Report shows governments breaking own rules to approve more oil sands projects

Written By Tori Cress

Keepers of the Athabasca has released a report by Helene Walsh, titled Alberta's Oil Sands Development is Not Responsible - Moratorium Needed. This report shows that since 2004, the federal and Alberta provincial governments have knowingly broken their own rules requiring the monitoring and consideration of environmental cumulative effects of all oil sands projects, including water, air, biodiversity and land. Download the full report and accompanying news release.


» Report: Alberta's Oil Sands Development is Not Responsible - Moratorium Needed (877Kb PDF)
» SUMMARY: Summary of Alberta's Oil Sands Development is Not Responsible (426Kb PDF)
» News Release (427Kb PDF)

Tori Cress
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