Sacred or Desecrated? Why Nexen Nation is Where the Earth goes to Die...

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Sacred or Desecrated?
What is 'Nexen' and why is it creeping up my Canada?


Nexen/CNOOC is a Chinese oil and gas company based in Calgary, Alberta. On 25 February 2013, Nexen became a wholly owned subsidiary of Beijing-based CNOOC Limited. It was a Canadian company, but was purchased by CNOOC.

So that's Nexen and this is what happened 'nexen':

July 17th 2015
When word hit that Nexen had become the Mother of All Oil Spills on Athabaska Chipewyan First Nations sacred land in northern Alberta broke, the provinces' premiers were concluding a deal on Canada’s national energy strategy.
The deal signals that pipeline development can proceed, and Alberta's oil sands can expand, if it’s all done responsibly.
But that’s not how many First Nations see it. Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation is further north of the spill, but has long battled the health and environmental impacts of oil sands pollution.
 
And that’s not what happened…
 
Chief Allan Adams said in a statement, if oil sands operations such as Nexen's expands, the region "will only result in more spills and incidents."
 
The Nexen oil spill released five million litres of emulsion — a mixture containing 34 per cent bitumen, and 66 per cent water.


And then  just north in British Columbia:
The B.C. Environmental Appeal Board has ruled the province failed to properly consult the Fort Nelson First Nations and employ adequate scientific modelling when it approved a long-term water withdrawal licence for Nexen Inc., a company with fracked gas operations in the Horn River Basin.
The board ruled the water licence is cancelled, effectively immediately, on Monday. The permit granted Nexen permission to withdraw up to 2.5 million cubic metres of water annually from North Tsea Lake, located within traditional Fort Nelson First Nation territory, until 2017.
The First Nation considers the ruling a significant victory over both Nexen and the B.C. government.

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