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  • Canada Methane Emissions Not Properly Regulated

    Canada Methane Emissions Not Properly Regulated

    We need to take steps NOW to make sure Canada’s methane (aka Hydrogen Sulfide gas which contains up to 90% methane) emissions are being properly regulated. Methane is a greenhouse gas that is 84 times more potent than carbon dioxide – and its uncontrolled emissions affect everyone. The solutions to reducing methane emissions are actually…

  • It Will Cost Over $45 Billion To Clean Up Alberta Toxic Tailings Ponds

    It Will Cost Over $45 Billion To Clean Up Alberta Toxic Tailings Ponds

    The numbers are staggering. For over 50 years, the tars sands industry in Alberta has been producing a toxic brew of water, sand, silt and petrochemical waste products and storing them in what the industry refers to as “tailings ponds”.  And, the volumes are only growing – surpassing 1 TRILLION litres, covering an area greater…