3/10 The timeline of death: By May 21, 2022, workers counted 271 California gull nests and one Canada goose nest on the island.
CNRL reported the situation to regulators in June, claiming "no immediate threat" to birds. They were catastrophically wrong.
#TailingsPonds
2/15 Alberta's government committee just recommended allowing companies to inject untreated oilsands wastewater deep underground.
Twist? Aqua Solutions Inc., which wants this exact business, was invited to participate in the committee making the recommendation. #ConflictOfInterest #TailingsPonds
Oil sands cleanup costs have soared from $30B to $57B in just three years—without clear answers why. With tailings ponds still unsolved, the true price of reclamation remains a big, costly question mark. #CleanupCosts #EnvironmentalLiability #TailingsPonds #Reclamation
The Syncrude tailings pond and oil sands facility seen from a helicopter near Fort McMurray, Alta., Tuesday, July 10, 2012. (Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press)
Tany Yao looks at reporter holding CBC microphone. Tany Yao, Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo MLA, wrote that the committee "is satisfied" that technology exists to treat and safely release tailings water. (Genevieve Tardif/Radio-Canada)
#Alberta to explore injecting oilsands tailings deep underground as disposal option
Proposals being considered for management of over 1.4 trillion litres of tailings
#Cdnpoli #TarSands #ABpoli #OilSands #Canada 🇨🇦 #Water #TailingsPonds #Pollution #Health #Environment
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" #TailingsPonds are leaking toxics into people's air, water & food. We also know about the liabilities. These are some of the most profitable industries in the history of the world. The wealthiest companies & individuals get paid then leave the costs for the taxpayer, the public, to deal with."
"We're going to find out our methane emissions are much higher than we than we thought, than we were reporting & reductions need to be much more significant, and that includes oil sands. #TailingsPonds actually are apparently a massive source of #methane emissions."
Tailings dam failures linked to hefty bonuses for mine managers | thenarwhal.ca/tailings-dam-failures-li...
#MountPolley #TailingsPonds #Mining
Drinking #water in #BC at risk from #mine #tailingsponds | rabble.ca rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/brent-pat... #MountPolley
