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Petro-Canada (Suncor)
From Suncor’s official website: “Water is essential to Suncor's operations—in particular, our oil sands business. As a responsible energy developer, we are committed to using this precious resource wisely. Suncor's focus is on reducing our reliance on fresh water, recycling wherever possible and ensuring the quality of all discharged water meets the highest regulatory standards.”
From the Council of Canadians official statement on the 2010 Olympics: “The Royal Bank of Canada and Petro- Canada (now owned by Suncor Energy Inc.), both National Partners for the 2010 Games, are directly involved in the Alberta tar sands, one of the most environmentally destructive projects in the world. ...The Council of Canadians is campaigning for no new approvals in the tar sands and a halt to any development infrastructure designed to increase the capacity of tar sands exploitation.”
From Wikipedia: “According to a pollution watch fact sheet, in 2007, Suncor Energy's oil sands operations had the sixth highest greenhouse gas emissions in Canada. While Suncor has reduced the greenhouse gas emissions intensity of its oil sands operations by more than 50% (and 25% company-wide) since 1990, with growing production, total (absolute) greenhouse gas emissions from the company's operations have continued to increase. On April 2, 2009, Suncor was fined $675,000 for not installing pollution control equipment at its Firebag operation near Fort McMurray, Alberta back in July 2006. On the same day, Suncor was fined $175,000 for dumping of untreated wastewater from a company work camp near Fort McMurray into the Athabasca River in 2007.”
Greenpeace action against Suncor on September 30, 2009: click here. |
