Canadian Natural Resources, Imperial Oil, Shell, Suncor, Syncrude, Teck Resources and Total E&P Canada all announced on Monday that they're going to begin collaborating on efforts to improve tailings management.
Shell Canada's John Broadhurst says this is an entirely new approach, by the industry, to the issue of tailings.
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But Sheila Muxlow with the Sierra Club thinks the move is just a way to save some cash. She says oil companies are using the environment to mask what's really going on. [...]
"It's a bit of a slap in the face, it's a bit of a tokenistic suggestion that (oil companies) think they're doing something, but the turth (sic) is they're not. There may not be benefits to this move, is it going to be to mitigate the harm from toxic waste (near Fort McMurray), or is it being made to reduce (the oil company's) costs." [...]