Mar 06, 2026
Statement on AB Government, Oil Companies’ Announcement of Tailings Cleanup Projects
ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE, ALBERTA WILDERNESS ASSOCIATION, CANADIAN ASSOCIATION OF PHYSICIANS FOR THE ENVIRONMENT (CAPE), INDIGENOUS CLIMATE ACTION, KEEPERS OF THE WATER Toronto | Treaty Lands…Read More
Oct 08, 2025
Indigenous, Environment, Health Groups Reject Tailings Treat-and-Release Guidance
ATHABASCA CHIPEWYAN FIRST NATION, MIKISEW CREE FIRST NATION, ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE, INDIGENOUS CLIMATE ACTION, KEEPERS OF THE WATER, CANADIAN PARKS AND WILDERNESS SOCIETY NORTHERN ALBERTA,…Read More
Mar 11, 2025 / Climate Change
MEDIA ADVISORY: Tomorrow – Environmental Defence Hosts a Screening of Killer Water
The Screening Features the Documentary’s Co-Director, Acclaimed Indigenous Journalist Brandi Morin Toronto | Traditional territories of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishinaabeg, the…Read More
Jan 15, 2025 / Climate Change
The Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) was caught hiding evidence of environmental degradation caused by toxic tailings spills, and misleading the public with false claims…Read More
Oct 31, 2024 / Climate Change
Why experts agree there must be no additional exposure to toxins in the tar sands
When oil companies started mining the tar sands for bitumen at a large scale in the 1960s, they quickly realized they’d also be producing…Read More
Aug 22, 2024 / Climate Change
Statement on Alberta Energy Regulator’s Toothless Response to Imperial Oil Tailings Disaster
Statement from Aliénor Rougeot, Climate and Energy Program Manager Toronto | Traditional territories of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishinaabeg, the Haudenosaunee, and…Read More
Aug 22, 2024 / Climate Change
The Tar Sands are Turning North America’s Most Important Migratory Bird Habitat into a Graveyard
This is a Guest Blog Post by Andrew Jennings Every year, up to 170 million birds migrate or breed in Alberta’s Peace-Athabasca Delta region,…Read More
Jun 04, 2024 / Climate Change
Treetops and Tar Sands: What I learned from a photography exhibit
The True Cost of Oil photography exhibit, presented by Environmental Defence and Keepers of the Water, took place from May 15th to June 1st….Read More
May 30, 2024 / Climate Change
Federal Environment and Health Ministers Agree to Assess Toxicity of Naphthenic Acids
ATHABASCA CHIPEWYAN FIRST NATION, ECOJUSTICE, ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE, KEEPERS OF THE WATER Ottawa | Traditional, unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabeg People –This week, the…Read More
May 24, 2024 / Climate Change
Let’s Talk About it - Toxic Tailings Waste is a Growing Problem
The tailings “ponds” that are filled with toxic wastewater from oil sands mining now store enough toxic fluid to fill Lake Louise – 2000…Read More