By Sonal Gupta, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Canada’s National Observer Alberta First Nations are being shut out of a sprawling carbon capture and storage project on their traditional territories that is a key part of a possible Alberta-Ottawa pipeline deal, chiefs say. Kelsey Jacko, chief of Cold Lake First Nations, said his nation has raised concerns since 2023 but have not been included in key discussions between Ottawa, Alberta and industry. And now, with the expected announcement of a memorandum of understanding between the federal and provincial governments, Jacko feels railroaded. \u201cThey\u2019re pushing it through, ramming [it] down our throats, harder than they did before,\u201d he said. The proposed carbon capture and storage project involves a 400-kilometre-long CO2 pipeline transporting captured emissions from more than 20 oilsands facilities in northern… <\/p>\n
By Sonal Gupta, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Canada’s National Observer Alberta First Nations are being shut out of a sprawling carbon capture and storage project on their traditional territories that is a key part of a possible Alberta-Ottawa pipeline deal, chiefs say. Kelsey Jacko, chief of Cold Lake First Nations, said his nation has raised concerns since 2023 but have not been included in key discussions between Ottawa, Alberta and industry. And now, with the expected announcement of a memorandum of understanding between the federal and provincial governments, Jacko feels railroaded. \u201cThey\u2019re pushing it through, ramming [it] down our throats, harder than they did before,\u201d he said. The proposed carbon capture and storage project involves a 400-kilometre-long CO2 pipeline transporting captured emissions from more than 20 oilsands facilities in northern... <\/p>\n