A county caught between oil debts and Alberta's war on renewables

"At the peak of oil and gas activity up to around '14, 55% of Vulcan's county’s tax assessment base came from FF extraction. “Now in '26, you see a complete shift, with 55% of every dollar we spend coming from wind and solar,”

Counties in Alberta losing income from provincial government's ban on renewable energy #abpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2026/09/10/a...

“Thanks to a provincial loophole, oil and gas operators can opt out of paying municipal taxes … Adding insult to injury, many of the companies that pulled out of southern Alberta have not cleaned up their inactive oil and gas operations” www.nationalobserver.com/2026/09/10/a...

A county caught between oil debts and Alberta's war on renewables www.nationalobserver.com/2026/09/10/a...

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