Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation asks Alberta energy board to say no to Syncrude tar sands expansion request – APTN News
January 29, 2019
Members of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation (ACFN) in northern Alberta voiced its opposition to the Syncrude Mildred Lake extension project on Monday at a hearing in Fort McMurray, Alta.
“This project here is just going to continue to add to more problems we are having today,” said Chief Allan Adam of the ACFN.
“It isn’t going to get any better.”
The hearings are being held by the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER).
Extending Syncrude’s operation, 40 km north of Fort McMurray would allow the mine to produce 738 million barrels of bitumen the company said and create 1,160 construction jobs.
But it would also extend Syncrude’s operations on the ACFN traditional land by 14 years.
