500 ducks suffer a crude death in Alberta
May 2nd, 2008
“Whenever we have an economic activity, we’ve got to do it in an environmentally friendly way”. That’s what Federal Environment Minister John Baird told the Globe and Mail yesterday when it reported that 500 birds were killed after landing in a toxic lake of “oily tailings”. Baird added, “Something went wrong here. I’m not happy about it and I want to get to the bottom of it.” Perhaps Mr. Baird should get to the bottom of Syncrude Canada’s toxic lake and see if the sludge will stick to him. Read more…
