Alberta’s Growing $30-Billion Liability: Inactive Wells

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Feb. 13, 2017

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Media Highlight

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The Tyee

"While most North American jurisdictions require companies to clean up and restore non-producing oil and gas wells in a timely fashion, Alberta doesn’t, says the report by University of Alberta economist Lucija Muehlenbachs, also a visiting fellow at the U.S. think tank Resources for the Future."

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Lucija Anna Muehlenbachs

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Lucija Muehlenbachs is a University Fellow at RFF. She researches economic and environmental implications from fossil fuel production and consumption.

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