DeSmog: Its been almost two months since the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) released a new management framework to deal with the provinces growing legacy of oilsands tailings ponds that hold a toxic mixture of waste water, bitumen, solvents and sand.
But were really no closer to knowing if Directive 085 -- quietly made effective on July 14 -- will provide the necessary financial pressures for companies to start dealing with the almost one trillion litres of tailings that cover some 220 square kilometres...