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  • UK ENGLAND LONDON 14JUL17 - Views of the burnt-out shell of Grenfell Tower in north Kensington, west London, one month after the disaster that left over 80 people dead.<br />
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  • UK ENGLAND LONDON 14JUL17 - People march past the burnt-out shell of Grenfell Tower in north Kensington, west London, one month after the disaster that left over 80 people dead.<br />
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  • UK ENGLAND LONDON 14JUL17 - Messages for victims of the Grenfell Tower fire in north Kensington, west London, one month after the disaster that left over 80 people dead.<br />
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  • UK ENGLAND LONDON 14JUL17 - Police officers gather at Grenfell Tower in north Kensington, west London, one month after the disaster that left over 80 people dead.<br />
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  • UK ENGLAND LONDON 14JUL17 - Messages for victims of the Grenfell Tower fire at the Notting Hill Methodist Church in north Kensington, west London, one month after the disaster that left over 80 people dead.<br />
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  • UK ENGLAND LONDON 14JUL17 - Messages for victims of the Grenfell Tower fire at the Notting Hill Methodist Church in north Kensington, west London, one month after the disaster that left over 80 people dead.<br />
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  • UK ENGLAND LONDON 14JUL17 - Views of the burnt-out shell of Grenfell Tower from Latimer Road underground station  in north Kensington, west London, one month after the disaster that left over 80 people dead.<br />
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  • UK ENGLAND LONDON 14JUL17 - Views of the burnt-out shell of Grenfell Tower in north Kensington, west London, one month after the disaster that left over 80 people dead.<br />
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  • UK ENGLAND LONDON 14JUL17 - Views of the burnt-out shell of Grenfell Tower in north Kensington, west London, one month after the disaster that left over 80 people dead.<br />
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  • UK ENGLAND LONDON 14JUL17 - Views of the burnt-out shell of Grenfell Tower in north Kensington, west London, one month after the disaster that left over 80 people dead.<br />
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© Jiri Rezac 2017
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  • UK ENGLAND LONDON 14JUL17 - Views of the burnt-out shell of Grenfell Tower in north Kensington, west London, one month after the disaster that left over 80 people dead.<br />
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© Jiri Rezac 2017
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  • UK ENGLAND LONDON 14JUL17 - Messages for victims of the Grenfell Tower fire in north Kensington, west London, one month after the disaster that left over 80 people dead.<br />
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  • UK ENGLAND LONDON 14JUL17 - Messages for victims of the Grenfell Tower fire at the Notting Hill Methodist Church in north Kensington, west London, one month after the disaster that left over 80 people dead.<br />
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jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac<br />
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© Jiri Rezac 2017
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  • UK ENGLAND LONDON 14JUL17 - Messages for victims of the Grenfell Tower fire at the Notting Hill Methodist Church in north Kensington, west London, one month after the disaster that left over 80 people dead.<br />
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jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac<br />
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© Jiri Rezac 2017
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  • UK ENGLAND LONDON 14JUL17 - Messages for victims of the Grenfell Tower fire at the Notting Hill Methodist Church in north Kensington, west London, one month after the disaster that left over 80 people dead.<br />
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© Jiri Rezac 2017
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  • UK ENGLAND LONDON 14JUL17 - Views of the burnt-out shell of Grenfell Tower in north Kensington, west London, one month after the disaster that left over 80 people dead.<br />
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jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac<br />
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© Jiri Rezac 2017
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  • UK ENGLAND LONDON 14JUL17 - Views of the burnt-out shell of Grenfell Tower in north Kensington, west London, one month after the disaster that left over 80 people dead.<br />
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jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac<br />
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© Jiri Rezac 2017
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  • UK ENGLAND LONDON 14JUL17 - Views of the burnt-out shell of Grenfell Tower in north Kensington, west London, one month after the disaster that left over 80 people dead.<br />
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© Jiri Rezac 2017
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  • UK ENGLAND LONDON 14JUL17 - Views of the burnt-out shell of Grenfell Tower in north Kensington, west London, one month after the disaster that left over 80 people dead.<br />
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© Jiri Rezac 2017
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  • UK ENGLAND LONDON 14JUL17 - Views of the burnt-out shell of Grenfell Tower in north Kensington, west London, one month after the disaster that left over 80 people dead.<br />
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jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac<br />
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© Jiri Rezac 2017
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  • UK ENGLAND LONDON 14JUL17 - Views of the burnt-out shell of Grenfell Tower in north Kensington, west London, one month after the disaster that left over 80 people dead.<br />
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© Jiri Rezac 2017
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  • UK ENGLAND LONDON 14JUL17 - Messages for victims of the Grenfell Tower fire in north Kensington, west London, one month after the disaster that left over 80 people dead.<br />
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jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac<br />
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© Jiri Rezac 2017
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  • UK ENGLAND LONDON 14JUL17 - Messages for victims of the Grenfell Tower fire in north Kensington, west London, one month after the disaster that left over 80 people dead.<br />
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jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac<br />
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© Jiri Rezac 2017
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  • UK ENGLAND LONDON 14JUL17 - Messages for victims of the Grenfell Tower fire at the Notting Hill Methodist Church in north Kensington, west London, one month after the disaster that left over 80 people dead.<br />
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jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac<br />
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  • UK ENGLAND LONDON 14JUL17 - Views of the burnt-out shell of Grenfell Tower in north Kensington, west London, one month after the disaster that left over 80 people dead.<br />
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jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac<br />
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  • UK ENGLAND LONDON 14JUL17 - Views of the burnt-out shell of Grenfell Tower in north Kensington, west London, one month after the disaster that left over 80 people dead.<br />
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 20JUL09 - Aerial view of clearcuts near the Syncrude mining operation and tailings pond in the Boreal forest north of Fort McMurray, northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
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The tar sand deposits lie under 141,000 square kilometres of sparsely populated boreal forest and muskeg and contain about 1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen in-place, comparable in magnitude to the world's total proven reserves of conventional petroleum. Current projections state that production will  grow from 1.2 million barrels per day (190,000 m³/d) in 2008 to 3.3 million barrels per day (520,000 m³/d) in 2020 which would place Canada among the four or five largest oil-producing countries in the world.<br />
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The industry has brought wealth and an economic boom to the region but also created an environmental disaster downstream from the Athabasca river, polluting the lakes where water and fish are contaminated. The native Indian tribes of the Mikisew, Cree, Dene and other smaller First Nations are seeing their natural habitat destroyed and are largely powerless to stop or slow down the rapid expansion of the oil sands development, Canada's number one economic driver.<br />
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jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE<br />
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© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 20JUL09 - Aerial view of Suncor Firebag Sag-D tarsands operations in the Boreal forest north of Fort McMurray, northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
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The tar sand deposits lie under 141,000 square kilometres of sparsely populated boreal forest and muskeg and contain about 1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen in-place, comparable in magnitude to the world's total proven reserves of conventional petroleum. Current projections state that production will  grow from 1.2 million barrels per day (190,000 m³/d) in 2008 to 3.3 million barrels per day (520,000 m³/d) in 2020 which would place Canada among the four or five largest oil-producing countries in the world.<br />
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The industry has brought wealth and an economic boom to the region but also created an environmental disaster downstream from the Athabasca river, polluting the lakes where water and fish are contaminated. The native Indian tribes of the Mikisew, Cree, Dene and other smaller First Nations are seeing their natural habitat destroyed and are largely powerless to stop or slow down the rapid expansion of the oil sands development, Canada's number one economic driver.<br />
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jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE<br />
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© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 20JUL09 - Aerial view of Shell Albian Sands tarsands mine and tailings in the Boreal forest north of Fort McMurray, northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
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The tar sand deposits lie under 141,000 square kilometres of sparsely populated boreal forest and muskeg and contain about 1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen in-place, comparable in magnitude to the world's total proven reserves of conventional petroleum. Current projections state that production will  grow from 1.2 million barrels per day (190,000 m³/d) in 2008 to 3.3 million barrels per day (520,000 m³/d) in 2020 which would place Canada among the four or five largest oil-producing countries in the world.<br />
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The industry has brought wealth and an economic boom to the region but also created an environmental disaster downstream from the Athabasca river, polluting the lakes where water and fish are contaminated. The native Indian tribes of the Mikisew, Cree, Dene and other smaller First Nations are seeing their natural habitat destroyed and are largely powerless to stop or slow down the rapid expansion of the oil sands development, Canada's number one economic driver.<br />
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jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE<br />
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© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA EDMONTON 24JUL09 - Suncor upgrader plant north of Fort Saskatchewan near Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.<br />
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The tar sand deposits lie under 141,000 square kilometres of sparsely populated boreal forest and muskeg and contain about 1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen in-place, comparable in magnitude to the world's total proven reserves of conventional petroleum. Current projections state that production will  grow from 1.2 million barrels per day (190,000 m³/d) in 2008 to 3.3 million barrels per day (520,000 m³/d) in 2020 which would place Canada among the four or five largest oil-producing countries in the world.<br />
