Massive Oil Spill "Every Plant and Tree Died"

[Staidhup]

Again same nonsense that everyone was told about the gulf spill, Alaska pipeline, etc...have you visited the gulf lately? Have you talked to the people living there? Misinformation and gilded reporting in the further promotion of preconceived agendas paints a picture that fails to resemble the truth. I guess thats what extremists do best, spew BS.

 

[DiamondDave]

Ok so the oil spill isn't bad because:

Its' from Think Progress
They used liters instead of barrels

Anything else? Is it photoshopped? Did some lefties throw oil around for a photo op? Come on keep bringing the stupid

Just like you spilling paint in your yard is 'bad'.... just as a tractor trailer turning over and leaking is 'bad', though that would spill more 'oil' than was spilled here...

This is a winger site making a mountain out of a molehill yet again.. because of their winger agenda.... and you spout it off because of your similar winger agenda

So it is bad? But not that bad and the trees are exaggerating?

So the trees are 'covered' from less than 500 total gallons over that entire broad area?? Well, according to the SOLITARY and UN-VETTED source it did... according to logic, not so much

Again.. a mountain out of a molehill.. this was not a pipeline burst with oil everywhere.. this was not Chernobyl.. this was not Exxon Valdez...

And this does not mean that a pipeline should not be done... because you get as much or more via small accidents all the time...

 

[Redfish]

Ok so the oil spill isn't bad because:

Its' from Think Progress
They used liters instead of barrels

Anything else? Is it photoshopped? Did some lefties throw oil around for a photo op? Come on keep bringing the stupid

Just like you spilling paint in your yard is 'bad'.... just as a tractor trailer turning over and leaking is 'bad', though that would spill more 'oil' than was spilled here...

This is a winger site making a mountain out of a molehill yet again.. because of their winger agenda.... and you spout it off because of your similar winger agenda

So it is bad? But not that bad and the trees are exaggerating?

We had a huge spill in the gulf a couple years ago, you libtards said that the gulf was destroyed forever.

Today the gulf has recovered like it never happened, fish, shrimp, oysters, crabs, all forms of sea life are back and plentiful.

Oil is a natural substance, the earth heals itself from oil just like it does from forest fires and hurricanes.

But since you obviously hate all forms or oil, have you given up your car and all forms of public transportation and taken up riding a horse everywhere you need to go? If not, then you are a fricken hypocrite.

 

[Redfish]

'Every Plant And Tree Died': Huge Alberta Pipeline Spill Raises Safety Questions As Keystone Decision Looms | ThinkProgress

As the Obama administration’s decision regarding whether to approve the controversial Keystone XL pipeline draws nearer, the latest disaster is raising serious concerns about the safety of Canada’s rapidly expanding pipeline network.

A massive toxic waste spill from an oil and gas operation in northern Alberta is being called one of the largest recent environmental disasters in North America. First reported on June 1, the Texas-based Apache Corp. didn’t reveal the size of the spill until June 12, which is said to cover more than 1,000 acres.

Members of the Dene Tha First Nation tribe are outraged that it took several days before they were informed that 9.5 million liters of salt and heavy-metal-laced wastewater had leaked onto wetlands they use for hunting and trapping.

“Every plant and tree died” in the area touched by the spill, said James Ahnassay, chief of the Dene Tha.

As the Globe and Mail reports, the Apache disaster is not an anomaly:


The leak follows a pair of other major spills in the region, including 800,000 litres of an oil-water mixture from Pace Oil and Gas Ltd., and nearly 3.5 million litres of oil from a pipeline run by Plains Midstream Canada.

After those accidents, the Dene Tha had asked the Energy Resources Conservation Board, Alberta’s energy regulator, to require installation of pressure and volume monitors, as well as emergency shutoff devices, on aging oil and gas infrastructure. The Apache spill has renewed calls for change.


