What's Happening

Campaign updates, progress reports, and community actions in our fight to stop the oil well cleanup crisis.

Apr 20, 2026 News

Airdrie Town Hall - Stop the Mature Asset Strategy

If you drill it, you clean it up. That was the deal between the provincial government and oil and gas corporations. But in a few weeks, the Alberta government is planning to break the deal and let corporations walk away from clean up, and stick taxpayers with the bill. It’s not too late to stop it, but only if we send a strong message. Come to the townhall and find out how you can get involved. Date: Apr 29, 2026 (Wednesday) Time: 7pm – 8:30pm Location: Inspire (805 Main Street Southwest Airdrie, Alberta Canada)

Provost Town Hall - TROUBLE WITH OIL & GAS WELLS ON YOUR LAND?

Join us on Wednesday, April 22nd for a discussion with your neighbors about the health, safety and costs of unreclaimed oil & gas wells in the Provost area.

Companies owing millions in taxes were allowed to skirt AER rules and acquire new wells

Despite a 2023 ministerial order, 21 tax-delinquent oil companies received new AER well licences in 2024. Rural municipalities are owed $254 million — and the regulator is being asked: why did you allow it?

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Dec 1, 2025 News

The unpaid bills of Alberta oil and gas companies, explained

Drew Anderson's comprehensive explainer breaks down how Alberta oil companies accumulate $254M in unpaid municipal taxes and $150M in unpaid surface leases, with government recovering less than 1%.

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Nov 23, 2025 News

Watch and share: Drew Anderson breaks down the $254M oil tax crisis in 60 seconds

One minute. That's all it takes. The Narwhal's Drew Anderson explains who pays when oil companies don't—and it's not the companies.

New Poll: Supermajority of Albertans want oil and gas companies to cover costs of well cleanup, unpaid municipal taxes and landowner rents

92% support oil and gas companies being responsible for the final clean-up of wells. 87% support the government requiring industry to cover unpaid property taxes to municipalities. 84% support the government requiring industry to cover unpaid rents to landowners.

Dirty Cleanup Scheme: Alberta's plan to dump cleanup costs on taxpayers

Bob Weber's investigation in Alberta Views exposes how the Mature Asset Strategy shifts $60 billion in well cleanup costs from oil companies to taxpayers.

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Nov 6, 2025 News

Nearly 200 Albertans reject Alberta's oil well cleanup and coal mining plans at packed town hall

Nearly 200 Albertans united at our Nov 5 Calgary town hall against dumping oil well cleanup costs on taxpayers AND new coal mining in the Rockies. CTV News, Global TV, CityNews and 660 covered the event.

'By the wayside': rural Albertans are angry at companies not paying their bills

Landowners ring alarm bells about the Alberta government paying them on behalf of delinquent oil and gas companies. Republished with permission from The Narwhal.

CBC News: Groups push back on Alberta's strategy to deal with inactive oil and gas wells

A consortium of advocate groups is renewing calls to scrap the Alberta government's proposed plans for dealing with aging oil and gas infrastructure, but the province is moving ahead with 20 of 21 recommendations.

NOV 5: Calgary Town Hall - Stop Coal Mining and the Oil Well Cleanup Scam

Join us November 5th in Calgary to fight back against new coal mining in the Rockies and the government's plan to make taxpayers pay for oil and gas cleanup. Free admission - food provided.

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Oct 8, 2025 News

Alberta Orphan Well Strategy Faces Pushback from Residents, Municipalities, Experts

Pushback is growing among Alberta municipalities, landowners, and concerned residents who say the province is pressing ahead with a regulatory system that lets oil and gas companies dodge taxes, skip rent, and leave orphaned wells behind.

OCT 16: Falher Town Hall - Alberta Oil and Gas Well Cleanup Crisis

Join us October 16th in Falher for an in-person town hall exposing the government's plan to make taxpayers pay for oil and gas cleanup. Free admission - food provided.

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OCT 22: Vegreville Town Hall - Alberta Oil and Gas Well Cleanup Crisis

Join us October 22nd in Vegreville for an in-person town hall exposing the government's plan to make taxpayers pay for oil and gas cleanup. Free admission - food provided.

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OCT 2: Virtual Town Hall - Alberta Oil and Gas Well Cleanup Crisis

Join us October 2nd for a virtual town hall exposing the government's plan to make taxpayers pay for oil and gas cleanup. Free registration - secure your spot now.

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Aug 27, 2025 News

Didsbury town hall shows rural-urban opposition to well cleanup crisis has government nervous

Our August town hall at Elks Hall in Didsbury proved something important: Albertans are awake to the government's plan to make taxpayers foot the bill for oil and gas cleanup, and industry is starting to sweat.

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Aug 8, 2025 Press Release

PRESS RELEASE: Experts and Landowners Gathering in Didsbury to Address Oil Well Cleanup Crisis

Upcoming Didsbury Town Hall features experts and impacted landowners working to stop Alberta government's proposed Mature Asset Strategy from dumping cleanup costs onto communities.

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