CALGARY–The head of Alberta’s new energy regulator said the government body must balance the energy industry’s desire for faster project approvals against the enforcement of environmental laws or else risk losing support at home and abroad for exploiting the province’s vast oil and gas resources. “We’ve got to get this right because this is a world-class resource, but we can lose the ability to develop it if we can’t demonstrate that we’re doing it in a responsible fashion,” Gerry Protti, chairman of the Alberta Energy Regulator, said in an interview Wednesday. Energy-rich Alberta has been keen to tout its environmental credentials amid a heated debate about the impact of oil-sands production in its boreal forests and growing global crude-oil consumption. Vocal environmental opposition has stalled major projects to expand the province’s market access, notably TransCanada Corp.’s TRP.T +0.22% TransCanada Corp. Canada: Toronto $ 46.24 +0.10 +0.22% Oct. 24, 2013 […]