A recent Global News investigation found that over the past 37 years, Alberta’s extensive network of pipelines has experienced 28,666 crude oil spills in total, plus another 31,453 spills of a variety of other liquids used in oil and gas production — from salt water to liquid petroleum. That averages out to two crude oil spills a day, every day.

The incident comes on the heels of accusations from the provincial New Democratic Party that Alberta Energy Minister Ken Hughes is withholding the results of an internal pipeline safety report pending the U.S. government’s decision regarding Keystone XL. The report was commissioned last summer by Alberta Energy following a series of toxic spills — including the Plains Midstream Canada spill that leached 475,000 liters of oil into the Red Deer River, a major source of drinking water for central Alberta.

Marinade on that for a sec...

Well that is just terrific! As if we didn't have enough to worry about with the BP Oil spill in the Gulf killing wildlife, fish, birds, deformities showing up, now this! When the food and water supply is contaminated you've got big trouble. That is the road we are headed down here. People had better wake up. - Jeri

HOLY SHIT ! HOLY SHIT! THE SKY IS FALLING, EVERYBODY RUN! HOLY SHIT THE EARTH IS DYING AND WE KILLED IT! ONLY THE KENYAN MESSIAH CAN SAVE US ! SEND ALL OF YOUR MONEY TO THE GREAT OBAMA, SAVIOR OF THE EARTH.

 

[Uncensored2008]

Is the salt water you refer too commonly known as waste water Mr Honest?

I'd call it hazardous waste water, why?

 

[ClosedCaption]

Just like you spilling paint in your yard is 'bad'.... just as a tractor trailer turning over and leaking is 'bad', though that would spill more 'oil' than was spilled here...

This is a winger site making a mountain out of a molehill yet again.. because of their winger agenda.... and you spout it off because of your similar winger agenda

So it is bad? But not that bad and the trees are exaggerating?

We had a huge spill in the gulf a couple years ago, you libtards said that the gulf was destroyed forever.

No one said that. Close your mouth and put your hands down drama queen

Today the gulf has recovered like it never happened, fish, shrimp, oysters, crabs, all forms of sea life are back and plentiful.

Oil is a natural substance, the earth heals itself from oil just like it does from forest fires and hurricanes.

But since you obviously hate all forms or oil, have you given up your car and all forms of public transportation and taken up riding a horse everywhere you need to go? If not, then you are a fricken hypocrite.

Yes! I hate oil! You figured it out. I hate oil, oil sheen, oil paintings all of it.

 

[Stephanie]

omg we are all going to die...thinkprogress cranking out the fearmongering...nothing new

don't give that site your support people

 

[ScienceRocks]

Well,

This is a shame...We need to transition over to electric cars as fast as we can.

Not to fast to destroy our economy of course.

 

[ScienceRocks]

omg we are all going to die...thinkprogress cranking out the fearmongering...nothing new

don't give that site your support people

It just shows that we have to be careful. Do you agree?

 

[LoneLaugher]

'Every Plant And Tree Died': Huge Alberta Pipeline Spill Raises Safety Questions As Keystone Decision Looms | ThinkProgress







Marinade on that for a sec...

Well that is just terrific! As if we didn't have enough to worry about with the BP Oil spill in the Gulf killing wildlife, fish, birds, deformities showing up, now this! When the food and water supply is contaminated you've got big trouble. That is the road we are headed down here. People had better wake up. - Jeri

HOLY SHIT ! HOLY SHIT! THE SKY IS FALLING, EVERYBODY RUN! HOLY SHIT THE EARTH IS DYING AND WE KILLED IT! ONLY THE KENYAN MESSIAH CAN SAVE US ! SEND ALL OF YOUR MONEY TO THE GREAT OBAMA, SAVIOR OF THE EARTH.

I love it when nutters fail to recognize each other in a crowd.

 

[LordBrownTrout]

More fear mongering. It never ends.

