ReturnToTheTarSands

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tar sands greenhouse gas
 Research into emissions from oil production By Kealan Gell 
 

Filed under: Climate Change, TTTS on September 27th, 2007 | 3 Comments »

The first day of the trip, we were confronted with ownership issues and how oil companies lease land from farmers to build roads and drill wells.  We were introduced to the situation from a farmer’s point of view.  He was pissed.
His lease hadn’t been paid for years and hadn’t been renegotiated since the 80’s.  Leases [...]

Filed under: Commentary, Environmental Justice, TTTS, Trade on September 25th, 2007 | No Comments »

This entry comes from dialogue the following 4 workers.
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Bruce currently works as an Operating Engineer for Syncrude and his wife Morgan used to work at the Oil Sands Discovery Center and as public affairs representative for Syncrude. The 17 To the Tar Sands bikers stayed at their home for two nights in Fort McMurray.
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Johnny is [...]

Filed under: Commentary, Fort McMurray, Labour, TTTS on September 24th, 2007 | 8 Comments »

Here is a sample of the variety of stories we heard about the tailings ponds and the flux of water through the oil sands operations…

Randal Barrett, President of Cumulative Environmental Management Association (CEMA):
Tailings ponds are mainly a result of water used to extract bitumen from sands that have been excavated in open pit mines. The [...]

Filed under: Commentary, Environmental Justice, TTTS on September 24th, 2007 | 1 Comment »

 
Mr. Peter Deranger, Aboriginal Elder, Fort McMurray: 
He had a dream: “Silence.  All the trees were black.  No insects.  He walked down to the stream but couldn’t drink the water.  Smoke was rising in the air.”  After that, he couldn’t go back to work.  His family and relatives all work here but they don’t feel right.  [...]

Filed under: Commentary, Environmental Justice, TTTS, Trade on September 24th, 2007 | No Comments »