ALT FOR MEDIA INQUIRIES Jay Telegdi | Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation (780) 881 – 7062, [email protected] Cari Siebrits, Communications Strategist | Ecojustice (647) 602 – 1212, [email protected]

ALT Press Release - On March 31, 2025, the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation (ACFN) filed a judicial review of Alberta Environment and Protected Areas’ decision to renew the rules for Alberta’s Mine Financial Security Program (MFSP) without addressing critical flaws that were identified and shared with Alberta during its review of the Program in 2022. Ecojustice lawyers are representing ACFN in this case. The Nation argues that the MFSP fails to protect Albertans from bearing the massive costs of oil sands mine cleanup, while also failing to protect Treaty nations like ACFN from long-lasting oil sands pollution. Oil sands production already severely impacts ACFN, dramatically impairing the Nation’s ability to exercise its Treaty rights to travel, hunt, fish, and trap in its traditional territories. Alberta has a legal responsibility to Indigenous Nations like ACFN when making decisions about how to ensure this industry cleans up its mines and reclaims the land in years to come.