Files on Bitumen Pollution Stolen from Peace River Activist
Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2014 7:20 pmFiles on Bitumen Pollution Stolen from Peace River Activist
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Carmen Langer says computer, memory sticks swiped from his home last weekend.
By Andrew Nikiforuk, 8 Aug 2014, TheTyee.ca
"What will happen next to me?" asks 52-year-old rancher Carmen Langer, who lives about 25 kilometres northeast of the town of Peace River in a community called Three Creeks. Heavy oil projects surround the area.
Langer says the thieves were highly selective, leaving jars of loonies on the table and taking only his computer and memory sticks, which contain various reports and photographs of flares, leaking tankers and oil spills. The RCMP is currently investigating.
The rancher is known for his biting and persistent complaints about air pollution from hundreds of venting and leaking bitumen storage tanks in the region. More than six families have been forced to leave the area due to sour gas pollution and persistent regulatory neglect. [ http://thetyee.ca/News/2013/03/22/Alber ... Oil-Sands/ ] Others have sought legal action against one company in particular, Baytex Energy.
Brian Labrecque, one of the families fighting the corporation's venting practices, says his goal is "not to destroy our most lucrative industries," but "to shed light on conditions that shouldn't be permitted to exist anywhere, but especially in a prosperous province like Alberta."
Last winter, the Alberta government agreed to hold a public hearing on the issue, after receiving hundreds of complaints over a two-year period.
In March, the inquiry confirmed what Langer and dozens of other families had documented over the years: that "odours from heavy oil operations in the Peace River area have the potential to cause some of the symptoms experienced by residents; therefore, these odours should be eliminated."
[ http://www.aer.ca/documents/application ... eeding.pdf ]
The report also found that the regulator had failed to protect the public interest: "The current regulatory framework does not effectively manage hydrocarbon odours and emissions in the Peace River area." [ http://www.aer.ca/documents/application ... eeding.pdf ]
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Carmen Langer says computer, memory sticks swiped from his home last weekend.
By Andrew Nikiforuk, 8 Aug 2014, TheTyee.ca
"What will happen next to me?" asks 52-year-old rancher Carmen Langer, who lives about 25 kilometres northeast of the town of Peace River in a community called Three Creeks. Heavy oil projects surround the area.
Langer says the thieves were highly selective, leaving jars of loonies on the table and taking only his computer and memory sticks, which contain various reports and photographs of flares, leaking tankers and oil spills. The RCMP is currently investigating.
The rancher is known for his biting and persistent complaints about air pollution from hundreds of venting and leaking bitumen storage tanks in the region. More than six families have been forced to leave the area due to sour gas pollution and persistent regulatory neglect. [ http://thetyee.ca/News/2013/03/22/Alber ... Oil-Sands/ ] Others have sought legal action against one company in particular, Baytex Energy.
Brian Labrecque, one of the families fighting the corporation's venting practices, says his goal is "not to destroy our most lucrative industries," but "to shed light on conditions that shouldn't be permitted to exist anywhere, but especially in a prosperous province like Alberta."
Last winter, the Alberta government agreed to hold a public hearing on the issue, after receiving hundreds of complaints over a two-year period.
In March, the inquiry confirmed what Langer and dozens of other families had documented over the years: that "odours from heavy oil operations in the Peace River area have the potential to cause some of the symptoms experienced by residents; therefore, these odours should be eliminated."
[ http://www.aer.ca/documents/application ... eeding.pdf ]
The report also found that the regulator had failed to protect the public interest: "The current regulatory framework does not effectively manage hydrocarbon odours and emissions in the Peace River area." [ http://www.aer.ca/documents/application ... eeding.pdf ]
MORE:
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