EDMONTON - Oilsands producers have received the word from the public — half don’t believe what they are being told. An industry-funded poll released Thursday found a lot of mistrust among respondents in Edmonton and Toronto. However, Edmontonians were generally more favourable towards the industry than Torontonians, particularly on questions around environmental responsibility.
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"We are creating an environmental catastrophe that will take centuries to recover from…if we recover at all"
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"The great economic boom is going to be the great economic disaster and devastation to our land and people"
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"There are a number of us who feel this is the biggest unsustainable development on the planet right now."
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2-5 barrels of fresh water are used to produce one barrel of oil. Tar sands operations are draining the Peace-Athabasca Delta, which is the collector of more than 1/6 of Canada's fresh watersheds.