The exploitation of the tar sands in Northern Alberta is an economic disaster of epic proportions. Now the Pembina Institute and the World Wildlife Fund have issued a scathing report on the lack of effort from the industry to do better, and from the government to oversee and regulate them.
By BOB WEBER
The Canadian Press
January 10, 2008 at 12:27 AM EST
EDMONTON — A new report comparing the environmental performance of Alberta’s oil sands producers against each other has found that even the winners have little to brag about.
And the groundbreaking study by the Pembina Institute and the World Wildlife Fund, released Thursday, suggests the provincial government’s reliance on industry to voluntarily do the right thing for the land, water and air of northern Alberta has failed.
