understand what happened. nobody really understands how to stop it from leaking, or if they do, they will not put the measures into place. that spill in alberta is not to be confused with the other spill in alberta we reported on a few weeks ago. that took place in northern alberta, in zama city. that spill in northern alberta is different from the new spill in eastern alberta, which you see here. you can see how you might get them confused. what s happening now is this sort of constant slow motion environmental disaster when it comes to energy production. particularly, when it comes to the fossil fuel industry. out of control natural gas explosions off the gulf coast, almost daily tar sands oil spills, sometimes in our own backyard in places like suburban arkansas? what caused that pipeline rupture down there anyway. these recurring disasters serve as the political backdrop to the political fights we re having on this issue now. it was put into stark relief. the president said today,
be confused with the other spill in alberta we reported on a few weeks ago. that took place in northern alberta, in zama city. that spill in northern alberta is different from the new spill in eastern alberta, which you see here. you can see how you might get them confused. what s happening now is this sort of constant slow motion environmental disaster when it am coulds to energy production. particularly, when it comes to the fossil fuel industry. out of control natural gas explosions off the gulf coast, almost daily tar sands oil spills, sometimes in our own backyard in places like suburban arkansas? what caused that pipeline rupture down there anyway. these recurring disasters serve as the political backdrop to the political fights we re having on this issue now. it was put into stark relief. the president said today, this is the first in a series of speeches on economic issues that
weeks ago. that took place in northern alberta, in zama city. that spill in northern alberta is different from the new spill in eastern alberta, which you see here. you can see how you might get them confused. what s happening now is this sort of constant slow motion environmental disaster when it am coulds to energy production. particularly, when it comes to the fossil fuel industry. out of control natural gas explosions off the gulf coast, almost daily tar sands oil spills, sometimes in our own backyard in places like suburban arkansas? what caused that pipeline rupture down there anyway. these recurring disasters serve as the political backdrop to the political fights we re having on this issue now. it was put into stark relief. the president said today, this
from canada. hence the need for the state department to be involved since it crosses a border. it s an international matter. the pipeline crosses the border at montana and then runs clear down to the bottom of nebraska. for this pipeline, there is the mehta environmental issue of whether tar sands oil is the future we want given the global warming consequences. but also there is the less mehta environmental issue which is all about the land this pipeline runs through. all those ranch lands and those fresh water aquifers and lakes and homes, honestly we do not have great technology to clean up normal oil spills. but tar sands oil spills, we really do not know how to clean those up. that was the problem with the big disastrous kalamazoo oil spill a few years ago. because tar sands oil it turns out is harder to clean up. we re bad at all oil spill cleanup, but we are ilie bad at tar sands oil cleanup because we don t know how to do it. so what happens if and when something goes wrong? the
hence the need for the state department to be involved since it crosses a border. it s an international matter. the pipeline crosses the border at montana and then runs clear down to the bottom of nebraska. for this pipeline, there is the mehta environmental issue of whether tar sands oil is the future we want given the global warming consequences. but also there is the less mehta environmental issue which is all about the land this pipeline runs through. all those ranch lands and those fresh water aquifers and lakes and homes, honestly we do not have great technology to clean up normal oil spills. but tar sands oil spills, we really do not know how to clean those up. that was the problem with the big disastrous kalamazoo oil spill a few years ago. because tar sands oil it turns out is harder to clean up. we re bad at all oil spill cleanup, but we are really bad at tar sands oil cleanup because we don t know how to do it. so what happens if and when something goes wrong?