Backgrounder: Oilsands Review Process Broken

Publication - Aug. 28, 2009 - By Dan Woynillowicz

 An Alberta court decision that permits the Energy Resource Conservation Board (ERCB) to ignore Royal Dutch Shell's breach of written agreements made to obtain regulatory approval signals a likely end to collaborative approaches in the oilsands.  Ecojustice, on behalf of the Pembina Institute and the Toxics Watch Society of Alberta, was denied Leave to Appeal the ERCB’s decision to uphold the approvals for two of Shell oilsands projects, even though the ERCB acknowledged Shell had broken written agreements to reduce greenhouse gas pollution.

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