Toxic waste spill in northern Alberta biggest of recent disasters in North America

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http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/apache-pipeline-leaks-60000-barrels-of-salty-water-in-northwest-alberta/article12494371/

The substance is the inky black colour of oil, and the treetops are brown. Across a broad expanse of northern Alberta muskeg, the landscape is dead. It has been poisoned by a huge spill of 9.5 million litres of toxic waste from an oil and gas operation in northern Alberta, the third major leak in a region whose residents are now questioning whether enough is being done to maintain aging energy infrastructure.

The spill was first spotted on June 1. But not until Wednesday did Houston-based Apache Corp. release estimates of its size, which exceeds all of the major recent spills in North America. It comes amid heightened sensitivity about pipeline safety, as the industry faces broad public opposition to plans for a series of major new oil export pipelines to the U.S., British Columbia and eastern Canada.

In northern Alberta, not far from the town of Zama City, the leak of so-called “produced water” has affected some 42 hectares, the size of 52 CFL fields, in an area less than 100 kilometres south of the Northwest Territories border.

“Every plant and tree died” in the area touched by the spill, said James Ahnassay, chief of the Dene Tha First Nation, whose members run traplines in an area that has seen oil and gas development since the 1950s.

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[ConcernedCanuk]

1. Our whole tar sands operation is a disgrace.

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All for the almighty $$$

Many ecosystems destroyed for centuries already.

we don't even OWN it - sold out to the USA.

We ain't that friggen smart ya know -


dumped shit in our lakes until not only were they not drinkable, couldn't even swim in them!

poisoned our houses and schools with insulation that kills,

invented birth control pills that caused deformities,

list is long . .

(sigh)

CC

[Fire Walk With Me]

2. China are also involved as well as the Koch brothers. And yes, that's capitalism...

I have no idea how Harper tricked everyone and got into office. Probably the same way as Rick Snyder did to get into the Michigan governor's office: LIE. My best to Canada. Trust the First Nations on these issues and ask them what you can do as allies. They know water is sacred and are engaged in direct action against these issues.