“It’s a general message of don’t rock the boat,” he said. “It permeates the department of energy and it permeates Alberta Environment.”
EDGE, which stands for Environmental and Dangerous Goods Emergencies, manages transportation of dangerous goods emergency calls in Alberta and assesses the severity of dangerous goods incidents. Its website says it “communicates openly with other regulatory agencies, such as the Alberta Energy Regulator , in the event of an emergency or safety-related incident.”
Both federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault and his Alberta counterpart Sonya Savage have acknowledged things need to change.“We need to take a step back and say ‘What are the processes? Were they followed? And do we need to enhance them?'” Savage said this week. “We’re committed to taking the step to enhancing all of those processes.
You do know that bitumen actually can be found on the surface and in streams and creeks where it has been naturally occurring for centuries !!!
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