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The industry has brought wealth and an economic boom to the region but also created an environmental disaster downstream from the Athabasca river, polluting the lakes where water and fish are contaminated. The native Indian tribes of the Mikisew, Cree, Dene and other smaller First Nations are seeing their natural habitat destroyed and are largely powerless to stop or slow down the rapid expansion of the oil sands development, Canada's number one economic driver.<br />
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jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE<br />
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© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 20JUL09 - Night view of Syncrude upgrader plant north of Fort McMurray, northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
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The tar sand deposits lie under 141,000 square kilometres of sparsely populated boreal forest and muskeg and contain about 1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen in-place, comparable in magnitude to the world's total proven reserves of conventional petroleum. Current projections state that production will  grow from 1.2 million barrels per day (190,000 m³/d) in 2008 to 3.3 million barrels per day (520,000 m³/d) in 2020 which would place Canada among the four or five largest oil-producing countries in the world.<br />
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The industry has brought wealth and an economic boom to the region but also created an environmental disaster downstream from the Athabasca river, polluting the lakes where water and fish are contaminated. The native Indian tribes of the Mikisew, Cree, Dene and other smaller First Nations are seeing their natural habitat destroyed and are largely powerless to stop or slow down the rapid expansion of the oil sands development, Canada's number one economic driver.<br />
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jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE<br />
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© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 19JUL09 - View of cleared Boreal forest at the site of the Fort Hills tarsands mine north of Fort McMurray, northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
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The tar sand deposits lie under 141,000 square kilometres of sparsely populated boreal forest and muskeg and contain about 1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen in-place, comparable in magnitude to the world's total proven reserves of conventional petroleum. Current projections state that production will  grow from 1.2 million barrels per day (190,000 m³/d) in 2008 to 3.3 million barrels per day (520,000 m³/d) in 2020 which would place Canada among the four or five largest oil-producing countries in the world.<br />
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The industry has brought wealth and an economic boom to the region but also created an environmental disaster downstream from the Athabasca river, polluting the lakes where water and fish are contaminated. The native Indian tribes of the Mikisew, Cree, Dene and other smaller First Nations are seeing their natural habitat destroyed and are largely powerless to stop or slow down the rapid expansion of the oil sands development, Canada's number one economic driver.<br />
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jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE<br />
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© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA ALBIAN SANDS 11MAY07 - Caterpillar 793 heavy haulage truck at the Shell Albian Sands mining operation. Shell are a 60% shareholder in the Muskeg River Mine, which has a capacity to mine bitumen sands equivalent to a production of 182000 barrels of heavy crude oil per day.<br />
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The Alberta Tar Sands are the largest deposits of their kind in the world and their production is the single largest contributor to Canada's greenhouse gas emissions.<br />
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Alberta's tar sands are currently estimated to contain a crude bitumen resource of 315 billion barrels, with remaining established reserves of almost 174 billion barrels, thus making Canada's oil resources ranked second largest in the world in terms of size.<br />
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The industry has brought wealth and an economic boom to the region but also created an environmental disaster downstream from the Athabasca river, polluting the lakes where water and fish are contaminated. The native Indian tribes of the Mikisew, Cree, Dene and other smaller First Nations are seeing their natural habitat destroyed and are largely powerless to stop or slow down the rapid expansion of the oil sands development, Canada's number one economic driver.<br />
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jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / WWF-UK<br />
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© Jiri Rezac 2007<br />
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Contact: +44 (0) 7050 110 417<br />
Mobile: +44 (0) 7801 337 683<br />
Office: +44 (0) 20 8968 9635<br />
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Email: jiri@jirirezac.com<br />
Web: www.jirirezac.com<br />
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCKAY 13MAY07 - View of the Syncrude plant near Fort McKay in northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
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The Alberta Tar Sands are the largest deposits of their kind in the world and their production is the single largest contributor to Canada's greenhouse gas emissions.<br />
<br />
Alberta's tar sands are currently estimated to contain a crude bitumen resource of 315 billion barrels, with remaining established reserves of almost 174 billion barrels, thus making Canada's oil resources ranked second largest in the world in terms of size.<br />
<br />
The industry has brought wealth and an economic boom to the region but also created an environmental disaster downstream from the Athabasca river, polluting the lakes where water and fish are contaminated. The native Indian tribes of the Mikisew, Cree, Dene and other smaller First Nations are seeing their natural habitat destroyed and are largely powerless to stop or slow down the rapid expansion of the oil sands development, Canada's number one economic driver.<br />
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jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / WWF-UK<br />
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© Jiri Rezac 2007<br />
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Contact: +44 (0) 7050 110 417<br />
Mobile: +44 (0) 7801 337 683<br />
Office: +44 (0) 20 8968 9635<br />
<br />
Email: jiri@jirirezac.com<br />
Web: www.jirirezac.com<br />
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© All images Jiri Rezac 2007 - All rights reserved.
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCKAY 13MAY07 - View of the Syncrude plant near Fort McKay in northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
<br />
The Alberta Tar Sands are the largest deposits of their kind in the world and their production is the single largest contributor to Canada's greenhouse gas emissions.<br />
<br />
Alberta's tar sands are currently estimated to contain a crude bitumen resource of 315 billion barrels, with remaining established reserves of almost 174 billion barrels, thus making Canada's oil resources ranked second largest in the world in terms of size.<br />
<br />
The industry has brought wealth and an economic boom to the region but also created an environmental disaster downstream from the Athabasca river, polluting the lakes where water and fish are contaminated. The native Indian tribes of the Mikisew, Cree, Dene and other smaller First Nations are seeing their natural habitat destroyed and are largely powerless to stop or slow down the rapid expansion of the oil sands development, Canada's number one economic driver.<br />
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jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / WWF-UK<br />
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© Jiri Rezac 2007<br />
<br />
Contact: +44 (0) 7050 110 417<br />
Mobile: +44 (0) 7801 337 683<br />
Office: +44 (0) 20 8968 9635<br />
<br />
Email: jiri@jirirezac.com<br />
Web: www.jirirezac.com<br />
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© All images Jiri Rezac 2007 - All rights reserved.
    CA07-176.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCKAY 13MAY07 - View of the Suncor plant and the Athabasca river near Fort McKay in northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
<br />
The Alberta Tar Sands are the largest deposits of their kind in the world and their production is the single largest contributor to Canada's greenhouse gas emissions.<br />
<br />
Alberta's tar sands are currently estimated to contain a crude bitumen resource of 315 billion barrels, with remaining established reserves of almost 174 billion barrels, thus making Canada's oil resources ranked second largest in the world in terms of size.<br />
<br />
The industry has brought wealth and an economic boom to the region but also created an environmental disaster downstream from the Athabasca river, polluting the lakes where water and fish are contaminated. The native Indian tribes of the Mikisew, Cree, Dene and other smaller First Nations are seeing their natural habitat destroyed and are largely powerless to stop or slow down the rapid expansion of the oil sands development, Canada's number one economic driver.<br />
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jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / WWF-UK<br />
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© Jiri Rezac 2007<br />
<br />
Contact: +44 (0) 7050 110 417<br />
Mobile: +44 (0) 7801 337 683<br />
Office: +44 (0) 20 8968 9635<br />
<br />
Email: jiri@jirirezac.com<br />
Web: www.jirirezac.com<br />
<br />
© All images Jiri Rezac 2007 - All rights reserved.
    CA07-173.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 10MAY07 - Aerial view of Boreal forest north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. The Alberta Tar Sands are the largest deposits of their kind in the world and their production is the single largest contributor to Canada's greenhouse gas emissions.<br />
<br />
Alberta's tar sands are currently estimated to contain a crude bitumen resource of 315 billion barrels, with remaining established reserves of almost 174 billion barrels, thus making Canada's oil resources ranked second largest in the world in terms of size.<br />
<br />
The industry has brought wealth and an economic boom to the region but also created an environmental disaster downstream from the Athabasca river, polluting the lakes where water and fish are contaminated. The native Indian tribes of the Mikisew, Cree, Dene and other smaller First Nations are seeing their natural habitat destroyed and are largely powerless to stop or slow down the rapid expansion of the oil sands development, Canada's number one economic driver.<br />
<br />
jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / WWF-UK<br />
<br />
© Jiri Rezac 2007<br />
<br />
Contact: +44 (0) 7050 110 417<br />
Mobile: +44 (0) 7801 337 683<br />
Office: +44 (0) 20 8968 9635<br />
<br />
Email: jiri@jirirezac.com<br />
Web: www.jirirezac.com<br />
<br />
© All images Jiri Rezac 2007 - All rights reserved.
    CA07-125.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 10MAY07 - Aerial view of Suncor Millennium mine north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. The Alberta Tar Sands are the largest deposits of their kind in the world and their production is the single largest contributor to Canada's greenhouse gas emissions.<br />
<br />
Alberta's tar sands are currently estimated to contain a crude bitumen resource of 315 billion barrels, with remaining established reserves of almost 174 billion barrels, thus making Canada's oil resources ranked second largest in the world in terms of size.<br />
<br />
The industry has brought wealth and an economic boom to the region but also created an environmental disaster downstream from the Athabasca river, polluting the lakes where water and fish are contaminated. The native Indian tribes of the Mikisew, Cree, Dene and other smaller First Nations are seeing their natural habitat destroyed and are largely powerless to stop or slow down the rapid expansion of the oil sands development, Canada's number one economic driver.<br />
<br />
jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / WWF-UK<br />
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© Jiri Rezac 2007<br />
<br />
Contact: +44 (0) 7050 110 417<br />
Mobile: +44 (0) 7801 337 683<br />
Office: +44 (0) 20 8968 9635<br />
<br />
Email: jiri@jirirezac.com<br />
Web: www.jirirezac.com<br />
<br />
© All images Jiri Rezac 2007 - All rights reserved.
