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Posted Thu Mar 10 2011: from
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Monitoring of oilsands impact inadequate: panel http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1299772301
The province must do a better job of monitoring the impact of oilsands mining on water quality in northeastern Alberta, concludes a scientific panel.
Environment Minister Rob Renner appointed the six-member panel in September 2010 after a University of Alberta study concluded industry was responsible for increased levels of toxins in the Athabasca River, a claim contradicted by government scientists....
It found industry and government monitoring is inadequate in determining the amount of toxins entering the environment....
"It's not just that we have to have more monitoring, but we have to have a more coordinated system for monitoring."
NDP critic Rachel Notley said Renner has known for years that the current system was lacking but did nothing about it.
"The minister can try to rewrite history, but the record shows that while the Tories barged ahead on development, their commitment to environmental protection was in spin only," said Notley.
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