With more than 173 billion barrels of oil recoverable with current technology and more than $150 billion in committed capital investment, the Alberta tar sands around Ft. MacMurray are considered the largest industrial project on earth.
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With more than 173 billion barrels of oil recoverable with current technology and more than $150 billion in committed capital investment, the Alberta tar sands around Ft. MacMurray are considered the largest industrial project on earth.
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Dr. Jeff Wells explains how Canada's tar sands (US' #1 source of oil, over Saudi Arabia), will likely result in millions of birds lost, where waterfowl land and die, and through habitat loss and water and air pollution. Most North American migratory birds breed in Canada, but are finding it increasingly difficult due to massive industrial projects like the tar sands. From the Boreal Songbirds Institute.
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