Amid the bogs and forests of northern Alberta, in the heart of the Canadian oil patch, lie some of the largest waste dumps of the global energy business. Story here.
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TAR SANDS, a Man Made Hiroshima 'without the Atom Bomb'.
Water- the most important resource that all living things need to survive and exist
on this earth, but at the oil sands it is treated with contempt. It is poisoned,
contaminated and ravaged by the industries in their relentless search and
processing of the black gold, and all with the approval of our government(s) Little
caring and not registering, once this precious life sustaining liquid is polluted and
undrinkable, we will be exterminating ourselves to extinction. For whatever we do
to the web strands of life, we ultimately do to ourselves. Will we, as a society, ever
learn?. Perhaps,..but unfortunately, only after it is too late.! According to
executives of the biggest energy companies, some of us are in the land of make
believe and are being misled by sensational news and unfounded allegations.I do
not agree. When I see photographs and read that 17,600 hectares of tailing ponds
presently exist, with a toxic blend of hydrocarbons, silt, salts and heavy minerals
and reported as a lingering headache for the industry, I get troubled and
concerned, as we all should. I do not believe these are make believe and
unfounded news clips. In fact, talks have been underway about conditions
under which water from these ponds could be released into the environment.
In 2014, it was confirmed the tailing ponds are leaking into the ground and
polluting the Athabasca river.
One way or another, humans are quite willing, it seems, to allow themselves to be
terminated in the process of promoting economic benefits to the oil masters,with
the blessings of the federal government.
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