    CA07-059.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 20JUL09 - Aerial view of the Boreal forest north of Fort McMurray, northern Alberta, Canada...The tar sand deposits lie under 141,000 square kilometres of sparsely populated boreal forest and muskeg and contain about 1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen in-place, comparable in magnitude to the world's total proven reserves of conventional petroleum. Current projections state that production will  grow from 1.2 million barrels per day (190,000 m³/d) in 2008 to 3.3 million barrels per day (520,000 m³/d) in 2020 which would place Canada among the four or five largest oil-producing countries in the world...The industry has brought wealth and an economic boom to the region but also created an environmental disaster downstream from the Athabasca river, polluting the lakes where water and fish are contaminated. The native Indian tribes of the Mikisew, Cree, Dene and other smaller First Nations are seeing their natural habitat destroyed and are largely powerless to stop or slow down the rapid expansion of the oil sands development, Canada's number one economic driver...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE..© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT CHIPEWYAN 21JUL09 - Detail view of screen display of the findings of Mike Mercredi's geographical Information Systems data at his office in Fort Chipewyan, northern Alberta, Canada...A trained technician, Mercredi is resposible for the collection and presentation of data that documents the sacred sites, medicinal plants and hunting grounds of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation...The tar sand deposits lie under 141,000 square kilometres of sparsely populated boreal forest and muskeg and contain about 1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen in-place, comparable in magnitude to the world's total proven reserves of conventional petroleum. Current projections state that production will  grow from 1.2 million barrels per day (190,000 m³/d) in 2008 to 3.3 million barrels per day (520,000 m³/d) in 2020 which would place Canada among the four or five largest oil-producing countries in the world...The industry has brought wealth and an economic boom to the region but also created an environmental disaster downstream from the Athabasca river, polluting the lakes where water and fish are contaminated. The native Indian tribes of the Mikisew, Cree, Dene and other smaller First Nations are seeing their natural habitat destroyed and are largely powerless to stop or slow down the rapid expansion of the oil sands development, Canada's number one economic driver...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE..© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT CHIPEWYAN 21JUL09 - Whitefish on a rack hung to dry and smoke at the cabin of Mike Mercredi senior on the river Athabasca, northern Alberta, Canada...In recent years, the frequency of deformities, lesions and cancers found in fish caught in Lake Athabasca has increased dramatically. Local residents suspect the rapidly expanding tarsands operations further upstream as the cause of their health concerns...The tar sand deposits lie under 141,000 square kilometres of sparsely populated boreal forest and muskeg and contain about 1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen in-place, comparable in magnitude to the world's total proven reserves of conventional petroleum. Current projections state that production will  grow from 1.2 million barrels per day (190,000 m³/d) in 2008 to 3.3 million barrels per day (520,000 m³/d) in 2020 which would place Canada among the four or five largest oil-producing countries in the world...The industry has brought wealth and an economic boom to the region but also created an environmental disaster downstream from the Athabasca river, polluting the lakes where water and fish are contaminated. The native Indian tribes of the Mikisew, Cree, Dene and other smaller First Nations are seeing their natural habitat destroyed and are largely powerless to stop or slow down the rapid expansion of the oil sands development, Canada's number one economic driver...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE..© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT CHIPEWYAN 22JUL09 - A boat tows a child on an inflatable rubber float near Fort Chipewyan in northern Alberta, Canada...Fort Chipewyan is one of the oldest European settlements in the province of Alberta, Canada. The settlement was established by the North West Company when it setup a trading post there in 1788. The Fort was named after the Chipewyan First Nation living in the area. The Fort is located on the western tip of Lake Athabasca, adjacent to Wood Buffalo National Park, in the eastern extremity of northern Alberta...The tar sand deposits lie under 141,000 square kilometres of sparsely populated boreal forest and muskeg and contain about 1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen in-place, comparable in magnitude to the world's total proven reserves of conventional petroleum. Current projections state that production will  grow from 1.2 million barrels per day (190,000 m³/d) in 2008 to 3.3 million barrels per day (520,000 m³/d) in 2020 which would place Canada among the four or five largest oil-producing countries in the world...The industry has brought wealth and an economic boom to the region but also created an environmental disaster downstream from the Athabasca river, polluting the lakes where water and fish are contaminated. The native Indian tribes of the Mikisew, Cree, Dene and other smaller First Nations are seeing their natural habitat destroyed and are largely powerless to stop or slow down the rapid expansion of the oil sands development, Canada's number one economic driver...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE..© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA PEACE RIVER 9OCT09 - Shell Carmon Creek in-situ site designed to produce up to 80000 barrels of Bitumen per day, located east of Peace River in northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
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The tar sand deposits lie under 141,000 square kilometres of sparsely populated boreal forest and muskeg and contain about 1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen in-place, comparable in magnitude to the world's total proven reserves of conventional petroleum. Current projections state that production will  grow from 1.2 million barrels per day (190,000 m³/d) in 2008 to 3.3 million barrels per day (520,000 m³/d) in 2020 which would place Canada among the four or five largest oil-producing countries in the world.<br />
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The industry has brought wealth and an economic boom to the region but also created an environmental disaster downstream from the Athabasca river, polluting the lakes where water and fish are contaminated. The native Indian tribes of the Mikisew, Cree, Dene and other smaller First Nations are seeing their natural habitat destroyed and are largely powerless to stop or slow down the rapid expansion of the oil sands development, Canada's number one economic driver.<br />
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jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE<br />
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© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA PEACE RIVER 9OCT09 - Shell Carmon Creek in-situ site designed to produce up to 80000 barrels of Bitumen per day, located east of Peace River in northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
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The tar sand deposits lie under 141,000 square kilometres of sparsely populated boreal forest and muskeg and contain about 1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen in-place, comparable in magnitude to the world's total proven reserves of conventional petroleum. Current projections state that production will  grow from 1.2 million barrels per day (190,000 m³/d) in 2008 to 3.3 million barrels per day (520,000 m³/d) in 2020 which would place Canada among the four or five largest oil-producing countries in the world.<br />
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The industry has brought wealth and an economic boom to the region but also created an environmental disaster downstream from the Athabasca river, polluting the lakes where water and fish are contaminated. The native Indian tribes of the Mikisew, Cree, Dene and other smaller First Nations are seeing their natural habitat destroyed and are largely powerless to stop or slow down the rapid expansion of the oil sands development, Canada's number one economic driver.<br />
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jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE<br />
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© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA PEACE RIVER 9OCT09 - Shell Carmon Creek in-situ site designed to produce up to 80000 barrels of Bitumen per day, located east of Peace River in northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
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The tar sand deposits lie under 141,000 square kilometres of sparsely populated boreal forest and muskeg and contain about 1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen in-place, comparable in magnitude to the world's total proven reserves of conventional petroleum. Current projections state that production will  grow from 1.2 million barrels per day (190,000 m³/d) in 2008 to 3.3 million barrels per day (520,000 m³/d) in 2020 which would place Canada among the four or five largest oil-producing countries in the world.<br />
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The industry has brought wealth and an economic boom to the region but also created an environmental disaster downstream from the Athabasca river, polluting the lakes where water and fish are contaminated. The native Indian tribes of the Mikisew, Cree, Dene and other smaller First Nations are seeing their natural habitat destroyed and are largely powerless to stop or slow down the rapid expansion of the oil sands development, Canada's number one economic driver.<br />
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jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE<br />
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© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA EDMONTON 7OCT09 - Billboard advertisement by French oil company TOTAL in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.<br />
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The tar sand deposits lie under 141,000 square kilometres of sparsely populated boreal forest and muskeg and contain about 1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen in-place, comparable in magnitude to the world's total proven reserves of conventional petroleum. Current projections state that production will  grow from 1.2 million barrels per day (190,000 m³/d) in 2008 to 3.3 million barrels per day (520,000 m³/d) in 2020 which would place Canada among the four or five largest oil-producing countries in the world.<br />
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The industry has brought wealth and an economic boom to the region but also created an environmental disaster downstream from the Athabasca river, polluting the lakes where water and fish are contaminated. The native Indian tribes of the Mikisew, Cree, Dene and other smaller First Nations are seeing their natural habitat destroyed and are largely powerless to stop or slow down the rapid expansion of the oil sands development, Canada's number one economic driver.<br />
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jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE<br />
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© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA EDMONTON 7OCT09 - Billboard advertisement by French oil company TOTAL in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.<br />
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The tar sand deposits lie under 141,000 square kilometres of sparsely populated boreal forest and muskeg and contain about 1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen in-place, comparable in magnitude to the world's total proven reserves of conventional petroleum. Current projections state that production will  grow from 1.2 million barrels per day (190,000 m³/d) in 2008 to 3.3 million barrels per day (520,000 m³/d) in 2020 which would place Canada among the four or five largest oil-producing countries in the world.<br />
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The industry has brought wealth and an economic boom to the region but also created an environmental disaster downstream from the Athabasca river, polluting the lakes where water and fish are contaminated. The native Indian tribes of the Mikisew, Cree, Dene and other smaller First Nations are seeing their natural habitat destroyed and are largely powerless to stop or slow down the rapid expansion of the oil sands development, Canada's number one economic driver.<br />
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jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE<br />
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© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT SASKATCHEWAN 7OCT09 - Building site of the Dow Chemicals refinery north of Fort Saskatchewan near Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.<br />
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The tar sand deposits lie under 141,000 square kilometres of sparsely populated boreal forest and muskeg and contain about 1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen in-place, comparable in magnitude to the world's total proven reserves of conventional petroleum. Current projections state that production will  grow from 1.2 million barrels per day (190,000 m³/d) in 2008 to 3.3 million barrels per day (520,000 m³/d) in 2020 which would place Canada among the four or five largest oil-producing countries in the world.<br />
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The industry has brought wealth and an economic boom to the region but also created an environmental disaster downstream from the Athabasca river, polluting the lakes where water and fish are contaminated. The native Indian tribes of the Mikisew, Cree, Dene and other smaller First Nations are seeing their natural habitat destroyed and are largely powerless to stop or slow down the rapid expansion of the oil sands development, Canada's number one economic driver.<br />
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jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE<br />
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© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 28SEP09 - Aerial view of the Suncor tarsands mining operation in the Boreal forest north of Fort McMurray, northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
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The tar sand deposits lie under 141,000 square kilometres of sparsely populated boreal forest and muskeg and contain about 1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen in-place, comparable in magnitude to the world's total proven reserves of conventional petroleum. <br />
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Current projections state that production will  grow from 1.2 million barrels per day (190,000 m³/d) in 2008 to 3.3 million barrels per day (520,000 m³/d) in 2020 which would place Canada among the four or five largest oil-producing countries in the world.<br />
