Alberta environment regulators now paid by oil industry

Environmental | 208039 hits | Dec 24 11:58 am | Posted by: BeaverFever

Enforcement officers “will be in the position” of handing out penalties for poor practices on land-clearing to the companies paying their salaries, said Dempsey, adding that the department urged staff to apply for the new jobs.

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by BeaverFever
Tue Dec 24, 2013 8:02 pm
And the beat goes on...
...the provincial government handed over to the privately funded regulator responsibility for administering the Water Act, Public Lands Act, and the Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act (dealing with spills) as they pertain to energy companies.

...its chairman of the board is Gerry Protti, a founder of the oil industry lobby group, the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers
by DrCaleb
Tue Dec 24, 2013 8:12 pm
Former Energy Minister Ken Hughes said last spring that the new regulator will have checks and transparency built in to make sure it enforces environment laws as strongly as occurred under the environment department. The new regulator is funded solely by industry, whereas previously, the regulator was funded jointly by industry and government.

I don't see the problem here. The environment department sucked, but so long as it doesn't suck harder and I'm not footing the bill . . .you get the government you deserve!
by Zipperfish
Wed Dec 25, 2013 2:38 am
What could possibly be wrong with that?

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