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Canada - 2015
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Athabasca Falls off the Icefield Highway, Rocky Mountains, Alberta, Jasper National Park, Canada
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Canada - 2015
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Athabasca Falls off the Icefield Highway, Rocky Mountains, Alberta, Jasper National Park, Canada
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Canada - 2008
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Suncor Energy's oil sands upgrader facility with the Athabasca River seen on the right near Fort McMurray, Alberta
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Canada - 2008
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Suncor Energy's oil sands upgrader facility near Fort McMurray, Alberta. The Athabasca River is seen in the foreground
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Canada - 2008
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Suncor Energy's oil sands upgrader facility near Fort McMurray, Alberta. The Athabasca River is seen in the background
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World's largest tar sands deposits spark environmental crisis
May 11, 2007, Shell Albian, Alberta, Canada: 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 ranking Canada's oil resources as the second-largest in the world in terms of size. 119,4000 cubic-meters of synthetic crude oil per day were produced in 2006, with projections of that figure doubling within the next five years. The industry has brought wealth and sparked an economic boom in the region, but at a price. A new environmental disaster has been born, with contaminated fish and water filling area lakes. The Native-American 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 ALBERTA MAY07 - View of a de-logged area beside the Shell Albian Sands tailings bond embankment, with one birch tree standing north of Fort McMurray.. Credit: Jiri Rezac / WWF / Polaris (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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World's largest tar sands deposits spark environmental crisis
May 10, 2007, Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada: 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 ranking Canada's oil resources as the second-largest in the world in terms of size. 119,4000 cubic-meters of synthetic crude oil per day were produced in 2006, with projections of that figure doubling within the next five years. The industry has brought wealth and sparked an economic boom in the region, but at a price. A new environmental disaster has been born, with contaminated fish and water filling area lakes. The Native-American 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. ///Aerial view of McClelland Lake, north of Fort McMurray. 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.. Credit: Jiri Rezac / WWF / Polaris (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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World's largest tar sands deposits spark environmental crisis
May 10, 2007, Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada: 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 ranking Canada's oil resources as the second-largest in the world in terms of size. 119,4000 cubic-meters of synthetic crude oil per day were produced in 2006, with projections of that figure doubling within the next five years. The industry has brought wealth and sparked an economic boom in the region, but at a price. A new environmental disaster has been born, with contaminated fish and water filling area lakes. The Native-American 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. ///Aerial view of a small lake in the boreal forest north of Fort McMurray. 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.. Credit: Jiri Rezac / WWF / Polaris (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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World's largest tar sands deposits spark environmental crisis
May 10, 2007, Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada: 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 ranking Canada's oil resources as the second-largest in the world in terms of size. 119,4000 cubic-meters of synthetic crude oil per day were produced in 2006, with projections of that figure doubling within the next five years. The industry has brought wealth and sparked an economic boom in the region, but at a price. A new environmental disaster has been born, with contaminated fish and water filling area lakes. The Native-American 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. ///Aerial view of McClelland Lake, north of Fort McMurray. 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.. Credit: Jiri Rezac / WWF / Polaris (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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World's largest tar sands deposits spark environmental crisis
May 10, 2007, Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada: 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 ranking Canada's oil resources as the second-largest in the world in terms of size. 119,4000 cubic-meters of synthetic crude oil per day were produced in 2006, with projections of that figure doubling within the next five years. The industry has brought wealth and sparked an economic boom in the region, but at a price. A new environmental disaster has been born, with contaminated fish and water filling area lakes. The Native-American 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. ///Aerial view of McClelland Lake, north of Fort McMurray. 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.. Credit: Jiri Rezac / WWF / Polaris (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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World's largest tar sands deposits spark environmental crisis
May 10, 2007, Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada: 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 ranking Canada's oil resources as the second-largest in the world in terms of size. 119,4000 cubic-meters of synthetic crude oil per day were produced in 2006, with projections of that figure doubling within the next five years. The industry has brought wealth and sparked an economic boom in the region, but at a price. A new environmental disaster has been born, with contaminated fish and water filling area lakes. The Native-American 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. ///Aerial view of boreal forest north of Fort McMurray. 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.. Credit: Jiri Rezac / WWF / Polaris (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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World's largest tar sands deposits spark environmental crisis
May 10, 2007, Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada: 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 ranking Canada's oil resources as the second-largest in the world in terms of size. 119,4000 cubic-meters of synthetic crude oil per day were produced in 2006, with projections of that figure doubling within the next five years. The industry has brought wealth and sparked an economic boom in the region, but at a price. A new environmental disaster has been born, with contaminated fish and water filling area lakes. The Native-American 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. ///Aerial view of the Albian Sands active tailings pond north of Fort McMurray. 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.. Credit: Jiri Rezac / WWF / Polaris (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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World's largest tar sands deposits spark environmental crisis
