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Alberta scientists criticize decision to suspend some environmental monitoring of oil industry

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a broad range of Alberta’s environmental monitoring over pandemic fears wasn’t necessary, says the head of a group responsible for such work.Most monitoring could have been done safely, says Jay White, president of the licence-granting Alberta Society of Professional Biologists.“We’re trained to deal with dangerous, toxic biological hazards in our day-to-day work,” White said Monday. “The virus is no different.” Alberta’s own chief scientist says he wasn’t consulted before the government temporarily shut down much land, air and water-monitoring requirements in the oil and gas industry in what it said was an attempt to keep workers and communities safe from COVID-19.“Nothing came to me,” said Fred Wrona.“The process at the (Alberta Energy.

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