Don't understand why Albertans aren't more outraged by this
 

aren't more outraged. AREN"T more outraged, is what I meant.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/rcmp-b...paign-1.188599

The Mounties bombed an oil installation as part of a dirty tricks campaign in their investigation into sabotage in the Alberta's oil patch.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgar...ling-1.1387795

Ernst says there was so much methane in her tap water as a result of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, that she could set fire to the water.
http://phys.org/news/2013-10-documen...-canadian.html

Levels of contaminants higher than in some of the world's most polluted cities have been found downwind of Canada's largest oil, gas and tar sands processing zone, in a rural area where men suffer elevated rates of cancers linked to such chemicals.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/albe...inds-1.1331696


A new study has found heightened levels of cancer-causing chemicals traced to Alberta's oilsands developments in lakes surrounding Fort McMurray (lower right in this Google satellite map image), including Lake Namur, marked by the A. (Google Maps)
The study found that the levels of PAHs in all six lakes had increased anywhere from 2½ times to 23 times background levels in the early 1960s, before the start of oilsands mining in the region


http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/fish...erta-1.1362381

A renowned Alberta water scientist is urging the federal government to take action after he discovered deformities in fish in the Athabasca River downriver from oil sands developments bear a striking resemblance to ones found in fish after spills in U.S. waters.

Re: Don't understand why Albertans are more outraged by this
 

Outrage just isn't Canadian.

Re: Don't understand why Albertans are more outraged by this
 

Most Albertans don't live anywhere near the developments. ;)

Re: Don't understand why Albertans are more outraged by this
 

The people who do are probably natives anyway.

Re: Don't understand why Albertans are more outraged by this
 

yeah i keep forgetting native life is cheap, as far as big energy/Alberta/harper are concerned.

Re: Don't understand why Albertans are more outraged by this
 

Again with the "all Albertans are in love with the oil & gas industry"! Jeez.

Re: Don't understand why Albertans are more outraged by this
 

I thought the oilsands existed long before Harper came to power. Am I wrong?

Re: Don't understand why Albertans are more outraged by this
 

The bitumen has existed since the dinosaurs 'went to sleep forever'. It's been leaching into the Athabasca river for centuries.

The oilsands developments are removing the bitumen from the ground, leaving only nice muskeg and topsoil - it's an environmental cleanup on a huge scale, and it's a wonder Grenpeace haven't given the oil companies a nice shiny medal.

Re: Don't understand why Albertans are more outraged by this
 

hit a nerve I guess.

Re: Don't understand why Albertans are more outraged by this
 

See, its all perspective. Brilliant stuff. :rofl:

Re: Don't understand why Albertans are more outraged by this
 

Guess again. :rofl:

Re: Don't understand why Albertans are more outraged by this
 

sooo, you're all ok with RCMP bombing an installation then trying to pin it on a local farmer, in cahoots with an energy company? I'm seriously asking because that seems like an incredibly corrupt, nasty thing to do for a so-called police force.

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Their lawyer produced evidence that the RCMP bombed a wellsite and that they did it with the full support of the energy company that owned it. The Crown admits the allegations are true. "


It's okay that fish are deformed?
That there are higher rates of cancer?

They had the woman with the gassy water on the CEEB yesterday. She's an actual scientist as well as a farmer, which is a bummer for the company that is fracking nearby. The kind of intimidation she's had to deal with from the firm involved as well as the Albertan government is pretty crazy. The water was so foul, that even her dogs refused to drink it.

I mean, if they can do that to rural communities, they can do that to you too, in your safe little suburbs.

Re: Don't understand why Albertans are more outraged by this
 

oh, not you jings. YOu are are the Teflon Oiler ;)

Re: Don't understand why Albertans are more outraged by this
 

Totally fine with it. They can do more of it if they like. Naff them all right up. :thumbup:

Re: Don't understand why Albertans are more outraged by this
 

hahaha, never thought of it that way! good point!