May 10, 2007, Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada: 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 ranking Canada's oil resources as the second-largest in the world in terms of size. 119,4000 cubic-meters of synthetic crude oil per day were produced in 2006, with projections of that figure doubling within the next five years. The industry has brought wealth and sparked an economic boom in the region, but at a price. A new environmental disaster has been born, with contaminated fish and water filling area lakes. The Native-American 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. ///Aerial view of the Albian Sands active tailings pond north of Fort McMurray. 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.. Credit: Jiri Rezac / WWF / Polaris (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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World's largest tar sands deposits spark environmental crisis
May 10, 2007, Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada: 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 ranking Canada's oil resources as the second-largest in the world in terms of size. 119,4000 cubic-meters of synthetic crude oil per day were produced in 2006, with projections of that figure doubling within the next five years. The industry has brought wealth and sparked an economic boom in the region, but at a price. A new environmental disaster has been born, with contaminated fish and water filling area lakes. The Native-American 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. ///Aerial view of the Syncrude Auroral landfill site north of Fort McMurray. 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.. Credit: Jiri Rezac / WWF / Polaris (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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World's largest tar sands deposits spark environmental crisis
May 10, 2007, Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada: 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 ranking Canada's oil resources as the second-largest in the world in terms of size. 119,4000 cubic-meters of synthetic crude oil per day were produced in 2006, with projections of that figure doubling within the next five years. The industry has brought wealth and sparked an economic boom in the region, but at a price. A new environmental disaster has been born, with contaminated fish and water filling area lakes. The Native-American 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. ///Aerial view of the Syncrude Auroral landfill site north of Fort McMurray. 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.. Credit: Jiri Rezac / WWF / Polaris (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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World's largest tar sands deposits spark environmental crisis
May 10, 2007, Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada: 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 ranking Canada's oil resources as the second-largest in the world in terms of size. 119,4000 cubic-meters of synthetic crude oil per day were produced in 2006, with projections of that figure doubling within the next five years. The industry has brought wealth and sparked an economic boom in the region, but at a price. A new environmental disaster has been born, with contaminated fish and water filling area lakes. The Native-American 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. ///Aerial view of a high density of well pads north of Fort McMurray. 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.. Credit: Jiri Rezac / WWF / Polaris (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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World's largest tar sands deposits spark environmental crisis
May 10, 2007, Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada: 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 ranking Canada's oil resources as the second-largest in the world in terms of size. 119,4000 cubic-meters of synthetic crude oil per day were produced in 2006, with projections of that figure doubling within the next five years. The industry has brought wealth and sparked an economic boom in the region, but at a price. A new environmental disaster has been born, with contaminated fish and water filling area lakes. The Native-American 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. ///Aerial view of a high density of well pads north of Fort McMurray. 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.. Credit: Jiri Rezac / WWF / Polaris (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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World's largest tar sands deposits spark environmental crisis
May 10, 2007, Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada: 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 ranking Canada's oil resources as the second-largest in the world in terms of size. 119,4000 cubic-meters of synthetic crude oil per day were produced in 2006, with projections of that figure doubling within the next five years. The industry has brought wealth and sparked an economic boom in the region, but at a price. A new environmental disaster has been born, with contaminated fish and water filling area lakes. The Native-American 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. ///Aerial view of a tailings pond north of Fort McMurray. 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.. Credit: Jiri Rezac / WWF / Polaris (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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World's largest tar sands deposits spark environmental crisis
May 10, 2007, Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada: 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 ranking Canada's oil resources as the second-largest in the world in terms of size. 119,4000 cubic-meters of synthetic crude oil per day were produced in 2006, with projections of that figure doubling within the next five years. The industry has brought wealth and sparked an economic boom in the region, but at a price. A new environmental disaster has been born, with contaminated fish and water filling area lakes. The Native-American 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. ///Aerial view of cropped down boreal forest near a tar sands mine north of Fort McMurray. 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.. Credit: Jiri Rezac / WWF / Polaris (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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World's largest tar sands deposits spark environmental crisis
May 10, 2007, Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada: 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 ranking Canada's oil resources as the second-largest in the world in terms of size. 119,4000 cubic-meters of synthetic crude oil per day were produced in 2006, with projections of that figure doubling within the next five years. The industry has brought wealth and sparked an economic boom in the region, but at a price. A new environmental disaster has been born, with contaminated fish and water filling area lakes. The Native-American 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. ///Aerial view of the Syncrude Aurora Mine and tailings pond north of Fort McMurray. 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.. Credit: Jiri Rezac / WWF / Polaris (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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World's largest tar sands deposits spark environmental crisis
