H2OIL

The plight of North American industry is taking a nasty turn as we pillage our lands to quench our thirst for fossil fuel at the same time we are destroying our most natural resource. Water! H2OIL is a movie that the oil industry does not want you to be aware of and learn of their rape of Alberta. Just because you don’t live in Alberta don’t think it will not affect you and future generations. Think again.

Thanks to Albertas Athabasca oil sands, Canada is now the biggest oil supplier to the United States. A controversial billion-dollar industry is heavily invested in extracting crude from the tarry sands through a process so toxic it has become an international cause for concern. Four barrels of glacier-fed spring water are used to process each barrel of oil, then are dumped, laden with carcinogens, into leaky tailings ponds so huge they can be seen from space. Downstream, the people of Fort Chipewyan are already paying the price for what will be one of the largest industrial projects in history. When a local doctor raises the alarm about clusters of rare cancers, evidence mounts for industry and government cover-ups. In a time when wars are fought over oil and a crisis looms over access to clean fresh water, which resource is more precious? And what price are we willing to pay? — Gisèle Gordon.