The front page of Fort McMurray Today carries a long article on the call by the U.K. Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) that Royal Dutch Shell’s use of the word “sustainable” to describe their oil sands projects is both misleading and ambiguous.  Here is a link to another good web report on the finding.   They say:

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The Pebble Mine in Alaska is a blogger’s delight.  It is contentious, there is no correct answer, and it is making mining history.  I have written extensively about it and collected my writings into a single document.  Today another blog posting appeared attacking the the proposed mine.  The topic is essentially Alaskans go to the polls to stop or continue mining.  An interesting point in the new posting is that Knight Piesold are the consultants designing the mine waste disposal facilities and in particular the tailings impoundment.  The presence of Knight Piesold raises questions that need to be answered before any Alaskan citizen is asked to vote on an issue critical to the future well-being of the state.  Here is why I believe the facts are not in the public domain that should be in the public domain in this critical debate. 

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