May 10, 2007, Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada: 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 ranking Canada's oil resources as the second-largest in the world in terms of size. 119,4000 cubic-meters of synthetic crude oil per day were produced in 2006, with projections of that figure doubling within the next five years. The industry has brought wealth and sparked an economic boom in the region, but at a price. A new environmental disaster has been born, with contaminated fish and water filling area lakes. The Native-American 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. ///Aerial view of pads and seismic lines at the Firebag SAG-D in-situ site operated by Suncor north of Fort McMurray. 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.. Credit: Jiri Rezac / WWF / Polaris (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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World's largest tar sands deposits spark environmental crisis
May 10, 2007, Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada: 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 ranking Canada's oil resources as the second-largest in the world in terms of size. 119,4000 cubic-meters of synthetic crude oil per day were produced in 2006, with projections of that figure doubling within the next five years. The industry has brought wealth and sparked an economic boom in the region, but at a price. A new environmental disaster has been born, with contaminated fish and water filling area lakes. The Native-American 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. ///Aerial view of the Suncor Aurora Mine north of Fort McMurray. 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.. Credit: Jiri Rezac / WWF / Polaris (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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World's largest tar sands deposits spark environmental crisis
May 10, 2007, Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada: 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 ranking Canada's oil resources as the second-largest in the world in terms of size. 119,4000 cubic-meters of synthetic crude oil per day were produced in 2006, with projections of that figure doubling within the next five years. The industry has brought wealth and sparked an economic boom in the region, but at a price. A new environmental disaster has been born, with contaminated fish and water filling area lakes. The Native-American 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. ///Smoke rises from the stacks at the Firebag SAG-D in-situ site operated by Suncor north of Fort McMurray. 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.. Credit: Jiri Rezac / WWF / Polaris (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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World's largest tar sands deposits spark environmental crisis
May 10, 2007, Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada: 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 ranking Canada's oil resources as the second-largest in the world in terms of size. 119,4000 cubic-meters of synthetic crude oil per day were produced in 2006, with projections of that figure doubling within the next five years. The industry has brought wealth and sparked an economic boom in the region, but at a price. A new environmental disaster has been born, with contaminated fish and water filling area lakes. The Native-American 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. ///Aerial view of the SAG-D in-situ site steam pipelines operated by Suncor north of Fort McMurray. 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.. Credit: Jiri Rezac / WWF / Polaris (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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World's largest tar sands deposits spark environmental crisis
May 10, 2007, Fort Mcmurray, Alberta, Canada: 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 ranking Canada's oil resources as the second-largest in the world in terms of size. 119,4000 cubic-meters of synthetic crude oil per day were produced in 2006, with projections of that figure doubling within the next five years. The industry has brought wealth and sparked an economic boom in the region, but at a price. A new environmental disaster has been born, with contaminated fish and water filling area lakes. The Native-American 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. ///Aerial view of the Suncor Millennium Mine, north of Fort McMurray. 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.. Credit: Jiri Rezac / WWF / Polaris (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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World's largest tar sands deposits spark environmental crisis
May 10, 2007, Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada: 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 ranking Canada's oil resources as the second-largest in the world in terms of size. 119,4000 cubic-meters of synthetic crude oil per day were produced in 2006, with projections of that figure doubling within the next five years. The industry has brought wealth and sparked an economic boom in the region, but at a price. A new environmental disaster has been born, with contaminated fish and water filling area lakes. The Native-American 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. ///Aerial view of the Suncor crusher and transport facility north of Fort McMurray. 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.. Credit: Jiri Rezac / WWF / Polaris (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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World's largest tar sands deposits spark environmental crisis
May 10, 2007, Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada: 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 ranking Canada's oil resources as the second-largest in the world in terms of size. 119,4000 cubic-meters of synthetic crude oil per day were produced in 2006, with projections of that figure doubling within the next five years. The industry has brought wealth and sparked an economic boom in the region, but at a price. A new environmental disaster has been born, with contaminated fish and water filling area lakes. The Native-American 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. ///Smoke rises from the Suncor upgrader plant north of Fort McMurray. 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.. Credit: Jiri Rezac / WWF / Polaris (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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World's largest tar sands deposits spark environmental crisis
May 10, 2007, Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada: 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 ranking Canada's oil resources as the second-largest in the world in terms of size. 119,4000 cubic-meters of synthetic crude oil per day were produced in 2006, with projections of that figure doubling within the next five years. The industry has brought wealth and sparked an economic boom in the region, but at a price. A new environmental disaster has been born, with contaminated fish and water filling area lakes. The Native-American 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. ///Aerial view of the Shell Albian Mine north of Fort McMurray. 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.. Credit: Jiri Rezac / WWF / Polaris (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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