Case Study: Tar Sands Flashcards
1
Q
Social factors
A
Increase in cancer with locals
Oil companies funded studies done on the Athabasca River
Fort Mackay full of strop clubs, bars and casinos due to migrants
First Nations are starting their own oil company
Government took their land initially and sold it to oil companies
2
Q
Environmental factors
A
Fish aren’t edible anymore
Single largest industrial emitter of CO2 worldwide
Shell Albion Sands company are replanting trees and reforming Mars to return the land to boreal forest
5 barrels of water is needed to make 1 barrel of oil
3
Q
Economic factors?
A
2nd largest oil producers 1.3 million barrels produced daily 70,000 migrants moved to Fort Mackay They can earn $1000 daily First Nations receive $10,000 annually as compensation
