Artwork

Content provided by PressProgress Sources. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by PressProgress Sources or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://ppacc.player.fm/legal.
Player FM - Podcast App
Go offline with the Player FM app!
icon Daily Deals

Danielle Smith’s Billion Dollar Giveaway to Polluters, with Regan Boychuk

32:18
 
Share
 

Manage episode 348585992 series 3407224
Content provided by PressProgress Sources. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by PressProgress Sources or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://ppacc.player.fm/legal.

It’s an environmental problem that will cost hundreds of billions of dollars to tackle, and successive Alberta governments have lacked the political will to address it.

Hundreds of thousands of oil and gas wells exist across the province, many of which are inactive and at risk of abandonment.

For decades the Alberta Energy Regulator has allowed large producers to offload their cleanup obligations onto smaller ones, that then go insolvent or bankrupt.

Alberta’s new Premier has pushed a pilot program called the R-Star that will reward polluters for doing what they’re legally obligated to do anyway by letting them off the hook for billions in royalties owed to the province.

Smith urged the government to adopt R-Star while lobbying for corporate interests last year. It was rejected by Kenney's UCP. Now, Energy Minister Peter Guthrie said he’ll make it a "top priority."

Researcher and industry watchdog Regan Boychuk joins host Stephen Magusiak to talk about what he calls the R-Star “scam,” and Alberta’s history of regulatory capture by the fossil fuel industry.

Support the show

  continue reading

36 episodes

Artwork
iconShare
 
Manage episode 348585992 series 3407224
Content provided by PressProgress Sources. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by PressProgress Sources or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://ppacc.player.fm/legal.

It’s an environmental problem that will cost hundreds of billions of dollars to tackle, and successive Alberta governments have lacked the political will to address it.

Hundreds of thousands of oil and gas wells exist across the province, many of which are inactive and at risk of abandonment.

For decades the Alberta Energy Regulator has allowed large producers to offload their cleanup obligations onto smaller ones, that then go insolvent or bankrupt.

Alberta’s new Premier has pushed a pilot program called the R-Star that will reward polluters for doing what they’re legally obligated to do anyway by letting them off the hook for billions in royalties owed to the province.

Smith urged the government to adopt R-Star while lobbying for corporate interests last year. It was rejected by Kenney's UCP. Now, Energy Minister Peter Guthrie said he’ll make it a "top priority."

Researcher and industry watchdog Regan Boychuk joins host Stephen Magusiak to talk about what he calls the R-Star “scam,” and Alberta’s history of regulatory capture by the fossil fuel industry.

Support the show

  continue reading

36 episodes

All episodes

×
 
Loading …

Welcome to Player FM!

Player FM is scanning the web for high-quality podcasts for you to enjoy right now. It's the best podcast app and works on Android, iPhone, and the web. Signup to sync subscriptions across devices.

 

icon Daily Deals

Quick Reference Guide

Listen to this show while you explore
Play