MEDIA ADVISORY
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 11, 2023
Polluter Pay Citizen Action Group
Media Liaison: Breezy Brian Gregg bzgregg@telusplanet.net
780.993.3624
PROTESTERS TO DUMP GARBAGE AT ALBERTA LEGISLATURE ON MAY 13 AND THEN MAKE SPEECHES ABOUT WHY GOVERNMENT SHOULD PAY US TO CLEAN UP THE MESS. THIS ACTION IS TO HIGHLIGHT GOVERNMENT INACTION ON DEMANDING OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY POLLUTERS CLEAN UP ORPHAN WELLS AND TOXIC OIL SANDS TAILINGS
WHAT: The UCP government proposes using taxpayers’ money (proposed R-Star/Liability Management Incentive Program) to pay industry to clean up orphan wells – costs estimated at $20 billion. Following this logic, government should pay protesters to clean up garbage dumped in protest to call attention to this inaction.
In spite of record profits by oil sands mining operations, virtually nothing has been done to effectively clean up the stored tailings effluent stored in “ponds” now covering twice the size of Vancouver. A toxic leak of 5.3 million litres at Imperial Oil’s Kearl site was kept secret for 9 months.
WHEN: May 13, 3 p.m.
WHERE: Alberta Legislature Building, Edmonton
WHO: Polluter Pay Citizen Action Group
WHY: Polluters should pay for industry clean up, not citizens. (We will clean up our mess, unlike the very profitable enterprises that are polluting the air, land and water in Alberta on a scale never seen before.)
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