For the first time, this report, from Environmental Defense, uses industry information to arrive at a conservative estimate of what the overall leakage from the tar sands tailings ponds is today and also what it would likely be if proposed projects go ahead.
The results are staggering....
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
11 MILLION LITRES A DAY: THE TAR SANDS' LEAKING LEGACY
For the first time, this report, from Environmental Defense, uses industry information to arrive at a conservative estimate of what the overall leakage from the tar sands tailings ponds is today and also what it would likely be if proposed projects go ahead.
The results are staggering....
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2 comments:
The tar sands are the biggest environmental disaster in Canada and no one really cares because there is so much money to be made!!!! And money is all we need in this society, money to drive polluting SUVs and Hummers etc etc. Show me an oil executive and I'll show you a piece of human garbage!
Notice that nobody claims there could ever be "clean tar" the way they promise for "clean coal." It's clear that nobody would be fooled by such a blatant contradiction in terms.
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