By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter 02/09/2024 15:41 The chief of Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation (ACFN) says the $50,000 fine the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) has levied against Imperial Oil for allowing wastewater to leak from its Kearl mine into the Athabasca River is insufficient to deter future leakages. Given the fact that Imperial made $1.1 billion in income in the second quarter of 2024 alone, it would have taken them just 35 seconds to make the $50,000 the AER fined them, ACFN Chief Allan Adam told Alberta Native News. “That was already just a small bucket in the magnitude of what’s going on here,” said Chief Adam. “We can’t allow this to happen anymore.” In May 2022, Imperial informed the AER that pools of discoloured water had surfaced…
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