Quote Originally Posted by Louis VI the Fat View Post
The extraction of tar sands creates many toxic and hazardous by products.

That is why the - very oil industry friendly - Alberta government has enacted pollution regulation.

Only two out of nine oil companies even intent to meet this very basic Alberta regulation.
The reaction of the Alberta gov't has not been to forbid the operation of corporations that openly refuse to comply with the regulation of the very Albertan gov't.

Instead, Alberta threatens to use its anti-terror laws against Albertan citizens who demand their gov't enforces its democratically decided laws.

Linky to a Canadian quality paper: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/repor...rticle1385146/


No, that's according to environmental groups. And, big surprise, implementing stringent new regulations can't always be done swiftly. And the regulations came about because the tailings ponds look bad, not because of objective pollution dangers.

And they're threatening to use laws to crack down on people who, from what I've gathered, appear to be breaking into dangerous mining areas and interfering with safe work.

CR