Canada needs to address water pollution from tailings ponds
True accountability means the Canadian and Alberta governments working together and on a nation-to-nation basis with Alberta First Nations to, in part, conduct a systematic risk assessment of oil sands tailings ponds and develop and implement an action plan to meet all of UNESCO’s recommendations.
FORT MCMURRAY, ALTA.—It was extremely disappointing to read the Government of Canada’s response, earlier this month, to accusations that it was sitting idly by while oil sands tailings ponds were leaking contaminants into rivers and lakes in northern Alberta. High concentrations of toxins have b...
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