The former CEO of Syncrude wants to see a national price on carbon.
Alberta judge orders Syncrude to fund research at U of A
How the oil sands industry tried to convince him it’s not all bad
Having stuck up for Syncrude in the early stages of the blind, agonizing struggle over the Case of the Bitumen-Bathed Birds, I ought to express my disapproval of the high-pitched political threats made yesterday by the consortium’s lawyer, Robert White. White told the press that “If… Syncrude is guilty of this crime, the government is complicit and the industry is doomed… If by having a tailings pond we’re guilty of this charge, we have to stop having tailings ponds.”
The oil sands may be ugly, but our schools and hospitals depend on them