[Ost-news] More dead birds giving tar sands a blackeye

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More dead birds giving Oilsands a blackeye

May 05, 2008 - 7:25 am  
Kevin Usselman & Bryce Kelley

The Alberta oilsands is coming under fire again after a loon was found dead  
and two others in distress at the ConocoPhillips tar sands site over the  
weekend.

A campaigner with Greenpeace says he received the tip about the loons on  
Saturday. It's the second incident involving birds in the oilsands in about  
a week.

Last week, 500 ducks were found dead on a tailings pond at the Syncrude  
oilsands site. That's because the birds, were found in a pond that has high

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