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CBC NewsAlberta should put a moratorium on approving new tailings ponds until the science evolves to better handle the waste from oilsands mining, Avatar director James Cameron suggested Wednesday after a three-day tour of the controversial oil deposits.
Reclamation of tailings ponds isn't yet sufficiently viable — either economically or scientifically — to offset the environmental impact of oilsands mining, and the province needs to regulate the industry more closely, he added.
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are allowed to proceed on a promise. A promise that they will make good down the line, probably after some of us are already dead. Our children and our grandchildren are going to inherit this," he told a news conference in Edmonton.
The Canadian-born director, whose blockbuster science fiction film Avatar tells a cautionary tale of corporate greed and the fight over natural resources, was joined by a number of First Nations leaders.
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Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach, left, met with film director James Cameron at the legislature Wednesday morning. (Government of Alberta)