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Alberta Energy Regulator Misreported Tailings

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Opinion: Alberta needs an energy regulator that puts people before profits

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Alberta Energy Regulator ( AER ) is failing to collect credible environmental data and reporting of tailings spills in Alberta 's oilsands, says Phillip Meintzer .

He says the regulator is failing at its own stated mandate to “provide safe, orderly, and environmentally responsible energy development” He says it is using its authority to prioritize the interests of the industry it is supposed to be regulating.

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