Sunday, August 25, 2013

B.C. Worries Oil Spill Would "Overwhelm" Resources

Canadian Press
Officials in British Columbia have privately warned that the province lacks the ability to manage oil spills from existing and future oil traffic, and even a moderate spill would overwhelm their ability to respond, documents show. Full story here.

1 comment:

PLT said...

This will matter little in the overall scheme of things. The blind will of our decision-makers to press ahead with a petroleum-based society holds no room for reason or logic. Our planet is on a well-oiled, slippery-slope to God-knows where!

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