[Ost-news] Greenpeace takes poke at Alberta tar sands

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Greenpeace takes poke at Alberta oil sands  
The Canadian Press  
June 27, 2008

CALGARY -- Greenpeace is stepping up pressure on the environmental record of Alberta's oil sands with a tongue-in-cheek website that offers mock tours of the province's industrial northeast.

The site, with an address similar to the province's official tourism website, tempts travellers with black sand beaches, toxic lakes and clearcut forests.

It recommends starting the day with a "propane cannon wake-up call" and suggests a little open-pit paragliding over the vast oil sands mines.

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