'If you make a mess, you clean it up': Alberta landowners take energy regulator to court over orphan well levies - The Globe and Mail

Alberta landowners are challenging the provincial energy regulator in court over fees imposed to clean up abandoned oil and gas wells. The dispute centers on who should bear the financial responsibility for so-called orphan wells—sites left behind by defunct energy companies. Landowners argue the companies that created the environmental liabilities should pay for remediation, not property owners or the broader industry through levies.