Oil sands

The last great water fight for the Mackenzie River

Monday, February 7, 2011 / Environment / Leave a Comment

While reading Courrier International one article on the MacKenzie river recently caught my attention. It was first published by The Walrus, a Canadian magazine published by a non-profit charitable foundation. Here is an extract : ” the Mackenzie River empties a watershed nearly the size of Western Europe into the Arctic Ocean. Draining half of Alberta …

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On the exploitation of oil shale and sands…

Thursday, July 31, 2008 / Sustainable development / 1 Comment

You think drilling for Arctic oil would be an ugly mess ? Then have a look at the exploitation of oil shales and tar-sands that is already occurring in Canada and the United States. The WWF released a new report on how recovering these difficultly recoverable oil barrels are literally destroying entire regions with massive …

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