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 Items tagged: oilsandsItems Found: 6Oilsands Panel UnveiledSeptember 30, 2010 - 7:40 am In response to concerns about industrial pollution in the Athabasca River and connecting waterways, Canada's environment minister, Jim Prentice, has appointed an independent advisory panel of scientists to review the design and management of related environmental systems. "We are determined to develop... Categories: International, National, News, Western Canada Third Party to Review Oilsands Water DataSeptember 25, 2010 - 3:05 pm A committee of independent scientists will be created to review water monitoring data collected from Alberta’s oil sands region, announced the Province earlier this week. “Understanding the impact of the oilsands industry on the watershed of northeastern Alberta is absolutely critical. We need... Categories: News, Western Canada Ottawa Receives Water Contamination ComplaintApril 15, 2010 - 10:16 am The federal government is failing to enforce anti-pollution provisions of the federal Fisheries Act by allowing oilsands tailings ponds to leak contaminated materials into both surface waters and groundwater in the Athabasca watershed, says an environmental group. A coalition of environmental organizations... Playground LessonsMarch 20, 2009 - 1:21 pm In some elementary schools, there's a firm rule about littering. If you're caught doing it, you have to spend the next recess picking up garbage in the schoolyard. It's an unglamorous means of teaching kids that their choices have consequences, but it drives the point home. Looks like this basic principle... Categories: Blog Yellowknife Summit Draws Concerns on WaterNovember 6, 2008 - 12:50 pm Aboriginal leaders, scientists and environmental activists from across Canada are talking this week about water quality at a national summit in Yellowknife, reports CBC News. More than 100 delegates gathered for the Dene Nation's National Environment and Water Summit to discuss issues such as the... Categories: News, Northern Canada Alberta, GE to Improve Water Use at OilsandsOctober 10, 2008 - 7:59 am The Alberta government is partnering with General Electric to improve water treatment and reuse in the province's oilsands projects, which consume enormous volumes of fresh water to produce oil, reports CBC News. Two projects announced Thursday are the first initiatives from an agreement signed between... Categories: News, Western Canada |
