Steve Gaudet, B.Sc, Syncrude Canada

This area here used to be a mine. The distant hills has now been reclaimed to a forest. It's really important to us that people hear about the good work that we're doing. Back about 3 decades ago it was all about trees. Now we've gone from about 4 to 5 types of trees but also adding different types of shrubs and other types of plants. Oh there's two squirrels chasing each other for a cone over here, sorry to interrupt. It's pretty exciting that they're returning. We want to leave restored land that people are proud see for generations after that.

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Science & Technology

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• oilsands
• tarsands
• reclamation

[leclercri]

Bullshit !

[cappvideos]

@leclercri No. It's not.

[cappvideos]

sprawlville, Oilsands/tarsands are commonly associated with exaggerations and factual errors. That's part of the reason for this campaign. "Filling a hole of dirt" wouldn't cut it with the researchers involved either; 25 to be exact —five scientists and 20 graduate students—from four Canadian universities. To date, Gov of Alberta records  say 53,000 hectares have been disturbed for oil sands mining (a far cry from 1.6 million!), and some of that has already been reclaimed.

[glomsgold]

Oh, there's two squirrels chasing each other for a cone over there! Whoops, one of the rascals fell out of the tree into a tailings pond! But luckily it landed on a pile of 1,600 dead ducks. I love nature. Thank god for the oil industry.

[ElJulioso]

Are you also reclaiming the lives of all those natives downstream that are dying because of the toxins released by the tar sands? I know that Alberta is overrun by Evangelical Christians who actually believe in all that resurrection shit, but seriously. I guess giving a whole lot of people cancer and other illnesses is OK if it makes a few bucks, right?

[blambo35]

@sprawlville 1.6 million hectares? Where did you get that information? You are fucking retarded and a complete piece of shit. Next time you post anything on the internet at least try to do a little research before you spew your garbage. You fucking retarded hippie!!

[jcarlan37]

what song is this?

[PlugOutTuneIn]

What a joke

[Natrix918273]

they're lubing us up for expansion...i hate this shit

[SolidKeevo]

@sprawlville

If you were better informed, you would know that they are reclaiming mines and tailings to peatlands, wetlands, and forests. Learn your shit.