Canada’s oil/tar sands have gained international attention over their environmental impacts and rapid development. Canada is home to one of the World’s largest oil reserves, most of which is only accessible by unconventional extraction methods making it more energy intensive than conventional oil. Major environmental concerns include deforestation of the boreal forest, loss of wetland ecosystems, high emissions of atmospheric pollutants, and the development of toxic tailings ponds that span a total area greater than 130km².
A presentation by Laura Kiff
Tuesday, 22nd of june, at TMS, starting at 19:00h
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The presentation is know availible on this blog (http://green-bug-lectures.blogspot.com/2010_07_01_archive.html). Thank you Laura!
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