Alberta’s oilsands tailings grow by 50 per cent in a decade
04-11-2026 12:05 via Edmonton Journal

Alberta’s oilsands tailings grow by 50 per cent in a decade

Eight oilsands mines north of Fort McMurray are storing about 1.6 billion cubic metres of tailings —- watery clay and silt laced with heavy metals and other chemicals — up by nearly 50 per cent since 2014. Read More
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