Alberta’s tailings ponds provoked international outcry in 2008 when images were released of ducks struggling to survive in the toxic sludge. Today, the threat posed by the tailings ponds is even greater as they continue to grow in size and number.
Industry and government are using the massive and growing volume of the tailings ponds as justification for a new set of regulations – regulations which could allow for tailings pond water to be improperly treated and released into the Athabasca River.
Join thousands of Canadians in taking action today – email Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson and Environment Minister Terry Duguid to demand strong regulations that ban tailings dumping into the Athabasca River.
