Oil-sands producers will be forced to reduce waste water and to clean up and restore mined land within a decade as Alberta seeks to reduce environmental damage. Regulation announced by Alberta Environment Minister Kyle Fawcett in Edmonton on Friday, include limits on water withdrawals from the Athabasca River in the Canadian province’s north. Companies will also be required to slow the growth of tailings ponds, which hold waste water from bitumen mining, and restore land that existing ones are on after 10 years of the end of the mine’s life, the minister said. Oil-sands operators have come under attack for environmental impact including emissions of greenhouse gas and fresh-water use, helping to stall pipeline construction such as TransCanada Corp.’s Keystone XL. Production of bitumen, forecast to more than double by 2030, is Canada’s fastest-growing source of carbon emissions. The new rules are a more “realistic” policy framework […]