Buffett, Gates, mutant fish frame oil sands debate

CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) – In the high-stakes battle between the oil industry and environmentalists over the image of Canada’s oil sands, it appears a pair of multibillionaires beats a two-mouthed fish.

The week started out tough for oil sands producers, whose shares had been beaten down as crude prices skidded and projects suffered more cost overruns.

Three environmental groups quit a northern Alberta oil sands development advisory body that also includes government and industry representatives, saying it had lost legitimacy.

Then reports surfaced that children had reeled in a fish with two jaws from a lake downstream from where tens of billions of dollars worth of projects are pumping synthetic oil.

Reuters