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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Clips from an interview with Celina Harpe, an elder in the Cree community of Fort Mackay, about 40km downstream from Suncor and Syncrude plants on the Athabasca River. She describes the increase in cancer, the lowering of the water levels on the river, and the disappearance of wildlife in the area. For more: http://www.oilsandstruth.org, http://www.dominionpaper.ca/
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