Sunday 28 July 2013

Alberta Regulator Approves Tar Sands Expansion Despite "Irreversible" Eco Impact

Alberta Regulator Approves Tar Sands Expansion Despite "Irreversible" Eco Impact

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Alberta Regulator Approves Tar Sands Expansion Despite SHAGHAYEGH TAJVIDI, TRNN PRODUCER: The largest industrial project in the world, the Canadian tar sands, looks as though it is about to get bigger. Alberta's energy regulator has recently given the green light to the expansion of Shell's Jackpine Mine five and a half years after the company first proposed the project. The mine is just one of ten new tar sands projects awaiting approval, though concerned indigenous communities and environmentalists argue that further development will exacerbate the already dire conditions of people and ecosystems in the region and beyond.

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