Oilsands Upgrader Approval Ignores Alberta Land-use Framework, Farmers Say

Published by: Mark Lowey
in Energy, Issue 2 & 3, Volume 18
 
By Elona Malterre
            The Alberta Energy and Resources Conservation Board’s (ERCB) approval of a Petro-Canada oilsands upgrader near Edmonton ignores the province’s new Land-use Framework and the world’s need to grow more food, a group of farmers says.
            “Obviously we’re very disappointed,” says Wayne Groot, a potato and grain farmer whose land borders the planned upgrader in the County of Sturgeon northeast of Edmonton. The ERCB’s decision will mean a loss of “prime agricultural land” to industry, which isn’t in keeping with the province’s Land-use Framework, he said in an interview.
            Groot is a member of the          Northeast Sturgeon County Industrial Landowners…

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