oil Sands Leadership Initiative (OSLI), has developed a method of tree planting that allows saplings to be planted – and survive – as temperatures as low as -17ºC.
The process involves creating mounds of peat with a backhoe. Once the earth is dug up, it increases the temperature of the soil below the surface, which means the seedlings aren’t planted in frozen ground.
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