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The industry has brought wealth and an economic boom to the region but also created an environmental disaster downstream from the Athabasca river, polluting the lakes where water and fish are contaminated. The native Indian tribes of the Mikisew, Cree, Dene and other smaller First Nations are seeing their natural habitat destroyed and are largely powerless to stop or slow down the rapid expansion of the oil sands development, Canada's number one economic driver.<br />
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jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE<br />
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© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 28SEP09 - Aerial view of the Suncor tarsands mining operation in the Boreal forest north of Fort McMurray, northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
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The tar sand deposits lie under 141,000 square kilometres of sparsely populated boreal forest and muskeg and contain about 1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen in-place, comparable in magnitude to the world's total proven reserves of conventional petroleum. <br />
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Current projections state that production will  grow from 1.2 million barrels per day (190,000 m³/d) in 2008 to 3.3 million barrels per day (520,000 m³/d) in 2020 which would place Canada among the four or five largest oil-producing countries in the world.<br />
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The industry has brought wealth and an economic boom to the region but also created an environmental disaster downstream from the Athabasca river, polluting the lakes where water and fish are contaminated. The native Indian tribes of the Mikisew, Cree, Dene and other smaller First Nations are seeing their natural habitat destroyed and are largely powerless to stop or slow down the rapid expansion of the oil sands development, Canada's number one economic driver.<br />
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jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE<br />
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© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 28SEP09 - Aerial view of the Suncor tarsands mining operation in the Boreal forest north of Fort McMurray, northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
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The tar sand deposits lie under 141,000 square kilometres of sparsely populated boreal forest and muskeg and contain about 1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen in-place, comparable in magnitude to the world's total proven reserves of conventional petroleum. <br />
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Current projections state that production will  grow from 1.2 million barrels per day (190,000 m³/d) in 2008 to 3.3 million barrels per day (520,000 m³/d) in 2020 which would place Canada among the four or five largest oil-producing countries in the world.<br />
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The industry has brought wealth and an economic boom to the region but also created an environmental disaster downstream from the Athabasca river, polluting the lakes where water and fish are contaminated. The native Indian tribes of the Mikisew, Cree, Dene and other smaller First Nations are seeing their natural habitat destroyed and are largely powerless to stop or slow down the rapid expansion of the oil sands development, Canada's number one economic driver.<br />
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jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE<br />
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© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 28SEP09 - Aerial view of conveyor belts at the Suncor tarsands mining operation in the Boreal forest north of Fort McMurray, northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
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The tar sand deposits lie under 141,000 square kilometres of sparsely populated boreal forest and muskeg and contain about 1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen in-place, comparable in magnitude to the world's total proven reserves of conventional petroleum. <br />
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Current projections state that production will  grow from 1.2 million barrels per day (190,000 m³/d) in 2008 to 3.3 million barrels per day (520,000 m³/d) in 2020 which would place Canada among the four or five largest oil-producing countries in the world.<br />
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The industry has brought wealth and an economic boom to the region but also created an environmental disaster downstream from the Athabasca river, polluting the lakes where water and fish are contaminated. The native Indian tribes of the Mikisew, Cree, Dene and other smaller First Nations are seeing their natural habitat destroyed and are largely powerless to stop or slow down the rapid expansion of the oil sands development, Canada's number one economic driver.<br />
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jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE<br />
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© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 28SEP09 - Aerial view of Suncor upgrader in the Boreal forest north of Fort McMurray, northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
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The tar sand deposits lie under 141,000 square kilometres of sparsely populated boreal forest and muskeg and contain about 1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen in-place, comparable in magnitude to the world's total proven reserves of conventional petroleum. <br />
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Current projections state that production will  grow from 1.2 million barrels per day (190,000 m³/d) in 2008 to 3.3 million barrels per day (520,000 m³/d) in 2020 which would place Canada among the four or five largest oil-producing countries in the world.<br />
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The industry has brought wealth and an economic boom to the region but also created an environmental disaster downstream from the Athabasca river, polluting the lakes where water and fish are contaminated. The native Indian tribes of the Mikisew, Cree, Dene and other smaller First Nations are seeing their natural habitat destroyed and are largely powerless to stop or slow down the rapid expansion of the oil sands development, Canada's number one economic driver.<br />
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jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE<br />
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© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 28SEP09 - Aerial view of smoke stacks at the Suncor upgrader in the Boreal forest north of Fort McMurray, northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
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The tar sand deposits lie under 141,000 square kilometres of sparsely populated boreal forest and muskeg and contain about 1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen in-place, comparable in magnitude to the world's total proven reserves of conventional petroleum. <br />
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Current projections state that production will  grow from 1.2 million barrels per day (190,000 m³/d) in 2008 to 3.3 million barrels per day (520,000 m³/d) in 2020 which would place Canada among the four or five largest oil-producing countries in the world.<br />
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The industry has brought wealth and an economic boom to the region but also created an environmental disaster downstream from the Athabasca river, polluting the lakes where water and fish are contaminated. The native Indian tribes of the Mikisew, Cree, Dene and other smaller First Nations are seeing their natural habitat destroyed and are largely powerless to stop or slow down the rapid expansion of the oil sands development, Canada's number one economic driver.<br />
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jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE<br />
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© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 28SEP09 - Aerial view of Suncor upgrader in the Boreal forest north of Fort McMurray, northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
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The tar sand deposits lie under 141,000 square kilometres of sparsely populated boreal forest and muskeg and contain about 1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen in-place, comparable in magnitude to the world's total proven reserves of conventional petroleum. <br />
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Current projections state that production will  grow from 1.2 million barrels per day (190,000 m³/d) in 2008 to 3.3 million barrels per day (520,000 m³/d) in 2020 which would place Canada among the four or five largest oil-producing countries in the world.<br />
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The industry has brought wealth and an economic boom to the region but also created an environmental disaster downstream from the Athabasca river, polluting the lakes where water and fish are contaminated. The native Indian tribes of the Mikisew, Cree, Dene and other smaller First Nations are seeing their natural habitat destroyed and are largely powerless to stop or slow down the rapid expansion of the oil sands development, Canada's number one economic driver.<br />
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jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE<br />
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© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 28SEP09 - Aerial view of Syncrude upgrader in the Boreal forest north of Fort McMurray, northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
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The tar sand deposits lie under 141,000 square kilometres of sparsely populated boreal forest and muskeg and contain about 1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen in-place, comparable in magnitude to the world's total proven reserves of conventional petroleum. <br />
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Current projections state that production will  grow from 1.2 million barrels per day (190,000 m³/d) in 2008 to 3.3 million barrels per day (520,000 m³/d) in 2020 which would place Canada among the four or five largest oil-producing countries in the world.<br />
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The industry has brought wealth and an economic boom to the region but also created an environmental disaster downstream from the Athabasca river, polluting the lakes where water and fish are contaminated. The native Indian tribes of the Mikisew, Cree, Dene and other smaller First Nations are seeing their natural habitat destroyed and are largely powerless to stop or slow down the rapid expansion of the oil sands development, Canada's number one economic driver.<br />
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jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE<br />
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© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 28SEP09 - Aerial view of Syncrude upgrader in the Boreal forest north of Fort McMurray, northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
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The tar sand deposits lie under 141,000 square kilometres of sparsely populated boreal forest and muskeg and contain about 1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen in-place, comparable in magnitude to the world's total proven reserves of conventional petroleum. <br />
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Current projections state that production will  grow from 1.2 million barrels per day (190,000 m³/d) in 2008 to 3.3 million barrels per day (520,000 m³/d) in 2020 which would place Canada among the four or five largest oil-producing countries in the world.<br />
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The industry has brought wealth and an economic boom to the region but also created an environmental disaster downstream from the Athabasca river, polluting the lakes where water and fish are contaminated. The native Indian tribes of the Mikisew, Cree, Dene and other smaller First Nations are seeing their natural habitat destroyed and are largely powerless to stop or slow down the rapid expansion of the oil sands development, Canada's number one economic driver.<br />
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jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE<br />
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© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 28SEP09 - Aerial view of Syncrude upgrader in the Boreal forest north of Fort McMurray, northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
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The tar sand deposits lie under 141,000 square kilometres of sparsely populated boreal forest and muskeg and contain about 1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen in-place, comparable in magnitude to the world's total proven reserves of conventional petroleum. <br />
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Current projections state that production will  grow from 1.2 million barrels per day (190,000 m³/d) in 2008 to 3.3 million barrels per day (520,000 m³/d) in 2020 which would place Canada among the four or five largest oil-producing countries in the world.<br />
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The industry has brought wealth and an economic boom to the region but also created an environmental disaster downstream from the Athabasca river, polluting the lakes where water and fish are contaminated. The native Indian tribes of the Mikisew, Cree, Dene and other smaller First Nations are seeing their natural habitat destroyed and are largely powerless to stop or slow down the rapid expansion of the oil sands development, Canada's number one economic driver.<br />
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jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE<br />
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© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 28SEP09 - Aerial view of Syncrude upgrader in the Boreal forest north of Fort McMurray, northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
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The tar sand deposits lie under 141,000 square kilometres of sparsely populated boreal forest and muskeg and contain about 1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen in-place, comparable in magnitude to the world's total proven reserves of conventional petroleum. <br />
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Current projections state that production will  grow from 1.2 million barrels per day (190,000 m³/d) in 2008 to 3.3 million barrels per day (520,000 m³/d) in 2020 which would place Canada among the four or five largest oil-producing countries in the world.<br />
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The industry has brought wealth and an economic boom to the region but also created an environmental disaster downstream from the Athabasca river, polluting the lakes where water and fish are contaminated. The native Indian tribes of the Mikisew, Cree, Dene and other smaller First Nations are seeing their natural habitat destroyed and are largely powerless to stop or slow down the rapid expansion of the oil sands development, Canada's number one economic driver.<br />
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jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE<br />
