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Cases / Water use · Canada · 2024

Indigenous people not informed of industrial development for about nine months

Short record: the main facts, with sources. A full case file has not been prepared.

Nature's voice · report
No measurement of the harm done to me here is on record.
Did nature suffer? Not measured.
What the record lacks: 4 none on record · 1 not measured · 1 unclear See the gaps

DeSmog reported in March 2024 that Indigenous people had not been informed of an industrial development for about nine months, and that the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation had sued the Alberta Energy Regulator and Imperial Oil over the Kearl mine disaster. The sources reviewed do not describe the environmental impact, so the stake for nature is unassessed.

What?
Indigenous people were reportedly not informed of an industrial development for about nine months, according to DeSmog. DeSmog
Where?
Alberta, Canada (Kearl oil sands mine). DeSmog
When?
Reported March 2024. DeSmog
Who?
Gained
None on record
Lost
None on record
Harmed
  • Indigenous people — Reportedly not informed of the development for about nine months. DeSmog
Why?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
How?
Industrial development without timely notice to Indigenous people; lawsuit against the regulator and Imperial Oil. DeSmog
6 of 6 questions answered from the record

What happened

The record, in order.

DeSmog reported in March 2024 that Indigenous people had not been informed of an industrial development for about nine months.

The Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation filed a lawsuit against the Alberta Energy Regulator and Imperial Oil over the Kearl mine disaster, according to DeSmog.

    In court and with insurers

    Every proceeding and every insurer decision on record.

    Lawsuits and rulings

    1. Outcome not on record
      Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation lawsuit against Alberta Energy Regulator and Imperial Oil
      Not stated in the sources reviewed · Civil · Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation → Alberta Energy Regulator; Imperial Oil

      DeSmog reported the lawsuit in March 2024. The sources reviewed give no outcome. DeSmog

    Insurers

    No insurer decision on record.

    What we don't know

    Undisclosed, unproven, untried: recorded as data.

    Nature

    • Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.

    Court

    • Unclear Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation lawsuit against Alberta Energy Regulator and Imperial Oil: outcome not on record.

    Record

    • None on record The sources reviewed do not say which industrial development is meant beyond the Kearl mine reference, or which Indigenous people were affected.
    • None on record The regulator's and Imperial Oil's responses are not stated in the sources reviewed.
    • None on record The environmental effects of the Kearl mine disaster are not described in the sources reviewed.
    • None on record The outcome of the lawsuit is not stated in the sources reviewed.

    Did the harm stop?

    Not stated in the sources reviewed.

    Who paid?

    Not stated in the sources reviewed.

    Sources

    Voices on record: — Company or project— Government and regulators— Courts✓ Press and investigations— Communities and civil society— Researchers

    Press and investigations

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