[All] Fwd: Media Release - Oil Spill Shows Canada Not Prepared For Disasters At Sea

[Neil Taylor]

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>     From: Sierra Club Canada Foundation <membership at sierraclub.ca>
>     To: Neil Taylor <neiletaylor at sympatico.ca>
>     Date: November 17, 2018 at 11:16 AM
>     Subject: Media Release - Oil Spill Shows Canada Not Prepared For Disasters
> At Sea
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>     Oil Spill Shows We Are Not Prepared For Disasters At Sea
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>     November 17, 2018
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>     Halifax, NS - An oil spill of an estimated 250,000 litres of crude oil in
> 7 metre seas shows we are lax in regulating our offshore. 
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>     “Husky Oil is reporting they are unable to confirm extent of spill, never
> mind try and clean it up - a virtually impossible task in 7 metre seas. Our
> leaders are claiming this is world-class regulation. I think this spill shows
> we are far from that standard, says Gretchen Fitzgerald, National Program
> Director for Sierra Club Canada Foundation.
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>     Estimates of the amount of oil spilled already surpasses the last worst
> oil spill in Newfoundland offshore, the Terra Nova spill of 2004.
> 
>     “Clearly we are not learning from past mistakes. This same operation had a
> near miss with an iceberg last spring. One would have thought there would be
> extra vigilance given this recent history. Instead, oil transfer from the rig
> was attempted one day after record-breaking waves shook the coast of
> Newfoundland.”
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>      Fitzgerald adds, “Safe clean-up and assessment of damage must be top
> priority. Afterward, our federal leader must put our offshore regulations
> under the microscope. One hundred new wells are planned for this region. We
> simply can’t afford to continue this way when so much is at stake.”
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>     Gretchen Fitzgerald
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>     National Program Director
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>     Sierra Club Canada Foundation
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