Province has done a disservice to all Albertans with improper oilsands oversight
Calgary Herald Editorial
Mon Dec 27 2010
The province is not doing Albertans, Canadians and the oilsands industry any favours by failing so miserably in its environmental monitoring of the impacts of such an important part of our economy and oil security. Only science will silence critics or assuage fears that the environment, especially water quality, is being properly protected.
Unfortunately, it's science that's most lacking in the monitoring process, according to a third independent report in a month, to review Alberta's oversight framework, and concluded it is woefully inadequate.
The Oilsands Advisory Panel, a high-level scientific group of experts convened by former federal Environment Minister Jim Prentice, slammed the piecemeal monitoring process in the province. It found "no evidence of science leadership to ensure that monitoring and research activities are planned and performed in a co-ordinated way, and no evidence that the vast quantities of data are analyzed and interpreted in an integrated manner."
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