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© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 28SEP09 - Aerial view of Syncrude upgrader in the Boreal forest north of Fort McMurray, northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
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The tar sand deposits lie under 141,000 square kilometres of sparsely populated boreal forest and muskeg and contain about 1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen in-place, comparable in magnitude to the world's total proven reserves of conventional petroleum. <br />
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Current projections state that production will  grow from 1.2 million barrels per day (190,000 m³/d) in 2008 to 3.3 million barrels per day (520,000 m³/d) in 2020 which would place Canada among the four or five largest oil-producing countries in the world.<br />
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The industry has brought wealth and an economic boom to the region but also created an environmental disaster downstream from the Athabasca river, polluting the lakes where water and fish are contaminated. The native Indian tribes of the Mikisew, Cree, Dene and other smaller First Nations are seeing their natural habitat destroyed and are largely powerless to stop or slow down the rapid expansion of the oil sands development, Canada's number one economic driver.<br />
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jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE<br />
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© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 28SEP09 - Aerial view of Syncrude upgrader in the Boreal forest north of Fort McMurray, northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
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The tar sand deposits lie under 141,000 square kilometres of sparsely populated boreal forest and muskeg and contain about 1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen in-place, comparable in magnitude to the world's total proven reserves of conventional petroleum. <br />
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Current projections state that production will  grow from 1.2 million barrels per day (190,000 m³/d) in 2008 to 3.3 million barrels per day (520,000 m³/d) in 2020 which would place Canada among the four or five largest oil-producing countries in the world.<br />
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The industry has brought wealth and an economic boom to the region but also created an environmental disaster downstream from the Athabasca river, polluting the lakes where water and fish are contaminated. The native Indian tribes of the Mikisew, Cree, Dene and other smaller First Nations are seeing their natural habitat destroyed and are largely powerless to stop or slow down the rapid expansion of the oil sands development, Canada's number one economic driver.<br />
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jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE<br />
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© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 28SEP09 - Aerial view of Syncrude upgrader in the Boreal forest north of Fort McMurray, northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
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The tar sand deposits lie under 141,000 square kilometres of sparsely populated boreal forest and muskeg and contain about 1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen in-place, comparable in magnitude to the world's total proven reserves of conventional petroleum. <br />
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Current projections state that production will  grow from 1.2 million barrels per day (190,000 m³/d) in 2008 to 3.3 million barrels per day (520,000 m³/d) in 2020 which would place Canada among the four or five largest oil-producing countries in the world.<br />
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The industry has brought wealth and an economic boom to the region but also created an environmental disaster downstream from the Athabasca river, polluting the lakes where water and fish are contaminated. The native Indian tribes of the Mikisew, Cree, Dene and other smaller First Nations are seeing their natural habitat destroyed and are largely powerless to stop or slow down the rapid expansion of the oil sands development, Canada's number one economic driver.<br />
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jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE<br />
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© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 28SEP09 - Aerial view of Syncrude upgrader in the Boreal forest north of Fort McMurray, northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
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The tar sand deposits lie under 141,000 square kilometres of sparsely populated boreal forest and muskeg and contain about 1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen in-place, comparable in magnitude to the world's total proven reserves of conventional petroleum. <br />
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Current projections state that production will  grow from 1.2 million barrels per day (190,000 m³/d) in 2008 to 3.3 million barrels per day (520,000 m³/d) in 2020 which would place Canada among the four or five largest oil-producing countries in the world.<br />
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The industry has brought wealth and an economic boom to the region but also created an environmental disaster downstream from the Athabasca river, polluting the lakes where water and fish are contaminated. The native Indian tribes of the Mikisew, Cree, Dene and other smaller First Nations are seeing their natural habitat destroyed and are largely powerless to stop or slow down the rapid expansion of the oil sands development, Canada's number one economic driver.<br />
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jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE<br />
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© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 28SEP09 - Aerial view of Syncrude upgrader in the Boreal forest north of Fort McMurray, northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
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The tar sand deposits lie under 141,000 square kilometres of sparsely populated boreal forest and muskeg and contain about 1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen in-place, comparable in magnitude to the world's total proven reserves of conventional petroleum. <br />
<br />
Current projections state that production will  grow from 1.2 million barrels per day (190,000 m³/d) in 2008 to 3.3 million barrels per day (520,000 m³/d) in 2020 which would place Canada among the four or five largest oil-producing countries in the world.<br />
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The industry has brought wealth and an economic boom to the region but also created an environmental disaster downstream from the Athabasca river, polluting the lakes where water and fish are contaminated. The native Indian tribes of the Mikisew, Cree, Dene and other smaller First Nations are seeing their natural habitat destroyed and are largely powerless to stop or slow down the rapid expansion of the oil sands development, Canada's number one economic driver.<br />
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jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE<br />
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© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 28SEP09 - Aerial view of Syncrude upgrader in the Boreal forest north of Fort McMurray, northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
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The tar sand deposits lie under 141,000 square kilometres of sparsely populated boreal forest and muskeg and contain about 1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen in-place, comparable in magnitude to the world's total proven reserves of conventional petroleum. <br />
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Current projections state that production will  grow from 1.2 million barrels per day (190,000 m³/d) in 2008 to 3.3 million barrels per day (520,000 m³/d) in 2020 which would place Canada among the four or five largest oil-producing countries in the world.<br />
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The industry has brought wealth and an economic boom to the region but also created an environmental disaster downstream from the Athabasca river, polluting the lakes where water and fish are contaminated. The native Indian tribes of the Mikisew, Cree, Dene and other smaller First Nations are seeing their natural habitat destroyed and are largely powerless to stop or slow down the rapid expansion of the oil sands development, Canada's number one economic driver.<br />
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jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE<br />
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© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 23JUL09 - Greenpeace Canada action coordinator Kenneth Lowyck and volunteer Terry Christenson collect water and soil samples from the tailings pond of the tarsands mining site of CNRL Horizon north of Fort McMurray, northern Alberta, Canada. <br />
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The tar sand deposits lie under 141,000 square kilometres of sparsely populated boreal forest and muskeg and contain about 1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen in-place, comparable in magnitude to the world's total proven reserves of conventional petroleum. Current projections state that production will  grow from 1.2 million barrels per day (190,000 m³/d) in 2008 to 3.3 million barrels per day (520,000 m³/d) in 2020 which would place Canada among the four or five largest oil-producing countries in the world.<br />
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The industry has brought wealth and an economic boom to the region but also created an environmental disaster downstream from the Athabasca river, polluting the lakes where water and fish are contaminated. The native Indian tribes of the Mikisew, Cree, Dene and other smaller First Nations are seeing their natural habitat destroyed and are largely powerless to stop or slow down the rapid expansion of the oil sands development, Canada's number one economic driver.<br />
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jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE<br />
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© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 23JUL09 - Detail view of a separator designed to separate  toxic sludge on the surface of a tailings pond from a creek connected with the Boreal forest at the tarsands mining site of CNRL (Canadian Natural Resources Limited) Horizon north of Fort McMurray, northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
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The tar sand deposits lie under 141,000 square kilometres of sparsely populated boreal forest and muskeg and contain about 1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen in-place, comparable in magnitude to the world's total proven reserves of conventional petroleum. Current projections state that production will  grow from 1.2 million barrels per day (190,000 m³/d) in 2008 to 3.3 million barrels per day (520,000 m³/d) in 2020 which would place Canada among the four or five largest oil-producing countries in the world.<br />
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The industry has brought wealth and an economic boom to the region but also created an environmental disaster downstream from the Athabasca river, polluting the lakes where water and fish are contaminated. The native Indian tribes of the Mikisew, Cree, Dene and other smaller First Nations are seeing their natural habitat destroyed and are largely powerless to stop or slow down the rapid expansion of the oil sands development, Canada's number one economic driver.<br />
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jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE<br />
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© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 23JUL09 - Detail view of the proximity between toxic sludge on the surface of a tailings pond and a creek connected with the Boreal forest at the tarsands mining site of CNRL (Canadian Natural Resources Limited) Horizon north of Fort McMurray, northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
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The tar sand deposits lie under 141,000 square kilometres of sparsely populated boreal forest and muskeg and contain about 1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen in-place, comparable in magnitude to the world's total proven reserves of conventional petroleum. Current projections state that production will  grow from 1.2 million barrels per day (190,000 m³/d) in 2008 to 3.3 million barrels per day (520,000 m³/d) in 2020 which would place Canada among the four or five largest oil-producing countries in the world.<br />
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The industry has brought wealth and an economic boom to the region but also created an environmental disaster downstream from the Athabasca river, polluting the lakes where water and fish are contaminated. The native Indian tribes of the Mikisew, Cree, Dene and other smaller First Nations are seeing their natural habitat destroyed and are largely powerless to stop or slow down the rapid expansion of the oil sands development, Canada's number one economic driver.<br />
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jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE<br />
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© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 23JUL09 - Detail view of the proximity between toxic sludge on the surface of a tailings pond and a creek connected with the Boreal forest at the tarsands mining site of CNRL (Canadian Natural Resources Limited) Horizon north of Fort McMurray, northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
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The tar sand deposits lie under 141,000 square kilometres of sparsely populated boreal forest and muskeg and contain about 1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen in-place, comparable in magnitude to the world's total proven reserves of conventional petroleum. Current projections state that production will  grow from 1.2 million barrels per day (190,000 m³/d) in 2008 to 3.3 million barrels per day (520,000 m³/d) in 2020 which would place Canada among the four or five largest oil-producing countries in the world.<br />
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The industry has brought wealth and an economic boom to the region but also created an environmental disaster downstream from the Athabasca river, polluting the lakes where water and fish are contaminated. The native Indian tribes of the Mikisew, Cree, Dene and other smaller First Nations are seeing their natural habitat destroyed and are largely powerless to stop or slow down the rapid expansion of the oil sands development, Canada's number one economic driver.<br />
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jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE<br />
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© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 23JUL09 - Detail view of the proximity between toxic sludge on the surface of a tailings pond and a creek connected with the Boreal forest at the tarsands mining site of CNRL (Canadian Natural Resources Limited) Horizon north of Fort McMurray, northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
