{"id":4927,"date":"2023-05-01T18:10:45","date_gmt":"2023-05-01T18:10:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rdironworks.com\/?p=4927"},"modified":"2024-01-03T20:03:10","modified_gmt":"2024-01-03T20:03:10","slug":"should-alberta-have-to-return-130-million-in-unspent-og-environmental-cleanup-to-the-feds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rdironworks.com\/should-alberta-have-to-return-130-million-in-unspent-og-environmental-cleanup-to-the-feds\/","title":{"rendered":"Should Alberta have to return $130 million in unspent environmental cleanup?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
It\u2019s not often we hear of government projects coming under budget but Alberta only spent 87% of the $1 billion in federal funding to resolve environmental risk from inactive, aging oil and gas wells. Although the initial surge of applicants overwhelmed government staffers they recovered to approve $1 billion in projects. But 3,445 projects were not completed within the three-year timeframe, leaving $130 million on the table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Alberta Energy Minister Pete Guthrie hopes to keep the funds in the province for continued environmental cleanup, stating to the CBC<\/a> \u201cI have written to the federal government to keep the left-over funds here in Alberta.\u201d Likewise, Stephen Buffalo of the Indian Research Council would like to see the money \u201cspent on the continued remediation of wells on First Nations land.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n