Covering an area the size of England, the Tar Sands of Alberta’s - TopicsExpress



          

Covering an area the size of England, the Tar Sands of Alberta’s northern boreal forest are being extracted in a wasteful and destructive process that uses more water in a day than a city of two million people, consumes enough natural gas to heat six million canadian homes in winter, and generates more carbon dioxide emissions than all the cars in canada combined. the Tar Sands pollute key waterways like the Athabasca River with 11 million litres of toxic runoff every day and lace the air with dangerous toxins, poisoning communities with rare cancers and autoimmune diseases, destroying critical animal habitats and carving up some of the country’s most pristine countryside.
Posted on: Tue, 27 Aug 2013 06:19:15 +0000

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