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The tar sand deposits lie under 141,000 square kilometres of sparsely populated boreal forest and muskeg and contain about 1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen in-place, comparable in magnitude to the world's total proven reserves of conventional petroleum. Current projections state that production will  grow from 1.2 million barrels per day (190,000 m³/d) in 2008 to 3.3 million barrels per day (520,000 m³/d) in 2020 which would place Canada among the four or five largest oil-producing countries in the world.<br />
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The industry has brought wealth and an economic boom to the region but also created an environmental disaster downstream from the Athabasca river, polluting the lakes where water and fish are contaminated. The native Indian tribes of the Mikisew, Cree, Dene and other smaller First Nations are seeing their natural habitat destroyed and are largely powerless to stop or slow down the rapid expansion of the oil sands development, Canada's number one economic driver.<br />
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jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE<br />
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© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 23JUL09 - Detail view of the proximity between toxic sludge on the surface of a tailings pond and a creek connected with the Boreal forest at the tarsands mining site of CNRL (Canadian Natural Resources Limited) Horizon north of Fort McMurray, northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
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The tar sand deposits lie under 141,000 square kilometres of sparsely populated boreal forest and muskeg and contain about 1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen in-place, comparable in magnitude to the world's total proven reserves of conventional petroleum. Current projections state that production will  grow from 1.2 million barrels per day (190,000 m³/d) in 2008 to 3.3 million barrels per day (520,000 m³/d) in 2020 which would place Canada among the four or five largest oil-producing countries in the world.<br />
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The industry has brought wealth and an economic boom to the region but also created an environmental disaster downstream from the Athabasca river, polluting the lakes where water and fish are contaminated. The native Indian tribes of the Mikisew, Cree, Dene and other smaller First Nations are seeing their natural habitat destroyed and are largely powerless to stop or slow down the rapid expansion of the oil sands development, Canada's number one economic driver.<br />
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jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE<br />
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© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 23JUL09 - Detail view of the proximity between toxic sludge on the surface of a tailings pond and a creek connected with the Boreal forest at the tarsands mining site of CNRL (Canadian Natural Resources Limited) Horizon north of Fort McMurray, northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
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The tar sand deposits lie under 141,000 square kilometres of sparsely populated boreal forest and muskeg and contain about 1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen in-place, comparable in magnitude to the world's total proven reserves of conventional petroleum. Current projections state that production will  grow from 1.2 million barrels per day (190,000 m³/d) in 2008 to 3.3 million barrels per day (520,000 m³/d) in 2020 which would place Canada among the four or five largest oil-producing countries in the world.<br />
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The industry has brought wealth and an economic boom to the region but also created an environmental disaster downstream from the Athabasca river, polluting the lakes where water and fish are contaminated. The native Indian tribes of the Mikisew, Cree, Dene and other smaller First Nations are seeing their natural habitat destroyed and are largely powerless to stop or slow down the rapid expansion of the oil sands development, Canada's number one economic driver.<br />
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jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE<br />
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© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 23JUL09 - Detail view of the proximity between toxic sludge on the surface of a tailings pond and a creek connected with the Boreal forest at the tarsands mining site of CNRL (Canadian Natural Resources Limited) Horizon north of Fort McMurray, northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
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The tar sand deposits lie under 141,000 square kilometres of sparsely populated boreal forest and muskeg and contain about 1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen in-place, comparable in magnitude to the world's total proven reserves of conventional petroleum. Current projections state that production will  grow from 1.2 million barrels per day (190,000 m³/d) in 2008 to 3.3 million barrels per day (520,000 m³/d) in 2020 which would place Canada among the four or five largest oil-producing countries in the world.<br />
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The industry has brought wealth and an economic boom to the region but also created an environmental disaster downstream from the Athabasca river, polluting the lakes where water and fish are contaminated. The native Indian tribes of the Mikisew, Cree, Dene and other smaller First Nations are seeing their natural habitat destroyed and are largely powerless to stop or slow down the rapid expansion of the oil sands development, Canada's number one economic driver.<br />
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jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE<br />
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© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 23JUL09 - Toxic sludge floats on the surface of a tailings pond bordering the Boreal forest at the tarsands mining site of CNRL (Canadian Natural Resources Limited) Horizon north of Fort McMurray, northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
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The tar sand deposits lie under 141,000 square kilometres of sparsely populated boreal forest and muskeg and contain about 1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen in-place, comparable in magnitude to the world's total proven reserves of conventional petroleum. Current projections state that production will  grow from 1.2 million barrels per day (190,000 m³/d) in 2008 to 3.3 million barrels per day (520,000 m³/d) in 2020 which would place Canada among the four or five largest oil-producing countries in the world.<br />
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The industry has brought wealth and an economic boom to the region but also created an environmental disaster downstream from the Athabasca river, polluting the lakes where water and fish are contaminated. The native Indian tribes of the Mikisew, Cree, Dene and other smaller First Nations are seeing their natural habitat destroyed and are largely powerless to stop or slow down the rapid expansion of the oil sands development, Canada's number one economic driver.<br />
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jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE<br />
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© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 23JUL09 - Toxic sludge floats on the surface of a tailings pond bordering the Boreal forest at the tarsands mining site of CNRL (Canadian Natural Resources Limited) Horizon north of Fort McMurray, northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
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The tar sand deposits lie under 141,000 square kilometres of sparsely populated boreal forest and muskeg and contain about 1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen in-place, comparable in magnitude to the world's total proven reserves of conventional petroleum. Current projections state that production will  grow from 1.2 million barrels per day (190,000 m³/d) in 2008 to 3.3 million barrels per day (520,000 m³/d) in 2020 which would place Canada among the four or five largest oil-producing countries in the world.<br />
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The industry has brought wealth and an economic boom to the region but also created an environmental disaster downstream from the Athabasca river, polluting the lakes where water and fish are contaminated. The native Indian tribes of the Mikisew, Cree, Dene and other smaller First Nations are seeing their natural habitat destroyed and are largely powerless to stop or slow down the rapid expansion of the oil sands development, Canada's number one economic driver.<br />
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jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE<br />
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© Jiri Rezac 2009
    CA09-340.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 23JUL09 - Toxic sludge floats on the surface of a tailings pond bordering the Boreal forest at the tarsands mining site of CNRL (Canadian Natural Resources Limited) Horizon north of Fort McMurray, northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
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The tar sand deposits lie under 141,000 square kilometres of sparsely populated boreal forest and muskeg and contain about 1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen in-place, comparable in magnitude to the world's total proven reserves of conventional petroleum. Current projections state that production will  grow from 1.2 million barrels per day (190,000 m³/d) in 2008 to 3.3 million barrels per day (520,000 m³/d) in 2020 which would place Canada among the four or five largest oil-producing countries in the world.<br />
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The industry has brought wealth and an economic boom to the region but also created an environmental disaster downstream from the Athabasca river, polluting the lakes where water and fish are contaminated. The native Indian tribes of the Mikisew, Cree, Dene and other smaller First Nations are seeing their natural habitat destroyed and are largely powerless to stop or slow down the rapid expansion of the oil sands development, Canada's number one economic driver.<br />
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jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE<br />
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© Jiri Rezac 2009
    CA09-338.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 23JUL09 - Toxic sludge floats on the surface of a tailings pond bordering the Boreal forest at the tarsands mining site of CNRL (Canadian Natural Resources Limited) Horizon north of Fort McMurray, northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
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The tar sand deposits lie under 141,000 square kilometres of sparsely populated boreal forest and muskeg and contain about 1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen in-place, comparable in magnitude to the world's total proven reserves of conventional petroleum. Current projections state that production will  grow from 1.2 million barrels per day (190,000 m³/d) in 2008 to 3.3 million barrels per day (520,000 m³/d) in 2020 which would place Canada among the four or five largest oil-producing countries in the world.<br />
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The industry has brought wealth and an economic boom to the region but also created an environmental disaster downstream from the Athabasca river, polluting the lakes where water and fish are contaminated. The native Indian tribes of the Mikisew, Cree, Dene and other smaller First Nations are seeing their natural habitat destroyed and are largely powerless to stop or slow down the rapid expansion of the oil sands development, Canada's number one economic driver.<br />
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jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE<br />
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© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 20JUL09 - Aerial view of toxic sulphurous tailings collected in a  pond at the CNRL (Canadian Natural Resources Limited) Sag-D site in the Boreal forest north of Fort McMurray, northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
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The tar sand deposits lie under 141,000 square kilometres of sparsely populated boreal forest and muskeg and contain about 1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen in-place, comparable in magnitude to the world's total proven reserves of conventional petroleum. Current projections state that production will  grow from 1.2 million barrels per day (190,000 m³/d) in 2008 to 3.3 million barrels per day (520,000 m³/d) in 2020 which would place Canada among the four or five largest oil-producing countries in the world.<br />
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The industry has brought wealth and an economic boom to the region but also created an environmental disaster downstream from the Athabasca river, polluting the lakes where water and fish are contaminated. The native Indian tribes of the Mikisew, Cree, Dene and other smaller First Nations are seeing their natural habitat destroyed and are largely powerless to stop or slow down the rapid expansion of the oil sands development, Canada's number one economic driver.<br />
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jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE<br />
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© Jiri Rezac 2009
    CA09-334.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 23JUL09 - Toxic sludge floats on the surface of a tailings pond bordering the Boreal forest at the tarsands mining site of CNRL (Canadian Natural Resources Limited) Horizon north of Fort McMurray, northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
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The tar sand deposits lie under 141,000 square kilometres of sparsely populated boreal forest and muskeg and contain about 1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen in-place, comparable in magnitude to the world's total proven reserves of conventional petroleum. Current projections state that production will  grow from 1.2 million barrels per day (190,000 m³/d) in 2008 to 3.3 million barrels per day (520,000 m³/d) in 2020 which would place Canada among the four or five largest oil-producing countries in the world.<br />
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The industry has brought wealth and an economic boom to the region but also created an environmental disaster downstream from the Athabasca river, polluting the lakes where water and fish are contaminated. The native Indian tribes of the Mikisew, Cree, Dene and other smaller First Nations are seeing their natural habitat destroyed and are largely powerless to stop or slow down the rapid expansion of the oil sands development, Canada's number one economic driver.<br />
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jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE<br />
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© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 20JUL09 - Aerial view of toxic tailings at the Shell Albian Sands tarsands mine tailings pond in the Boreal forest north of Fort McMurray, northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
