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It’s time to share the blame

First quarter results are in for some of the biggest operators in Alberta's energy sector. How did they do? >

When he was younger, Max Fawcett wanted to make a mint in the markets. Now as the managing editor of Alberta Venture he gets to write about them. Close enough, right? He can be reached at mfawcett@albertaventure.com

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It’s time to share the blame

We all have a stake in the energy industry’s environmental problems

By Paul Marck

News this week of dead ducks in oil sands tailings ponds again has overshadowed a key finding in the Deepwater Horizon Gulf of Mexico oil-spill disaster: that the wrong kind of cement was used trying to seal the wildcat, out-of-control well that spewed billions of barrels of crude into the sea from April to August.