we can't live without oil today yet the cost for it's exploration has been terrible. We see now what's happening in Louisiana but there have been other devastating events around oil. Here is one that is not in the radar anymore but has a story to say. This happened in Nigeria in mid 90's, love to hear your thoughts, please continue to send them via webct. More on this with a hip hop tune by Reflection Eternal, I enjoyed it yet was saddened by it, let me know what you think of this.
"Alberta: The Other Oil Disaster"
ReplyDeleteYet another disaster, this one in our own backyard: the documentary H2Oil describes the devastating effects of Alberta's tar sands exploitation. The film follows battle of the indigenous people in Fort Chipewyan to force the Alberta government to properly test the water in the Athabasca River, since Fort Chip residents continue to die of rare cancers in abnormally high numbers. One scientist in the documentary claims that almost 67 liters of toxic fluid leak into the Athabasca River every second. By the end of the film, the government still has not responded to Fort Chip's crisis, because they maintain that the tar sands are toxic in their natural state as well - the tar sands were always a "disaster" - so the industry is not to blame for the toxic river. . . (See http://h2oildoc.com/home/)
Recently there were four billboards in the US (put up by an environmental group) that compare the BP oil spill to Alberta's tar sands development. Should we consider the longterm oil project in our province a "disaster"? How would this change our expectations of our government around economic issues and the environment? Does our capitalist way of life depend on ongoing environmental "disasters"? (See http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/anti-oil-sands-campaign-tests-albertas-steady-eddie/article1644125/)