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  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 23JUL09 - 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 />
<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 / GREENPEACE<br />
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© Jiri Rezac 2009
    CA09-069.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 23JUL09 - Greenpeace Canada action coordinator Kenneth Lowyck collects water and soil samples from the tailings pond of 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 />
<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
    CA09-086.jpg
  • 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 (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 />
<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
    CA09-084.jpg
  • 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 (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 />
<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
    CA09-076.jpg
  • 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 (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 />
<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
    CA09-075.jpg
  • 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 (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 />
<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
    CA09-074.jpg
  • 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 (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 />
<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
    CA09-071.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 23JUL09 - 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 />
<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
    CA09-066.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 23JUL09 - 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 />
<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
    CA09-065.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 23JUL09 - Greenpeace Canada action coordinator Kenneth Lowyck collects water and soil samples from the tailings pond of 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 />
<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
    CA09-082.jpg
  • 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 (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 />
<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
    CA09-078.jpg
  • 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 (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 />
<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
    CA09-077.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 23JUL09 - 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 />
<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
    CA09-068.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 23JUL09 - Greenpeace Canada action coordinator Kenneth Lowyck collects water and soil samples from the tailings pond of 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 />
<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
    CA09-085.jpg
  • 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 (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 />
<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
    CA09-083.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 23JUL09 - Greenpeace Canada action coordinator Kenneth Lowyck collects water and soil samples from the tailings pond of 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 />
<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
    CA09-081.jpg
  • 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 (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 />
<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
    CA09-073.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 23JUL09 - 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 />
<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
    CA09-067.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 23JUL09 - Greenpeace Canada action coordinator Kenneth Lowyck collects water and soil samples from the tailings pond of 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 />
<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
    CA09-080.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 23JUL09 - Greenpeace Canada action coordinator Kenneth Lowyck collects water and soil samples from the tailings pond of 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 />
<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
    CA09-079.jpg
  • 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 (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 />
<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
    CA09-072.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 23JUL09 - 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 />
<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
    CA09-070.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCKAY 13MAY07 - Detail of sludge in tailings pond at 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 />
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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 />
<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 />
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© All images Jiri Rezac 2007 - All rights reserved.
    CA07-210.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 19JUL09 - Syncrude tailings pond containing toxic sludge 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
    CA09-019.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 19JUL09 - Danger sign at Syncrude tailings pond containing  toxic sludge 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
    CA09-020.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 19JUL09 - A 'Bituman' scarecrow designed to keep migratory birds from landing in the toxic sludge at the tailings pond of the Syncrude upgrader plant 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
    CA09-003.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 19JUL09 - A 'Bituman' scarecrow designed to keep migratory birds from landing in the toxic sludge at the tailings pond of the Syncrude upgrader plant 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
    CA09-002.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCKAY 13MAY07 - Detail of sludge in tailings pond at 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 />
<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.
    CA07-209.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 19JUL09 - Syncrude tailings pond dotted with 'Bituman' scarecrows designed to keep migratory birds from landing in the toxic sludge 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
    CA09-022.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCKAY 13MAY07 - Detail of sludge in tailings pond at 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 />
<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.
    CA07-207.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCKAY 13MAY07 - Detail of sludge in tailings pond at 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 />
<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.
    CA07-208.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCKAY 13MAY07 - Detail of sludge in tailings pond at 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 />
<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.
    CA07-204.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 19JUL09 - A 'Bituman' scarecrow designed to keep migratory birds from landing in the toxic sludge at the tailings pond of the Syncrude upgrader plant 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
    CA09-001.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 19JUL09 - A 'Bituman' scarecrow designed to keep migratory birds from landing in the toxic sludge at the tailings pond of the Syncrude upgrader plant 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 />
<br />
<br />
© Jiri Rezac 2009
    Industry40.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 19JUL09 - Syncrude tailings pond dotted with 'Bituman' scarecrows designed to keep migratory birds from landing in the toxic sludge 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
    CA09-023.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 19JUL09 - A 'Bituman' scarecrow designed to keep migratory birds from landing in the toxic sludge at the tailings pond of the Syncrude upgrader plant 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
    CA09-004.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCKAY 13MAY07 - Detail of sludge in tailings pond at 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 />
<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.
    CA07-206.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCKAY 13MAY07 - Detail of sludge in tailings pond at 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 />
<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.
    CA07-205.jpg
  • 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 />
<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
    CA09-346.jpg
  • 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 />
<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
    CA09-345.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 />
<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
    CA09-321.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 />
<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
    CA09-317.jpg
  • 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 />
<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
    CA09-344.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 />
<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
    CA09-341.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 />
<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
    CA09-337.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 />
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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
    CA09-335.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 - 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 />
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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
    CA09-348.jpg
  • 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
    CA09-343.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
    CA09-339.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 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
    CA09-314.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 />
<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
    CA09-311.jpg
  • 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
    CA09-351.jpg
  • 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 />
<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
    CA09-347.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
    CA09-336.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
    CA09-319.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 />
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jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE<br />
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© 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 />
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jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE<br />
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© Jiri Rezac 2009
    CA09-309.jpg
  • 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 />
<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 />
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jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE<br />
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© Jiri Rezac 2009
    CA09-349.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 />
<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 / GREENPEACE<br />
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© Jiri Rezac 2009
    CA09-342.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 />
<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 / GREENPEACE<br />
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© Jiri Rezac 2009
    CA09-338.jpg
  • CANADA ALBERTA FORT MCMURRAY 20JUL09 - Toxic sludge floats on the surface of a tailings pond owned by Syncrude at their 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 />
<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 / GREENPEACE<br />
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© Jiri Rezac 2009
    CA09-320.jpg
  • 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 />
<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 />
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jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac / GREENPEACE<br />
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© Jiri Rezac 2009
    CA09-350.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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