Imperial Oil has known for many months about a leak of toxic tailings water into the surrounding Crown land from its Kearl oil sands project
The ground and water near Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation in northern Alberta has become a toxic mess.
A nearby oil sands site, run by Imperial Oil, hasBut the First Nation alleges Imperial Oil and the provincial regulators tasked with keeping the companies in line, hid the seriousness of the leak. Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation is only now learning of how badly their food and water could be contaminated. Energy reporter
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