Tyler Callicott, the Alberta Energy Regulator's director of enforcement, wrote in a judgment that Calgary-based oil giant CNRL failed to take all reasonable steps to prevent wildlife coming into contact with toxic tailings.Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. has been fined $278,000 for a major environmental infraction that killed birds and endangered coyotes and wolves near its Horizon oil sands mining operation in Northern Alberta.
No birds were nesting on the island when CNRL first noticed it in 2021, so the company continued with its usual bird-deterrent activities until the island was eventually submerged by rising water. It made no effort to eliminate the island or manage the level of water to prevent its re-emergence, according to a written decision from the Alberta Energy Regulator.
The regulator deemed the incident major, given that CNRL reported 411 bird fatalities between May and August, 2022, and that coyotes and wolves accessed the island through the water of the tailings facility and killed oiled birds.
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