EU to vote on Canadian oil sands pollution
FEB 21, 2012
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.025891
BBC : The European Union is scheduled to vote on 23 February to decide whether Canadian oil extracted from oil sands is more polluting than oil from other parts of the world. The vote comes in the wake of a lawsuit filed by the Beaver Lake Cree native people, who claim that the oil sands industry is damaging the environment—fish and game have developed cancers, water has been polluted, and hunting grounds have been deforested—and thus endangering their traditional way of life, which is guaranteed by a treaty with the provincial and federal governments of Canada. Drew Zieglgansberger, senior vice president of Cenovus Energy, one of the oil companies involved, says that the industry has invested hundreds of millions of dollars to improve oil extraction techniques and provided jobs for many indigenous people.
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