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The tar sand deposits lie under 141,000 square kilometres of sparsely populated boreal forest and muskeg and contain about 1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen in-place, comparable in magnitude to the world's total proven reserves of conventional petroleum. Current projections state that production will  grow from 1.2 million barrels per day (190,000 m³/d) in 2008 to 3.3 million barrels per day (520,000 m³/d) in 2020 which would place Canada among the four or five largest oil-producing countries in the world.<br />
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The industry has brought wealth and an economic boom to the region but also created an environmental disaster downstream from the Athabasca river, polluting the lakes where water and fish are contaminated. The native Indian tribes of the Mikisew, Cree, Dene and other smaller First Nations are seeing their natural habitat destroyed and are largely powerless to stop or slow down the rapid expansion of the oil sands development, Canada's number one economic driver.<br />
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jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE<br />
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© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 20JUL09 - Aerial view of toxic tailings at the Shell Albian Sands tarsands mine tailings pond in the Boreal forest north of Fort McMurray, northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
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The tar sand deposits lie under 141,000 square kilometres of sparsely populated boreal forest and muskeg and contain about 1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen in-place, comparable in magnitude to the world's total proven reserves of conventional petroleum. Current projections state that production will  grow from 1.2 million barrels per day (190,000 m³/d) in 2008 to 3.3 million barrels per day (520,000 m³/d) in 2020 which would place Canada among the four or five largest oil-producing countries in the world.<br />
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The industry has brought wealth and an economic boom to the region but also created an environmental disaster downstream from the Athabasca river, polluting the lakes where water and fish are contaminated. The native Indian tribes of the Mikisew, Cree, Dene and other smaller First Nations are seeing their natural habitat destroyed and are largely powerless to stop or slow down the rapid expansion of the oil sands development, Canada's number one economic driver.<br />
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jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE<br />
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© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 20JUL09 - Aerial view of toxic tailings at the Suncor Millennium tailings pond in the Boreal forest north of Fort McMurray, northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
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The tar sand deposits lie under 141,000 square kilometres of sparsely populated boreal forest and muskeg and contain about 1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen in-place, comparable in magnitude to the world's total proven reserves of conventional petroleum. Current projections state that production will  grow from 1.2 million barrels per day (190,000 m³/d) in 2008 to 3.3 million barrels per day (520,000 m³/d) in 2020 which would place Canada among the four or five largest oil-producing countries in the world.<br />
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The industry has brought wealth and an economic boom to the region but also created an environmental disaster downstream from the Athabasca river, polluting the lakes where water and fish are contaminated. The native Indian tribes of the Mikisew, Cree, Dene and other smaller First Nations are seeing their natural habitat destroyed and are largely powerless to stop or slow down the rapid expansion of the oil sands development, Canada's number one economic driver.<br />
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jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE<br />
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© Jiri Rezac 2009
    CA09-328.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 20JUL09 - Aerial view of Suncor tarsands operation, tailings pond in the Boreal forest north of Fort McMurray, northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
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The tar sand deposits lie under 141,000 square kilometres of sparsely populated boreal forest and muskeg and contain about 1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen in-place, comparable in magnitude to the world's total proven reserves of conventional petroleum. Current projections state that production will  grow from 1.2 million barrels per day (190,000 m³/d) in 2008 to 3.3 million barrels per day (520,000 m³/d) in 2020 which would place Canada among the four or five largest oil-producing countries in the world.<br />
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The industry has brought wealth and an economic boom to the region but also created an environmental disaster downstream from the Athabasca river, polluting the lakes where water and fish are contaminated. The native Indian tribes of the Mikisew, Cree, Dene and other smaller First Nations are seeing their natural habitat destroyed and are largely powerless to stop or slow down the rapid expansion of the oil sands development, Canada's number one economic driver.<br />
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jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE<br />
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© Jiri Rezac 2009
    CA09-327.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 20JUL09 - Aerial view of a Suncor Millennium tailings pond in the Boreal forest north of Fort McMurray, northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
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The tar sand deposits lie under 141,000 square kilometres of sparsely populated boreal forest and muskeg and contain about 1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen in-place, comparable in magnitude to the world's total proven reserves of conventional petroleum. Current projections state that production will  grow from 1.2 million barrels per day (190,000 m³/d) in 2008 to 3.3 million barrels per day (520,000 m³/d) in 2020 which would place Canada among the four or five largest oil-producing countries in the world.<br />
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The industry has brought wealth and an economic boom to the region but also created an environmental disaster downstream from the Athabasca river, polluting the lakes where water and fish are contaminated. The native Indian tribes of the Mikisew, Cree, Dene and other smaller First Nations are seeing their natural habitat destroyed and are largely powerless to stop or slow down the rapid expansion of the oil sands development, Canada's number one economic driver.<br />
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jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE<br />
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© Jiri Rezac 2009
    CA09-323.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 23JUL09 - Toxic sludge floats on the surface of a tailings pond bordering the Boreal forest at the tarsands mining site of CNRL (Canadian Natural Resources Limited) Horizon north of Fort McMurray, northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
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The tar sand deposits lie under 141,000 square kilometres of sparsely populated boreal forest and muskeg and contain about 1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen in-place, comparable in magnitude to the world's total proven reserves of conventional petroleum. Current projections state that production will  grow from 1.2 million barrels per day (190,000 m³/d) in 2008 to 3.3 million barrels per day (520,000 m³/d) in 2020 which would place Canada among the four or five largest oil-producing countries in the world.<br />
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The industry has brought wealth and an economic boom to the region but also created an environmental disaster downstream from the Athabasca river, polluting the lakes where water and fish are contaminated. The native Indian tribes of the Mikisew, Cree, Dene and other smaller First Nations are seeing their natural habitat destroyed and are largely powerless to stop or slow down the rapid expansion of the oil sands development, Canada's number one economic driver.<br />
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jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE<br />
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© Jiri Rezac 2009
    CA09-322.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 20JUL09 - Toxic sludge floats on the surface of a tailings pond owned by Suncor at the Millennium tarsands operation in the Boreal forest north of Fort McMurray, northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
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The tar sand deposits lie under 141,000 square kilometres of sparsely populated boreal forest and muskeg and contain about 1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen in-place, comparable in magnitude to the world's total proven reserves of conventional petroleum. Current projections state that production will  grow from 1.2 million barrels per day (190,000 m³/d) in 2008 to 3.3 million barrels per day (520,000 m³/d) in 2020 which would place Canada among the four or five largest oil-producing countries in the world.<br />
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The industry has brought wealth and an economic boom to the region but also created an environmental disaster downstream from the Athabasca river, polluting the lakes where water and fish are contaminated. The native Indian tribes of the Mikisew, Cree, Dene and other smaller First Nations are seeing their natural habitat destroyed and are largely powerless to stop or slow down the rapid expansion of the oil sands development, Canada's number one economic driver.<br />
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jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE<br />
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© Jiri Rezac 2009
    CA09-321.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 20JUL09 - Toxic sludge floats on the surface of a tailings pond owned by Suncor at the Millennium tarsands operation in the Boreal forest north of Fort McMurray, northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
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The tar sand deposits lie under 141,000 square kilometres of sparsely populated boreal forest and muskeg and contain about 1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen in-place, comparable in magnitude to the world's total proven reserves of conventional petroleum. Current projections state that production will  grow from 1.2 million barrels per day (190,000 m³/d) in 2008 to 3.3 million barrels per day (520,000 m³/d) in 2020 which would place Canada among the four or five largest oil-producing countries in the world.<br />
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The industry has brought wealth and an economic boom to the region but also created an environmental disaster downstream from the Athabasca river, polluting the lakes where water and fish are contaminated. The native Indian tribes of the Mikisew, Cree, Dene and other smaller First Nations are seeing their natural habitat destroyed and are largely powerless to stop or slow down the rapid expansion of the oil sands development, Canada's number one economic driver.<br />
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jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE<br />
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© Jiri Rezac 2009
    CA09-318.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 20JUL09 - Toxic sludge floats on the surface of a tailings pond owned by Suncor at the Millennium tarsands operation in the Boreal forest north of Fort McMurray, northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
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The tar sand deposits lie under 141,000 square kilometres of sparsely populated boreal forest and muskeg and contain about 1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen in-place, comparable in magnitude to the world's total proven reserves of conventional petroleum. Current projections state that production will  grow from 1.2 million barrels per day (190,000 m³/d) in 2008 to 3.3 million barrels per day (520,000 m³/d) in 2020 which would place Canada among the four or five largest oil-producing countries in the world.<br />
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The industry has brought wealth and an economic boom to the region but also created an environmental disaster downstream from the Athabasca river, polluting the lakes where water and fish are contaminated. The native Indian tribes of the Mikisew, Cree, Dene and other smaller First Nations are seeing their natural habitat destroyed and are largely powerless to stop or slow down the rapid expansion of the oil sands development, Canada's number one economic driver.<br />
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jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE<br />
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© Jiri Rezac 2009
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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 20JUL09 - Toxic sludge floats on the surface of a tailings pond owned by Suncor at the Millennium tarsands operation in the Boreal forest north of Fort McMurray, northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
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The tar sand deposits lie under 141,000 square kilometres of sparsely populated boreal forest and muskeg and contain about 1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen in-place, comparable in magnitude to the world's total proven reserves of conventional petroleum. Current projections state that production will  grow from 1.2 million barrels per day (190,000 m³/d) in 2008 to 3.3 million barrels per day (520,000 m³/d) in 2020 which would place Canada among the four or five largest oil-producing countries in the world.<br />
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The industry has brought wealth and an economic boom to the region but also created an environmental disaster downstream from the Athabasca river, polluting the lakes where water and fish are contaminated. The native Indian tribes of the Mikisew, Cree, Dene and other smaller First Nations are seeing their natural habitat destroyed and are largely powerless to stop or slow down the rapid expansion of the oil sands development, Canada's number one economic driver.<br />
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jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE<br />
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© Jiri Rezac 2009
    CA09-317.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 23JUL09 - Toxic sludge floats on the surface of a tailings pond bordering the Boreal forest at the tarsands mining site of CNRL (Canadian Natural Resources Limited) Horizon north of Fort McMurray, northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
