22 Oct Deception Can’t Keep Us Stuck to the Tar Baby: A Discussion on Canadian Tar Sands
On Shades of Green Energy this week we focused on the Tar Sands Issue. For the full story listen to the podcast on the Shades of Green Energy website. Joining us were Environmental Advocate and Chemical Engineer, Chris Wilson and Trevor Lovell from Public Citizen Texas and Statewide Director of ReEnergize Texas.
Wilson by no means minced words when it came to discussing the Trans Canada Tar Sands project and the Keystone XL pipeline proposed to transport the bituminous sands to the US. The true weight of the issue came alive as Wilson described the tar sands problem as:
- A devastating global climate crime
- The largest industrial project on the planet
- The poster child for environmental destruction
Lovell continued the conversation saying, “It’s not just safety, not only environmental concerns, the real issue is that there are other green energy solutions.” He went on to say for a healthy economy and homeland we need to consider:
- Smart choices
- Smart engineering
- Smart environmental management
Studies used to substantiate the project have left a trail that brings us to lobby groups that Wilson describes as, “using junk science.” She went on to use strong words to describe the insider politics saying, “Dirty oil and dirty politics equals fraud.”
If you want to get more information on the Tar Sands Issue you can visit:
If you want to get involved there are people who gather to address the tar sands issue weekly on Monday evenings from 5 – 7:00 p.m. at Rio Rita’s Café y Cantina at 1308 East 6th Street in Austin.
November 6th TarSandsAction.org is inviting interested people to join them in Washington DC to send a clear message to the President. You can find out the details at TarSandsAction.org.
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