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Keywords
Boreal forests
Chimneys
Climate (campaign title)
Deforestation
Energy
Forests (campaign title)
Industrial landscapes
KWCI (GPI)
Oil (fossil fuel)
Oil exploration
Outdoors
Pollution
Smoke
Syncrude
Tar sands

Syncrude Oil Operations in Alberta Tar Sands

View of smoke plumes emitted from the Syncrude upgrader plant north of Fort McMurray. 
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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. 
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Climate Report 'Point of No Return'
Tarnished Earth (All Photographers)
Tar Sands Documentation in Canada (All Photographers & Videos)
Climate: Industry
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Unique identifier: GP01ULC 
Type: Image 
Shoot date: 19/07/2009 
Locations: Alberta, Canada, Fort McMurray, North America
Credit line: © Jiri Rezac / Greenpeace 
Size: 4368px × 2912px     1.98 MB 
Ranking: ★★★★★★★ (A)