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Encana Torching Fortunes

By Richard Littlemore
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Canada’s largest energy company is responsible for having created great wealth, but some of the pedestrians on Encana’s road to “success” have been badly injured by the juggernaut.

Adrian Morrow in Calgary’s online FastForwardWeekly offers a closer look at some of those victims, including DeSmogblog friend and tipster, Jessica Ernst, whose water has been so badly contaminated by Encana’s natural gas operations that she can set it on fire.

By Richard Littlemore

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