Alberta tar sands "the most destructive project on earth": Guardian
Wednesday, August 18, 2010 at 10:50AM Alberta's "greed" threatens to keep US, EU "addicted" to oil
A new advertising campaign launching in Britain by an organization called Corporate Ethics International is encouraging British travelers to avoid going to Alberta because of the environmental damage caused by the tar sands.
Calling the Alberta tar sands "the other oil disaster," the Rethink Alberta campaign states that oil produced from the tar sands is done at "great cost to the environment," using tremendous quantities of water and discharging "up to 11m litres of contaminated water every day from toxic tailing ponds so large they can be seen from space."
An article in the Guardian newspaper, written by Kenny Bruno, campaign co-ordinator at Corporate Ethics International, goes on to say that "an area the size of England is at risk and the fight against climate change is doomed."
"If we don't stop them, you will be putting oil from tar sands in your tank within a year or two."
The article refers to Canadians' supposed love and admiration for the British as a reason why the Brits should "become allies in this effort." However, the British connection to the tar sands is deeper than that. Both Shell and BP are major players in Alberta, and the British government is also complicit in "this environmental outrage."
The author urges the British government to stop allowing "highly polluting" Canadian oil into the UK and to stop investing in the tar sands. He accuses the Canadian government of "greenwashing" the tar sands and "pressing the US and the EU to continue their oil addiction in the name of energy security."
According to Bruno. the government of Canada has ignored the wishes of "its own people" and it is now up to the British people to take up the fight and "rethink Alberta."
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