 

[Stephanie]

omg we are all going to die...thinkprogress cranking out the fearmongering...nothing new

don't give that site your support people

It just shows that we have to be careful. Do you agree?

for crying out loud...we've had oil spills before and SURVIVED THEM..

go to Valdez Alaska for proof..back to it's beautiful self in the country

 

[tinydancer]

Well the company is on it. No reports of wildlife affected. And the only reports of mass destruction at this point is from the Dene Tha.

My link is directly to the Globe and Mail.

The Apache spill took place in an area rich with wetlands.

Though the Dene Tha suspect waterfowl have died, the company said it has seen no wildlife impacts.

The spill has not reached the Zama River, although the Alberta government said it has affected tributaries.

Water monitoring is ongoing.

Toxic waste spill in northern Alberta biggest of recent disasters in North America - The Globe and Mail

 

[Redfish]

Well,

This is a shame...We need to transition over to electric cars as fast as we can.

Not to fast to destroy our economy of course.

Poor Matt, I guess you think that electricity to recharge those suckers just magically appears at the outlets.

Oh, maybe one of the left wing wizards can find a way to capture lightning and pipe it into the grid.

the world will be running on oil and gas longer than any of us will be around, or our kids and grandkids.

 

[Stephanie]

Just where the hell does oil come from...think people?

and they want us to believe the earth and we can't survive a spill..

this is al gore fearmonging at it's finest

 

[martybegan]

'Every Plant And Tree Died': Huge Alberta Pipeline Spill Raises Safety Questions As Keystone Decision Looms | ThinkProgress







Marinade on that for a sec...

Well that is just terrific! As if we didn't have enough to worry about with the BP Oil spill in the Gulf killing wildlife, fish, birds, deformities showing up, now this! When the food and water supply is contaminated you've got big trouble. That is the road we are headed down here. People had better wake up. - Jeri

HOLY SHIT ! HOLY SHIT! THE SKY IS FALLING, EVERYBODY RUN! HOLY SHIT THE EARTH IS DYING AND WE KILLED IT! ONLY THE KENYAN MESSIAH CAN SAVE US ! SEND ALL OF YOUR MONEY TO THE GREAT OBAMA, SAVIOR OF THE EARTH.

 

[Redfish]

Well that is just terrific! As if we didn't have enough to worry about with the BP Oil spill in the Gulf killing wildlife, fish, birds, deformities showing up, now this! When the food and water supply is contaminated you've got big trouble. That is the road we are headed down here. People had better wake up. - Jeri

HOLY SHIT ! HOLY SHIT! THE SKY IS FALLING, EVERYBODY RUN! HOLY SHIT THE EARTH IS DYING AND WE KILLED IT! ONLY THE KENYAN MESSIAH CAN SAVE US ! SEND ALL OF YOUR MONEY TO THE GREAT OBAMA, SAVIOR OF THE EARTH.

I should have used those guys. LOL

 

[Stephanie]

thinkprogress could start saving the planet by shutting down their site...the earth and the people can have a breath of fresh air..

 

[tinydancer]

Well,

This is a shame...We need to transition over to electric cars as fast as we can.

Not to fast to destroy our economy of course.

Matthew with all due respect do you know how most of North America gets their energy aka electricity from?

Coal fired power plants.

 

[Sunshine]

'Every Plant And Tree Died': Huge Alberta Pipeline Spill Raises Safety Questions As Keystone Decision Looms | ThinkProgress







Marinade on that for a sec...

Well that is just terrific! As if we didn't have enough to worry about with the BP Oil spill in the Gulf killing wildlife, fish, birds, deformities showing up, now this! When the food and water supply is contaminated you've got big trouble. That is the road we are headed down here. People had better wake up. - Jeri

HOLY SHIT ! HOLY SHIT! THE SKY IS FALLING, EVERYBODY RUN! HOLY SHIT THE EARTH IS DYING AND WE KILLED IT! ONLY THE KENYAN MESSIAH CAN SAVE US ! SEND ALL OF YOUR MONEY TO THE GREAT OBAMA, SAVIOR OF THE EARTH.

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