Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/River-Athabasca-in-Alberta-Tar-Sands-27MZIFI5QA0B.htmlConceptually similarRiver Athabasca in AlbertaGP026NTCompleted★★★★Tar Sands and Town of Fort McMurrayGP01ZOPCompleted★★★★Syncrude Tar Sands Mine in AlbertaGP026NUCompleted★★★★★★Suncor Tar Sands Mine in AlbertaGP026NVCompleted★★★★★★Suncor Tar Sands Mine in AlbertaGP026NWCompleted★★★★Syncrude Tar Sands Mine in AlbertaGP026NXCompleted★★★★★★Syncrude Tar Sands Mine in AlbertaGP026NYCompleted★★★★Syncrude Tar Sands Mine in AlbertaGP026NZCompleted★★★★★★★Syncrude Plant in Alberta Tar SandsGP04U5ACompleted★★★★★View AllGP026NPRiver Athabasca in Alberta Tar SandsAerial view of the river Athabasca running through the Boreal forest north of Fort McMurray, northern Alberta.The tar sand 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 Mikisew, Cree, Dene and other smaller First Nations communities 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.Locations:Alberta-Athabasca River-Canada-Fort McMurray-North AmericaDate:22 Jul, 2009Credit:© Jiri Rezac / GreenpeaceMaximum size:4296px X 2805pxKeywords:Aerial view-Aeroplanes-Boreal forests-Climate (campaign title)-Energy-Evening-Forests (campaign title)-KWCI (GPI)-Oil exploration-Outdoors-River pollution-Rivers-Streams-Sun-Sunsets-Tar sandsShoot:Tar Sands & Boreal Forest - Alberta (2 of 3)Buried below the Boreal Forest of northern Alberta is 3rd largest proven reserve of oil known as the tar sands. Deposits of tar sands are spread out over 138 000 km2 of land (an area the size of Florida) and including 4.3 million hectares of the Boreal Forest. Tar sands are solid at room temperature so it requires more energy and water to extract this oil, making them one of the dirtiest oils on the planet.Related Collections:Tar Sands Documentation in Canada (All Photographers & Videos)Tarnished Earth (All Photographers)