[Ost-news] Tar sands suck dollars from cleaner oil and gas

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

Oilsands suck dollars from cleaner oil and gas  
Dave Yager, For The Calgary Herald  
Published: Sunday, May 04, 2008

There's a giant sucking noise emanating from northeast Alberta that gets louder as oil prices rise.

Called the Athabasca Tar Sands, its rapid development is draining imagination from the Stelmach government, flexibility from labour markets and diversification from Alberta's economy. It has also sucked Edmonton into a hopeless global environmental confrontation.

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