[Ost-news] Tar Sands: Canada's dirty secret

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Oil sands: Canada's dirty secret

As oil prices continue to reach record highs, the search for new sources of energy has led the world to Alberta, Canada, and its vast oil sands. Now, John Vidal finds, the country famed for its wilderness and clean living finds itself caught between fuelling the world's oil-hungry economy and the ecological devastation and soaring greenhouse gas emissions that exploiting the tar sands produces

* John Vidal, environment editor, in Fort McMurray  
* guardian.co.uk,  
* Friday July 11, 2008

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