Ducks die in oily Sask. pond; Province investigates deaths of 53 birds at waste retention site
Posted: May 15, 2008Darren Bernhardt, May 15, 2008, The StarPhoenix -- The provincial government is scrambling to deal...Read More

Water Depletion
Oil sands plants typically use two to four barrels of water to extract a barrel of oil from the tar sands, but some extraction methods can use as much as 7 barrels of water. The amount of water needed for the tar sands is seriously lowering the water levels of the Athabasca River, the Mackenzie Valley watershed and other related water sources in the region.
Read more -- http://www.tarsandswatch.org/water-depletion
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