parece mentira mas e' verdade e ainda por cima...

[casta_baga]

ola' a todos, parece mentira mas e' verdade e ainda por cima onde trabalho, isto e' uma vergonha total.
em breve irei postar fotografias da industria petroli'fera por aqui.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ ... y/national

500 ducks suffer a crude death in alberta
dawn walton
from wednesday's globe and mail
april 30, 2008 at 10:36 pm edt
calgary — just five mallard ducks have been rescued from an oily tailings pond, while up to 500 birds have sunk to their deaths in the toxic byproduct of syncrude canada ltd.'s oil-sands operation in northern alberta.

an estimated 400 to 500 ducks landed on the hydrocarbon contaminated lake, which is usually surrounded by noise-making cannons to deter migrating waterfowl, but a late winter storm that dumped 50 centimetres of snow in the area delayed deployment of the devices this spring, the company said.

“it's definitely unusual circumstances, but they're really sad circumstances and we want to do everything we can to help ensure it doesn't happen again,” syncrude spokesman alain moore said wednesday.

mr. moore said rescue operations were stymied by snow, ice and the skittish birds, but 18 cannons are now in place around the several-square- kilometre lake north of fort mcmurray. the devices will remain through september in accordance with provincial regulations.

meanwhile, the provincial and federal governments have launched investigations under environmental and migratory- bird legislation, which could result in charges and fines of up to $1-million or prison terms against the world's largest producer of synthetic crude oil.

“whenever we have an economic activity, we've got to do it in an environmentally friendly way,” federal environment minister john baird said wednesday.

“something went wrong here. i'm not happy about it and i want to get to the bottom of it. i want to hold those that are responsible to account and we want to make sure it doesn't happen again,” he said.

just how the ecological tragedy came to light is under dispute, but syncrude workers say they spotted the goo-covered birds on monday and contacted the alberta government, which dispatched wildlife officials to the site.

at some point, a tip was also called in to the government, spawning a flurry of criticism from opposition parties about adequate monitoring and the potential for cover-ups.

“i think the world expects more than anonymous tips to protect the oil sands,” liberal leader kevin taft said during question period in the legislature.

ted morton, minister of sustainable resource development, said the notification process will be part of the investigation.

“we will get to the bottom of this. we'll get the facts, and if there is negligence, negligent parties will pay,” he said.

the timing couldn't be worse for the alberta government, which wrapped up a mission to washington wednesday aimed at promoting the province as having environmentally responsible policies in the oil sands.

at the same time, the province faced a renewed barrage of questions about its plan to spend $25-million on a public-relations campaign designed partly to dispel myths about the oil sands.

“twenty-five million dollars is well spent in ensuring that we protect the integrity of this province,” premier ed stelmach told the legislature.

the incident is also a blow to the image of syncrude, which produces about 350,000 barrels per day from the oil sands, but has never had an incident like this.the company was applauded in march for becoming the first oil-sands operator to have a portion of disturbed land officially certified as reclaimed

still, environmentalists pointed out that the parcel has not been returned to its original state and that tailings ponds and open pits all over the region pose even more serious reclamation challenges.

mike hudema, a tar-sands campaigner with greenpeace canada, said the fact that toxic lakes are so dangerous that they need canons to keep wildlife away is something all canadians should be concerned about.

[jmal]

o mais ridículo é chamarem-lhe "acidente".
pra esses não deve haver multas.

[casta_baga]

e muito mais, por exemplo, com esta mesma empresa syncrude,
a extracção do crude das areias durante o inverno é bastante difícil, sendo utilizado inclusive metanol no terreno, toneladas de metanol todos os dias para facilitar a separação mas, eles dizem que existe a recuperação do metanol...

outros, não o dizem, por exemplo, um amigo meu que é engenheiro nessa mesma empresa diz que essa recuperação anda à volta dos 40% e, desses 40% cerca de metade é água, imagina, água que já é contaminada, a própria neve que derrete com o metanol.....

imagina, daqui a uns 15 anos deverá existir algo novo, alguma fonte energética para substituir o petróleo, se nós ainda ca andarmos, teremos que depois tratar dos erros criados por um acto ganancioso irresponsável, ao fim ao cabo, esta extracção é nem mais nem menos que uma muito pequena parcela do que o mundo necessita para funcionar. 80% deste petróleo vai para os usa.

multas somente nos jornais, fica a saber que a canwest global communications corp. detém cerca de 80% dos mídia no canadá, so a greenpeace é que paga as multas.