Another enjoyable and informative video from "it's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine" on Submedia.TV.
Showing posts with label tar sands. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tar sands. Show all posts
Sunday 1 September 2013
Friday 26 July 2013
Monday 24 June 2013
Greed Versus The Environment
Health and Environmental Effects of the Tar Sands
Across the United States, oil refineries are seeking permits to
expand their facilities to process heavy crude oil from the tar sands.
Processing tar sands oil will mean more asthma and respiratory diseases,
more cancer, and more cardiovascular problems. Many local communities
are opposing the expansions.
In Canada, the toxic burden on communities near the tar sands is
already enormous. In addition to direct human exposure, oil
contamination in the local watershed has led to arsenic in moose meat—a
dietary staple for First Nations peoples—up to 33 times acceptable
levels. Drinking water has also been contaminated.
The alternative is simple: we need to break our addiction to oil and
fossil fuels. We could be on the road to a new energy future if we
simply redirect the investment capital slated for the tar sands into
sustainable alternatives. Heightened investments in clean energy also
mean the creation of new green jobs. We need to stop investing in dirty
fossil fuels and start funding the future.
Monday 12 November 2012
THE GREED AND MADNESS OF THE CORPORATE BEAST.
I previously posted about the Canadian tar sands project and referred to it as the biggest shit pan on earth, I personally believe that description doesn't go far enough. This project is corporate greed and destructive madness going completely unrestrained.
The video was taken from an excellent article on the Polizeros site.
Read the Polizeros article HERE:
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