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Environment Committee

Environment Committee. Report to the Alberta Federation of Labour Convention 2011. Fort McMurray at Sunrise. Dirty Oil or Clean Oil. What does this mean? How will it impact both the oil sands and workers? Are the oil sands environmentally sustainable?. Aerial View of Tailings Pond.

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Environment Committee

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  1. Environment Committee Report to the Alberta Federation of Labour Convention 2011

  2. Fort McMurray at Sunrise

  3. Dirty Oil or Clean Oil • What does this mean? • How will it impact both the oil sands and workers? • Are the oil sands environmentally sustainable?

  4. Aerial View of TailingsPond

  5. Green House Gas Emissions (GHG) • Water usage and pollution • Coal-fired U.S. energy industry • Produces 64 times as many GHG emissions as the oil sands

  6. Coal-fuelled Smoke Stack

  7. Finding a balance • Establish a panel of experts • Creation of a monitoring and reporting system • Public access to all monitoring data

  8. FortMcMurray

  9. Impact on First Nations • Over-allocation of waters from the Athabasca River • Negative health effects • Historic ownership

  10. Athabasca River

  11. Environmental Impacts • No federal energy strategy... • No federal or provincial strategy for environmental sustainability...

  12. Yellowhead Highway outside of Fort McMurray

  13. Focus on the Issues • Oil-sands development • Water for life • Nuclear energy • Electric generation of renewable energy

  14. Oil Sands July 2010

  15. What is the truth... • Oil sands are here • Oil sands are a cornerstone of our economy • Oil sands are the biggest economic project and generator of employment in Canada

  16. Rush Hour at the Oil Sands

  17. Water for Life • Governance on water usage and conservation • Accountability and long-term protection • Public participation in Watershed Planning and Advisory Councils

  18. Oil Sands – January 2011

  19. The Right Plan, the Right Standards • Generation of wealth • Transition to a green economy • Creating green jobs • Brighter, cleaner, sustainable economy for future Albertans

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