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The Most Destructive Project on Earth
By treehugga | August 30, 2008
The Environmental Defense declares the petroleum extraction programme in Canada is the “Most destructive project on earth.” The programme is based in the oil sands of Canada and is known as the Tar Sands Project. What is particularly alarming is that even Peter Lougheed who was the Alberta Premier who began the project is requesting a drastic change in the project.
The report issued by Environmental Defense, a non profit group, points the finger at the Canadian government for ignoring the huge levels of greenhouse gases emitted by the Tar Sands Project.
The Programme Manager, Matt Price said “Ottawa is letting the Tar Sands hold Canadians hostage on global warming,” and “The federal government is not using laws already on the books to require companies to reduce emissions and clean up their toxic mess.”
From Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation, Chief Allan Adam said “Nobody lives closer to the land and water than we do, and we’ve seen bad changes over the past twelve years,” adding that “As goes the water so go we, and we are seeing strange diseases now.”
A Fort Chipewyan town doctor made a public complaint over the excessive level of abnormal diseases in the town in 2007; however, he was rebuked by Canada’s national health agency. Aaron Freeman, the policy director of Environmental Defense said in his concluding remarks, that “This is Canada’s problem. Our federal elected leaders need to clean it up or shut it down.”
Topics: Global Warming, Other News |