Alberta Oil Sands Suffers PR Setback. By Paul Haavardsrud and Shawn McCarthy, Toronto G&M, August 19, 2008. "[The Pembina Institute, the Toxics Watch Society of Alberta and the Fort McMurray Environmental Association] have quit [the] government-sponsored [Americas Competitiveness Forum]… a move that undercuts government efforts to burnish the image of [oil sands development] in U.S. markets. The latest flare-up… came as Industry Minister Jim Prentice sought to reassure an international audience that the oil sands are being developed in a responsible way and are critical to U.S. energy security… He said the federal government is insisting that Canada be the most responsible environmental producer of oil and gas in the world, and added that oil sands producers have reduced the production of greenhouse gases for each barrel of oil from the oil sands by 45% since 1990... [But the] Alberta government's… [PR] campaign suffered a setback yesterday when three groups that have sought to work with the province… said the consultations had become a farce. Frustrated that repeated calls to curb oil sands development are being ignored, the groups are pulling out of the Cumulative Environmental Management Association (CEMA), a consortium… of government, industry, First Nations groups and [NGOs with]… an interest in the oil sands."
2008-08-20
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