http://dissidentvoice.org/2013/12/the-saboteurs/
Oil and natural gas drilling in the province of Alberta has turned Calgary in a boom town. Glittering skyscrapers, monuments to the obscene profits amassed by a fossil fuel industry that is exploiting the tar sands and the vast oil and natural gas fields in Alberta, have transformed Calgary into a mecca for money, dirty politics, greed and industry jobs. The city is as soulless and sterile as Houston. The death of the planet, for a few, is very good for business.
“Wherever a man goes, men will pursue and paw him with their dirty institutions.”
Henry David Thoreau
Having lived and worked in Houston for an agency that regulates (sic) oil and gas production, I know exactly what he is talking about.
By the way, for those of you who don't know what's going on, the tar sands oil which the Keystone XL pipeline will bring down to the Texas coast for refining is probably bound for China. That's where the money is. All we will get is the spills and the opportunity to breath the pollution it will cause. And the process will be completely "legal".
Wiebo Ludwig was truly an interesting man. You can read his obituary here:
http://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2012/04/11/Wiebo-Ludwig-Obituary/
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