Kerr site history - January 2011

A Saskatchewan family, advised by Ecojustice, has called for a full public investigation of documented problems on its Weyburn property, located on top of a Cenovus Energy carbon capture and storage site.

Independent research confirms unnaturally high levels of CO2 in the property's soil.

Cameron and Jane Kerr first noticed changes in surface water and well water on their property in 2004, one year after CO2 injections in the area began, and reported these incidents to the Saskatchewan Ministry of Energy and Resources.

Disturbances included bubbling and foaming water, unusual algae growths in ponds and animal carcasses found strewn around the ponds (see slideshow below).

Although Cenovus, the Saskatchewan Ministry of Energy and Resources and the Kerrs agreed in the fall 2007 that the ministry would conduct a year-long investigation into soil, water and air quality on the Kerrs' property, no such investigation has taken place.

On a single day in July 2008, the ministry took water and air samples. They did not test for CO2.

Since then, both Cenovus and the ministry have refused to conduct further studies on the property.

Should Cenovus and the ministry refuse to conduct a full investigation in the face of credible evidence linking the disturbances on the Kerr property to the carbon capture site, the Kerrs will seek legal action.

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