[Ost-news] Tar sand mining growing at huge environmental cost

[Oil Sands Truth: Shut down the Tar Sands - social and environmental impacts of tar sands heavy oil projects across North America]

Tar sand mining growing at huge environmental cost  
[http://www.peopleandplanet.net/doc.php?id=3079][1]  
Posted: 23 Aug 2007

Canadian tar sands deposits hold an estimated 1.7 trillion barrels of crude oil, second in the world only to Saudi Arabia, but the devastating environmental impact of mining them far exceeds that of conventional oil, says new research to be published next month (September 2007).

[read more][2]

    [1]: http://www.peopleandplanet.net/doc.php?id=3079 (http://www.peopleandplanet.net/doc.php?id=3079)
    [2]: http://oilsandstruth.org/tar-sand-mining-growing-huge-environmental-cost-0

URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/tar-sand-mining-growing-huge-environmental-cost-0