Oil sands pumping problems: report

According to Simon Dyer, researcher for the University of Alberta’s Pembina Institute and co-author of the report, Death by a Thousand Cuts, Alberta is facing a serious environmental crisis due to oil sands development in the northern part of the province.

Many wide-ranging environmental concerns associated with the oil sands are discussed in the report, including the high usage of fresh water for mineral recovery and the possible regional extinction of many indigenous animal species. Dyer called attention to what he said the poor track record of oil companies in reclaiming affected land, and most alarmingly, a developed area the size of Florida, if all the available oil sands in Alberta are utilized.
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