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Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Unit 4: Exercise 4-3 •Oil and gas industry in Alberta

 Oil and gas industry in Alberta

Oil and gas industry has always been booming in the province of Alberta. In a current news article, Alberta past and current problems have always been the environment. Alberta til this day has always neglected on protecting its lands from industrial activities. This condition of the environment has always been the same ever since they started the oilsands. Therefore, there has been no improvements whatsoever to help improve the environmental safety of both the lands and the animals.
Source : http://www.scoop.it/t/albertanews

In the article, it explains how only 12.5% of Alberta's land is protected from industrial activities. Such a low percentage could not and will not stop greenpeace and other environmental activists to stop protesting. Just recently, a group of greenpeace activists had accomplish a stunt by putting a banner on top of the Calgary tower to protest about the oil problem in Alberta.

Source : http://www.scoop.it/t/albertanews

The degree of elasticity demand for products and services in the industry have been quite on a high lately as consumers are struggling to convert to much safer and environmentally friendly products and services.

Source: http://www.albertaoilmagazine.com/2011/08/alberta-gives-land-protection-the-cold-shoulder/

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