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The tar sand deposits lie under 141,000 square kilometres of sparsely populated boreal forest and muskeg and contain about 1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen in-place, comparable in magnitude to the world's total proven reserves of conventional petroleum. Current projections state that production will  grow from 1.2 million barrels per day (190,000 m³/d) in 2008 to 3.3 million barrels per day (520,000 m³/d) in 2020 which would place Canada among the four or five largest oil-producing countries in the world.<br />
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The industry has brought wealth and an economic boom to the region but also created an environmental disaster downstream from the Athabasca river, polluting the lakes where water and fish are contaminated. The native Indian tribes of the Mikisew, Cree, Dene and other smaller First Nations are seeing their natural habitat destroyed and are largely powerless to stop or slow down the rapid expansion of the oil sands development, Canada's number one economic driver.<br />
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jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE<br />
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© Jiri Rezac 2009
    CA09-316.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 23JUL09 - Toxic sludge floats on the surface of a tailings pond bordering the Boreal forest at the tarsands mining site of CNRL (Canadian Natural Resources Limited) Horizon north of Fort McMurray, northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
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The tar sand deposits lie under 141,000 square kilometres of sparsely populated boreal forest and muskeg and contain about 1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen in-place, comparable in magnitude to the world's total proven reserves of conventional petroleum. Current projections state that production will  grow from 1.2 million barrels per day (190,000 m³/d) in 2008 to 3.3 million barrels per day (520,000 m³/d) in 2020 which would place Canada among the four or five largest oil-producing countries in the world.<br />
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The industry has brought wealth and an economic boom to the region but also created an environmental disaster downstream from the Athabasca river, polluting the lakes where water and fish are contaminated. The native Indian tribes of the Mikisew, Cree, Dene and other smaller First Nations are seeing their natural habitat destroyed and are largely powerless to stop or slow down the rapid expansion of the oil sands development, Canada's number one economic driver.<br />
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jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE<br />
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© Jiri Rezac 2009
    CA09-315.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 23JUL09 - Toxic sludge floats on the surface of a tailings pond bordering the Boreal forest at the tarsands mining site of CNRL (Canadian Natural Resources Limited) Horizon north of Fort McMurray, northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
<br />
The tar sand deposits lie under 141,000 square kilometres of sparsely populated boreal forest and muskeg and contain about 1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen in-place, comparable in magnitude to the world's total proven reserves of conventional petroleum. Current projections state that production will  grow from 1.2 million barrels per day (190,000 m³/d) in 2008 to 3.3 million barrels per day (520,000 m³/d) in 2020 which would place Canada among the four or five largest oil-producing countries in the world.<br />
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The industry has brought wealth and an economic boom to the region but also created an environmental disaster downstream from the Athabasca river, polluting the lakes where water and fish are contaminated. The native Indian tribes of the Mikisew, Cree, Dene and other smaller First Nations are seeing their natural habitat destroyed and are largely powerless to stop or slow down the rapid expansion of the oil sands development, Canada's number one economic driver.<br />
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jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE<br />
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© Jiri Rezac 2009
    CA09-314.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 23JUL09 - Tailings pipe spews toxic sludge into a pond bordering the Boreal forest at the tarsands mining site of CNRL (Canadian Natural Resources Limited) Horizon site north of Fort McMurray, northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
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The tar sand deposits lie under 141,000 square kilometres of sparsely populated boreal forest and muskeg and contain about 1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen in-place, comparable in magnitude to the world's total proven reserves of conventional petroleum. Current projections state that production will  grow from 1.2 million barrels per day (190,000 m³/d) in 2008 to 3.3 million barrels per day (520,000 m³/d) in 2020 which would place Canada among the four or five largest oil-producing countries in the world.<br />
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The industry has brought wealth and an economic boom to the region but also created an environmental disaster downstream from the Athabasca river, polluting the lakes where water and fish are contaminated. The native Indian tribes of the Mikisew, Cree, Dene and other smaller First Nations are seeing their natural habitat destroyed and are largely powerless to stop or slow down the rapid expansion of the oil sands development, Canada's number one economic driver.<br />
<br />
jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE<br />
<br />
© Jiri Rezac 2009
    CA09-313.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 23JUL09 - Tailings pipe spews toxic sludge into a pond bordering the Boreal forest at the tarsands mining site of CNRL (Canadian Natural Resources Limited) Horizon site north of Fort McMurray, northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
<br />
The tar sand deposits lie under 141,000 square kilometres of sparsely populated boreal forest and muskeg and contain about 1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen in-place, comparable in magnitude to the world's total proven reserves of conventional petroleum. Current projections state that production will  grow from 1.2 million barrels per day (190,000 m³/d) in 2008 to 3.3 million barrels per day (520,000 m³/d) in 2020 which would place Canada among the four or five largest oil-producing countries in the world.<br />
<br />
The industry has brought wealth and an economic boom to the region but also created an environmental disaster downstream from the Athabasca river, polluting the lakes where water and fish are contaminated. The native Indian tribes of the Mikisew, Cree, Dene and other smaller First Nations are seeing their natural habitat destroyed and are largely powerless to stop or slow down the rapid expansion of the oil sands development, Canada's number one economic driver.<br />
<br />
jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE<br />
<br />
© Jiri Rezac 2009
    CA09-312.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 23JUL09 - Tailings pipe spews toxic sludge into a pond bordering the Boreal forest at the tarsands mining site of CNRL (Canadian Natural Resources Limited) Horizon site north of Fort McMurray, northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
<br />
The tar sand deposits lie under 141,000 square kilometres of sparsely populated boreal forest and muskeg and contain about 1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen in-place, comparable in magnitude to the world's total proven reserves of conventional petroleum. Current projections state that production will  grow from 1.2 million barrels per day (190,000 m³/d) in 2008 to 3.3 million barrels per day (520,000 m³/d) in 2020 which would place Canada among the four or five largest oil-producing countries in the world.<br />
<br />
The industry has brought wealth and an economic boom to the region but also created an environmental disaster downstream from the Athabasca river, polluting the lakes where water and fish are contaminated. The native Indian tribes of the Mikisew, Cree, Dene and other smaller First Nations are seeing their natural habitat destroyed and are largely powerless to stop or slow down the rapid expansion of the oil sands development, Canada's number one economic driver.<br />
<br />
jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE<br />
<br />
© Jiri Rezac 2009
    CA09-310.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 23JUL09 - Tailings pipe spews toxic sludge into a pond bordering the Boreal forest at the tarsands mining site of CNRL (Canadian Natural Resources Limited) Horizon site north of Fort McMurray, northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
<br />
The tar sand deposits lie under 141,000 square kilometres of sparsely populated boreal forest and muskeg and contain about 1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen in-place, comparable in magnitude to the world's total proven reserves of conventional petroleum. Current projections state that production will  grow from 1.2 million barrels per day (190,000 m³/d) in 2008 to 3.3 million barrels per day (520,000 m³/d) in 2020 which would place Canada among the four or five largest oil-producing countries in the world.<br />
<br />
The industry has brought wealth and an economic boom to the region but also created an environmental disaster downstream from the Athabasca river, polluting the lakes where water and fish are contaminated. The native Indian tribes of the Mikisew, Cree, Dene and other smaller First Nations are seeing their natural habitat destroyed and are largely powerless to stop or slow down the rapid expansion of the oil sands development, Canada's number one economic driver.<br />
<br />
jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE<br />
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© Jiri Rezac 2009
    CA09-309.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 23JUL09 - Steam rises from the toxic tailings at the Shell Albian sands tailings pond and tarsands mining operations north of Fort McMurray, northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
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The tar sand deposits lie under 141,000 square kilometres of sparsely populated boreal forest and muskeg and contain about 1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen in-place, comparable in magnitude to the world's total proven reserves of conventional petroleum. Current projections state that production will  grow from 1.2 million barrels per day (190,000 m³/d) in 2008 to 3.3 million barrels per day (520,000 m³/d) in 2020 which would place Canada among the four or five largest oil-producing countries in the world.<br />
<br />
The industry has brought wealth and an economic boom to the region but also created an environmental disaster downstream from the Athabasca river, polluting the lakes where water and fish are contaminated. The native Indian tribes of the Mikisew, Cree, Dene and other smaller First Nations are seeing their natural habitat destroyed and are largely powerless to stop or slow down the rapid expansion of the oil sands development, Canada's number one economic driver.<br />
<br />
jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE<br />
<br />
© Jiri Rezac 2009
    CA09-307.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 23JUL09 - Steam rises from the toxic tailings at the Shell Albian sands tailings pond and tarsands mining operations north of Fort McMurray, northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
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The tar sand deposits lie under 141,000 square kilometres of sparsely populated boreal forest and muskeg and contain about 1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen in-place, comparable in magnitude to the world's total proven reserves of conventional petroleum. Current projections state that production will  grow from 1.2 million barrels per day (190,000 m³/d) in 2008 to 3.3 million barrels per day (520,000 m³/d) in 2020 which would place Canada among the four or five largest oil-producing countries in the world.<br />
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The industry has brought wealth and an economic boom to the region but also created an environmental disaster downstream from the Athabasca river, polluting the lakes where water and fish are contaminated. The native Indian tribes of the Mikisew, Cree, Dene and other smaller First Nations are seeing their natural habitat destroyed and are largely powerless to stop or slow down the rapid expansion of the oil sands development, Canada's number one economic driver.<br />
<br />
jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE<br />
<br />
© Jiri Rezac 2009
    CA09-306.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 23JUL09 - Steam rises from the toxic tailings at the Shell Albian sands tailings pond and tarsands mining operations north of Fort McMurray, northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
<br />
The tar sand deposits lie under 141,000 square kilometres of sparsely populated boreal forest and muskeg and contain about 1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen in-place, comparable in magnitude to the world's total proven reserves of conventional petroleum. Current projections state that production will  grow from 1.2 million barrels per day (190,000 m³/d) in 2008 to 3.3 million barrels per day (520,000 m³/d) in 2020 which would place Canada among the four or five largest oil-producing countries in the world.<br />
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The industry has brought wealth and an economic boom to the region but also created an environmental disaster downstream from the Athabasca river, polluting the lakes where water and fish are contaminated. The native Indian tribes of the Mikisew, Cree, Dene and other smaller First Nations are seeing their natural habitat destroyed and are largely powerless to stop or slow down the rapid expansion of the oil sands development, Canada's number one economic driver.<br />
<br />
jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE<br />
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© Jiri Rezac 2009
    CA09-305.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 23JUL09 - Aerial view of a 'Bituman' scarecrow placed in a toxic tailings pond at the Suncor upgrader plant north of Fort McMurray, northern Alberta, Canada.<br />
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The tar sand deposits lie under 141,000 square kilometres of sparsely populated boreal forest and muskeg and contain about 1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen in-place, comparable in magnitude to the world's total proven reserves of conventional petroleum. Current projections state that production will  grow from 1.2 million barrels per day (190,000 m³/d) in 2008 to 3.3 million barrels per day (520,000 m³/d) in 2020 which would place Canada among the four or five largest oil-producing countries in the world.<br />
<br />
The industry has brought wealth and an economic boom to the region but also created an environmental disaster downstream from the Athabasca river, polluting the lakes where water and fish are contaminated. The native Indian tribes of the Mikisew, Cree, Dene and other smaller First Nations are seeing their natural habitat destroyed and are largely powerless to stop or slow down the rapid expansion of the oil sands development, Canada's number one economic driver.<br />
<br />
jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE<br />
<br />
© Jiri Rezac 2009
    CA09-304.jpg
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