„Übrigens“: Die Bewohner Albertas im ländlichen Raum sind wütend darüber, dass Unternehmen ihre Rechnungen nicht bezahlen
‘By the wayside’: rural Albertans are angry at companies not paying their bills
„Übrigens“: Die Bewohner Albertas im ländlichen Raum sind wütend darüber, dass Unternehmen ihre Rechnungen nicht bezahlen
‘By the wayside’: rural Albertans are angry at companies not paying their bills
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>All of them are owned by MAGA Energy, short for Make Alberta Great Again, which bought 170 wells, 30 facilities and 47 pipeline licences in the area in September 2024 [but MAGA hasn’t been paying them, so many landowners have gone to a] government tribunal to ask for tax money to cover the missing payments. They’re still waiting to hear from the tribunal.
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It’s a familiar story across Alberta, a province where **landowners aren’t allowed to refuse oil and gas wells on their properties**, but are paid by the companies that own the wells for the loss of land. The history of faltering companies [cutting off those lease payments](https://thenarwhal.ca/alberta-oil-and-gas-unpaid-rent-2024/), however, is long, thanks to an equally long history of regulatory failure and a lack of government oversight.
Conservatives support government intervention in the economy, Exhibit 63.
Conservatives make things good for elites while the rest of us get fucked. Orphan wells are an especially glaring example of this as our current system practically begs companies to orphan their wells so they can maximize their profits. We’re stuck with the environmental destruction and the cleanup costs while they get to walk away with the money.