Dear National Geographic ... Canadian industry IS A GLOBAL LEADER when it comes to environmental responsibility
National Geographic recently published a piece called “This is the world’s most destructive oil operation – and it’s growing.” Its target? The oil sands. It had errors and of course failed to mention the fact that Canadian industry is a global leader when it comes to environmental responsibility, from reclamation to developing new technologies to reducing emissions, and working in partnership with Indigenous communities. My Comment (Alan Forseth): LET’S TALK ABOUT OUTRAGEOUS EXAGGERATION ... this is a blatantly slanted opinion piece. Just this one following paragraph alone shows how it is so excessively bad this story is ... one simply based on sensationalism and crude exaggeration ... in other words little more than hogwash. ... the scale of Alberta’s tar sands operations is hard to grasp. Especially north of Fort McMurray, where the boreal forest has been razed and bitumen is mined from the ground in immense open pits, the blot o...