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Residents complain of breathing problems and severe headaches.
They have noticed the similarities between that story and their struggle to get officials to recognize that emissions from nearby oil batteries have made them sick. But unlike the families in Erin Brockovich, they are not suing for compensation. They've launched a court action they hope will require oil companies to apply for environmental licences in a bid to force the provincial government to look at their problems. The families, along with a local support group called Group Advocating Safe Petroleum Emissions of Canada Inc., are working with lawyer Michael Conner of the Public Interest Law Centre. The case may come before a judge as early as April 9.