Oilpatch 101
Posted Feb 15, 2010 11:25 am.
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Coming soon to Alberta classrooms: Government of Alberta lessons on the importance of the oilsands and carbon capture technology.
Environmental groups say they welcome a ‘balanced’ curriculum, on environmental and energy issues but they’re worried it might be more like propaganda.
A spokesperson for the Sierra Club of Canada tells the Calgary Herald, “My gut feeling is, it is being done more as p.r. and propaganda, than information.”
As for the students, new environment minister Ron Liepert states:
“They tend to be easily influenced, and from a social media standpoint, they’re the most active. That’s the easiest way to spread information, whether it’s right or wrong.”
The intiative is contained in last week’s provincial budget documents.
