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  AER publishes 2022 State of Fluid Tailings Management for Mineable Oil Sands Report Today, the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) published the 2022 State of Fluid Tailings Management for Mineable Oil Sands report.   This report summarizes Alberta’s eight oil sands mine operator’s tailings management reports (TMR) including fluid tailings volumes, water volumes stored in tailings facilities, tailings volumes reaching

  AER: Reclamation Liability Reduction Program Being Developed The Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) is developing a program aimed at reflecting industry’s site closure activities by allowing licensees to request a temporary reduction of the liability values used in the AER’s liability management programs once reclamation work has been completed but before a reclamation certificate is issued under the Environmental Protection

  ESAA PFAS Symposium Draft Program Now Available 7:30 am – 5:00 pmDecember 6th, 2023 Fairmont Palliser133 9 Ave SW, Calgary Register Now Event Sponsor: ALS Environmental Coffee Break Sponsors: AGAT Laboratories, Bureau Veritas and Parsons Breakfast Sponsor: ElementLunch Sponsor: Barr ESAA is pleased to announce that the draft agenda for the ESAA PFAS Symposium is now available. PFAS, PFOS

    ESAA PFAS Symposium Draft Program Now Available 7:30 am – 5:00 pmDecember 6th, 2023 Fairmont Palliser133 9 Ave SW, Calgary Register Now Event Sponsor: ALS Environmental Coffee Break Sponsors: AGAT Laboratories, Bureau Veritas and Parsons Breakfast Sponsor: ElementLunch Sponsor: Barr ESAA is pleased to announce that the draft agenda for the ESAA PFAS Symposium is now available. PFAS,

  RemTech 2023 October 11-13, 2023Fairmont Banff Springs Starts in 7 Weeks? Have You Registered? 40 Delegate Passes Remaining   ESAA is pleased to announce that program for 22nd edition of RemTech is now available.   The program will feature 66 talks on variety of topics including:  Bioremediation Brownfields Canadian Brownfields Network Data / Testing / Analysis Environmental, Social and Governance

  ESAA PFAS Symposium Draft Program Now Available 7:30 am – 5:00 pmDecember 6th, 2023  Fairmont Palliser133 9 Ave SW, Calgary Register Now Event Sponsor: ALS Environmental Coffee Break Sponsors: AGAT Laboratories, ALS Environmental and Parsons Breakfast Sponsor: AvailableLunch Sponsor: Available  ESAA is pleased to announce that the draft agenda for the ESAA PFAS Symposium is now available. PFAS, PFOS

  ESAA Industry Awards – Environmental Project of the Year Submission Deadline – August 25th, 2023 The ESAA Industry Awards is an annual awards program that recognizes member excellence in the areas of environmental innovation. The program is open to all ESAA member organizations with the winners announced and awarded each year at the RemTech Symposium held in October. 2023

  ESAA Industry Awards – Environmental Project of the Year Submission Deadline – August 25th, 2023 The ESAA Industry Awards is an annual awards program that recognizes member excellence in the areas of environmental innovation. The program is open to all ESAA member organizations with the winners announced and awarded each year at the RemTech Symposium held in October. 2023

Alberta: Creating certainty for renewable projects Alberta’s government is responding to concerns about electricity projects to ensure future growth is balanced with responsible development. Alberta is Canada’s leader in renewables projects and investments and Alberta’s government is committed to ensuring that the right processes are in place to support continued investment. It is critical that Albertans can continue to rely

AER: New Edition of Directive 065 On April 25, 2023, the Government of Alberta delegated to the AER the oversight of monitoring, measurement, and verification (MMV) plans, closure plans, and closure certificates for carbon capture, utilization, and storage activities in the province. We have amended references to and submission requirements for MMV and closure plan submissions in sections 2.1.4 and

ESAA Welcomes New Staff Member Erin CiezkiManager, Strategic Relations The ESAA Staff and Board of Directors are very pleased to announce that Erin Ciezki has joined the ESAA Team as the Manager, Strategic Relations. Erin comes with more than 25 years experience in Real Estate and Property Management and most recently 10 years experience as technical coordinator with Alberta Water

‘Tar-like substance’ seeping out of ground among environmental concerns at Alberta park (Source: CBC News) The Alberta government is trying to identify the risks and liabilities of continuing to operate an Edmonton-area park in the river valley, tender documents show.  The province recently posted a request for proposals (RFP) for a Phase 2 environmental assessment of the Strathcona Science Provincial Park,