Comments on: 1,600 Birds Found Dead at Canadian Oil Sands Tailings Pond http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/04/05/1600-birds-found-dead-at-canadian-oil-sands-tailings-pond/ News & commentary on sustainability, activism, urban planning, politics, and our world. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:32:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Chris Stephenson http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/04/05/1600-birds-found-dead-at-canadian-oil-sands-tailings-pond/comment-page-1/#comment-54790 Chris Stephenson Fri, 10 Apr 2009 06:40:16 +0000 http://ecoworldly.com/?p=2690#comment-54790 This is very poor public communications strategy forcing Syncrude to endure a second round of negative media. Someone should lose their job over it. The reasons consumers don't believe oil and gas companies is because they don't ever seem to tell the truth. It is also a slap in the face to the Alberta government who has always been the oil sands biggest supporter. Now the government has to re-evaluate the fines it has already levied for the original 500 dead birds that were previously reported. Although I am saddened by the loss of so many blameless creatures, I can't help but think, better dead ducks than soldiers laying down their lives for foreign oil. This is very poor public communications strategy forcing Syncrude to endure a second round of negative media. Someone should lose their job over it.

The reasons consumers don’t believe oil and gas companies is because they don’t ever seem to tell the truth.

It is also a slap in the face to the Alberta government who has always been the oil sands biggest supporter. Now the government has to re-evaluate the fines it has already levied for the original 500 dead birds that were previously reported.

Although I am saddened by the loss of so many blameless creatures, I can’t help but think, better dead ducks than soldiers laying down their lives for foreign oil.

]]> By: Traci M. http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/04/05/1600-birds-found-dead-at-canadian-oil-sands-tailings-pond/comment-page-1/#comment-54789 Traci M. Mon, 06 Apr 2009 01:44:25 +0000 http://ecoworldly.com/?p=2690#comment-54789 I am so very saddened by this. It hurts my heart. I am so very saddened by this. It hurts my heart.

]]> By: Colin http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/04/05/1600-birds-found-dead-at-canadian-oil-sands-tailings-pond/comment-page-1/#comment-54788 Colin Sun, 05 Apr 2009 11:43:16 +0000 http://ecoworldly.com/?p=2690#comment-54788 Unfortunately this is the sort of ecological danger that will be ever more present as the tar sands are further developed. Until a viable alternative to crude oil is found, however, this is a reality that will have to be endured. The tar sands are simply too valuable of a resource under the current economic development model that affords little value to the environment. Until there comes a time that the true cost of ecosystem degradation is factored into the price of development, it's essential that we strive for the strictest of oversight and accountability. Unfortunately this is the sort of ecological danger that will be ever more present as the tar sands are further developed. Until a viable alternative to crude oil is found, however, this is a reality that will have to be endured. The tar sands are simply too valuable of a resource under the current economic development model that affords little value to the environment. Until there comes a time that the true cost of ecosystem degradation is factored into the price of development, it’s essential that we strive for the strictest of oversight and accountability.

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