CONTROVERSIES with oil
Greenpeace is calling on oil companies and the Canadian government to stop the tar sands and end the clearing of forests and wetlands in northern Alberta.
The tar sands are huge deposits of bitumen, a tar-like substance that’s turned into oil through complex processes that cause environmental damage. These processes pollute the Athabasca River,fills the air with toxins and converts farmland into wasteland. Large areas of the Boreal forest are clearcutting to make way for development in the tar sands, the fastest growing source of greenhouse gas emissions in Canada.
The Harper government has approved construction of the $7.9-billion Northern Gateway pipeline, setting up a bad political battle over resource development in Canada that should continue into the 2015 election.
A controversial oil pipeline project which would bring oil to Canada’s Pacific coast across the province of British Columbia obtained all requirements from the Canadian government by June 17 despite continuing protests and court challenges.
This pipeline would transport 525,000 barrels per day of oil from the oilsands of the western province of Alberta across the province of British Columbia to ports on the the Pacific coast.
A federal review panel recommended approval of the project if 209 conditions were met. The Canadian government now has approved the pipeline, if the company meets the conditions.
The tar sands are huge deposits of bitumen, a tar-like substance that’s turned into oil through complex processes that cause environmental damage. These processes pollute the Athabasca River,fills the air with toxins and converts farmland into wasteland. Large areas of the Boreal forest are clearcutting to make way for development in the tar sands, the fastest growing source of greenhouse gas emissions in Canada.
The Harper government has approved construction of the $7.9-billion Northern Gateway pipeline, setting up a bad political battle over resource development in Canada that should continue into the 2015 election.
A controversial oil pipeline project which would bring oil to Canada’s Pacific coast across the province of British Columbia obtained all requirements from the Canadian government by June 17 despite continuing protests and court challenges.
This pipeline would transport 525,000 barrels per day of oil from the oilsands of the western province of Alberta across the province of British Columbia to ports on the the Pacific coast.
A federal review panel recommended approval of the project if 209 conditions were met. The Canadian government now has approved the pipeline, if the company meets the conditions.