As government scrambles to bring infrastructure and employment training to the Sahtu in preparation for a coming economic boom, people on the ground are also racing to put in place an environmental monitoring plan for the region to keep industry in check.
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The Alberta government’s plan to create a new, arms-length agency to monitor oilsands projects has the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation (ACFN) concerned it’s just another effort to “save face” without consulting them.
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Community members most directly impacted by downstream oilsands development met with an array of scientists doing monitoring in the area to discuss concerns and opportunities for collaboration last month.
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Environmental monitoring in Alberta is getting an $11 million boost from the provincial government as part of the province’s 2012 budget, starting with the oilsands region.
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After 2010, when all eyes in Canada were focused on Alberta’s oilsands and the growing problems of environmental pollution and health issues downstream, 2011’s relative quiet on the oilsands front came as both levels of government promised better monitoring of the industry.
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“What will be set up here is an environmental monitoring program that will exceed any monitoring system in the world today.”
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