The largest of
three major leaks in Alberta was first detected June 1st but the Houston-based Apache Energy Company did not release a size estimate until last week. The 2.5 million gallon spill of "produced water" killed everything in its path over 42 hectares according to the Dene Tha First Nation that hunts and fish in the area, 100 miles from the Northwest Territories border. The duration of the spill is not known yet, but the waste water contains hydrocarbons, high levels of salt, sulfurous compounds, metals. solvents and naturally occurring radioactive materials. The spill took place in a wetlands area, but it has not reached the Zama River yet. Neither Apache or the Alberta government reported the spill but it came to public attention after a citizen reported it to a TV station. The pipe that leaked was only five years old and designed to last for thirty according to company spokesmen.
Meanwhile, The Current Occupant is laying the groundwork with deep pocket Democrat supporters for approval of the Keystone Pipeline by
more promises of action on curbing greenhouse gas emissions. Environmental activists are not buying the trade off of Keystone for regulation of new and existing power plant emissions, for example. The pipeline is designed to carry 830,000 of diluted bitumen a day. Processing and burning that amount of fossil fuel will release enormous amounts of greenhouse gases into the global atmosphere. Global emmission have already reached record levels in 2012 says the International Energy Agency.
The largest of three major leaks in Alberta was first detected June 1st but the Houston-based Apache Energy Company did not release a size estimate until last week. The 2.5 million gallon spill of "produced water" killed everything in its path over 42 hectares according to the Dene Tha First Nation that hunts and fish in the area, 100 miles from the Northwest Territories border. The duration of the spill is not known yet, but the waste water contains hydrocarbons, high levels of salt, sulfurous compounds, metals. solvents and naturally occurring radioactive materials. The spill took place in a wetlands area, but it has not reached the Zama River yet. Neither Apache or the Alberta government reported the spill but it came to public attention after a citizen reported it to a TV station. The pipe that leaked was only five years old and designed to last for thirty according to company spokesmen.
Meanwhile, The Current Occupant is laying the groundwork with deep pocket Democrat supporters for approval of the Keystone Pipeline by more promises of action on curbing greenhouse gas emissions. Environmental activists are not buying the trade off of Keystone for regulation of new and existing power plant emissions, for example. The pipeline is designed to carry 830,000 of diluted bitumen a day. Processing and burning that amount of fossil fuel will release enormous amounts of greenhouse gases into the global atmosphere. Global emmission have already reached record levels in 2012 says the International Energy Agency.