Group raises concern with tar sands oil shipments on the Great Lakes

[riversedge]

Whow, can you imagine the total disaster this would cause if something horrible happened??




Group raises concern with tar sands oil shipments on the Great Lakes


By Lee Bergquist of the Journal Sentinel

An environmental group warned about potential problems from increased shipments of crude oil over the Great Lakes, including plans that could ship oil from a Superior refinery.

The Alliance for the Great Lakes said in a report released on Wednesday that ports on the lakes and the Great Lakes shipping fleet aren't designed to ship tar sands crude oil. | Updated: 8:55 p.m.

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[gollygee]

1. Yeah.

The Great Lakes are the largest surface freshwater system on the Earth. Only the polar ice caps contain more fresh water.

84% of North America's surface fresh water
about 21% of the world's supply of surface fresh water


From: http://www.epa.gov/greatlakes/basicinfo.html

[DreamGypsy]

2. No worries. What could go wrong? Maybe we'll get a good song...

...out of the upcoming disasters.

or, on a more personal note, one of my favorite Stan Rogers tunes

[dixiegrrrrl]

3. "No one could have foreseen......."

[TheKentuckian]

4. This episode of "who could have seen this coming?" will be one I don't want to see

Not a bit and the "I told you so" will seem a little weak.

Also, it begins to feel like a concerted effort to destroy the water supply because of the broad disregard at all times for it.

[Joe Shlabotnik]

5. K&R for exposure n/t